More on the Transition Town movement

A general description, from Peterborough, ON which was Canada's first TT:

The Transition Town movement is focused on reducing our community-wide dependency on fossil fuels while increasing local resilience and self-sufficiency in food, water, energy and all other aspects of life, while encouraging community building and wellness. Transition towns are made possible by regular people in the community taking action towards positive change, and is shaped and guided by all who are able to participate, in whatever capacity they can.

We seek to create as well as to connect, building a new model of grass roots transformation while helping to bring existing groups and individuals together to work towards a common goal of local resiliance in the face of a fragile food and energy system that we recognize as being threatened by economic, political and natural forces.

Another introductory description can be found at Guelph's Transition site.

Transition Manitoulin: Saturday, June 6

Pardon the lack of activity here lately – a symptom of my personal energy shortage, i guess.

The main relevant event so far in this cold month of May has been the opening of the Farmers' Markets for the season. There are some changes from past years – the Saturday morning market in Mindemoya is not in the Arena this year because of construction going on there, and the Little Current market is now on Tuesday afternoon. I hope to post a more complete schedule here when i have all the information together.

Meanwhile, a potentially major event in the Transition movement on the Island is coming up on Saturday, June 6th. Sally Ludiwig and Chris Mills are coming up from Transition Guelph to give a presentation, starting at 5:30 pm followed by a question-and-answer session. The evening will also include a potluck dinner and time for informal conversation. It's expected that it will conclude by about 9 pm. It's all happening at the Ski Club/Café in the Woods on Hwy 540 between Little Current and Honora Bay. Anyone interested is welcome to come (the venue will hold about 80 people). This will be a good chance to hear what's happening in an Ontario community where the transition has begun to self-organize.

More details coming soon, i think …