"The only hope for developing a new civilization is to accept responsibility for improving our lives through knowledge, understanding, and a deeper comprehension of humanity’s relationship to natural processes of evolution. Our future is determined by effort we put forth to achieve this transition."

 ~ Jacque Fresco

The Transition wants to accelerate the integration of belief systems. This will facilitate the global revelation that the only difference between us is our belief systems and bring forth the individual insight that beliefs can be created or destroyed with ease as they are of our own design. When we arrive at this paradigm collectively, the "right" and "wrong" mentality will dissolve and give way to a proactive co-creative society with world peace as the outcome. To begin that process, we advocate to our Contributors that they embody these four core values.

1. Collaboration 
2. Cooperation
3. Community
4. Compassion

See Also:

Principles From Which We Are Based

Are these things you value as well?

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Inspired By: Scopio

Contributor: Cayetana Saiz

We hold these truths to be self evident:

1. We can provide protection for this planet and its inhabitants, both present and future. 
2. We can provide the necessities of a healthy, happy life to all people.
   1. Freedom from dangerous pollutants
   2. Secure, comfortable housing
   3. Healthy, nutritious, abundant food
   4. Liberty for self-fulfillment, barring unfair abuse of others
3. We can provide social equality to all people.
   1. The finite resources of earth (land, air, water, etc.) must be held in common, and not owned for any private interest.
   2. All use of finite resources must be kept in balance with nature, favoring a restorative approach so that the resources will be available for all future generations.
   3. Community development must prioritize the provision of secure, local access to goods and services so that no person or community becomes dependent on another for basic necessities.

If you live your life by this same moral compass

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Inspired by: A Photo of a Woman Posing

Contributor: German Matviuk

Our vision is of a world where people live in peace, consciousness of their common humanity and their shared responsibilities for each other, for the planet and for future generations.

The Transition is comprised of vibrant BUD Teams, Intentional Communities, Co-op Businesses and grassroots community initiatives and events that seek to build community resilience in the face of the challenging times we are now experiencing. 

• Degradation of the biosphere
• Malaise of the Economic System
• Decline in Human Health
• Growth in Global Poverty and often Subsequent Inequality

These issues are real problems we now face. It is through our programming targeted at our overall vision that we seek to mitigate these converging global crises by engaging our communities on the local level, with citizen-led education, action, and multi-stakeholder planning to increase local self reliance and resilience that creates global impact. Every community across the globe is capable of engaging its collective creativity to unleash an extraordinary and historic transition to a future beyond:

• Fossil fuels
• Technological Unemployment
• Factory Farming
• Inequality

Together we can create a future that is more vibrant, abundant and resilient; one that is ultimately preferable to the present.

Inspired By: Lone Tree In Middle of Still Lake, Transition Primer: A Guide to Becoming a Transition Town, US Version 

Contributors: Jean-Ernst Voigt, Transition US

Recommended Reading: Transition Primer: A Guide to Becoming a Transition Town, US Version 

• New notebooks purchased for notes for workshops

• Neon index cards purchased to give fellow attendees my contact info

• White index cards purchased to get contact info from attendees (and survey data if they had the time)

• Url purchased- www.thetransition.info  (used for survey to make it easy to remember)

• Online survey created

• Our online survey was printed out to run people through it if they had time availability

• Finished Reading Philanthrocapitalism book on train ride to event

• Purchased used book at random gas station read in its entirety: Transitions- Making Sense of Life’s Changes, Strategies for Coping with the Difficult Painful, and Confusing Times in Your Life (which really applies to our group and how it is hard for people to transition from one thing lifestyle, job, relationship etc to another even if it is more beneficial)

• Saw first hand how work shifts were divvied out to members and how work was accomplished as a community

• Participated in Twin Oaks Community 2 hr. Tour

• Participated in Acorn Community Tour (not sure of length of time)

• Learned Transparency Tools (Unsaids and Withholds)

• Learned About 22 Reasons to Share Housing (http://www.sharinghousing.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/08/22-Reasons_TwinOaks.pdf)

• Learned Icebreakers/games to get groups of strangers to build relationships and create intimacy

• Gave an introduction to all attendees about The Transition: who we are,what we do, and what our end vision is (and got a lot of “Oh you are The Transition girl” "Someone told me I should talk to you" because of it, throughout the whole conference).

• Talked with various community representatives about our group

• Participated in the Community Development “Track” of workshops which covered:

-Starting a Community

-Online Storytelling: Modern Tools to Build Your Community

-Alphabet Soup: Legal Structures for Communities

• Donated items to FIC Benefit Auction and bid on items as well. The following items were won:

- 5 back copies of Communities Magazine with topics covering:

*Health & Well Being

* Community in Hard Times

*Festivals and Gatherings

*Politics in Community

*Scarcity and Abundance

- DVD The End of Suburbia-Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream

• Purchased from FIC pop up bookstore book title: The New Social Learning A Guide to Transforming Organizations Through Social Media (only a few pages in so far too much work to do!)

• Was a co-lecturer/speaker at an Open Session (workshops presented by attendees) on the topic of transitional concepts and the “in between” here and now and where we want to be. (This is when what we are dong started to click for people).

• Attended New Economics Symposium which addressed alternative currencies being used by people attending the conference and learned about Plenties in particular (see: http://theplenty.org/).

• Acquired multiple takeaways such as detailed sheets about workshop material, flyers, brochures etc. of various communities, organizations.

• At a restroom stop purchased a blueprint book at a big box hardware store. The designs focus on entertaining, organized, de-stressing and flexible use spaces. These are perfect for co-housing concepts as well as main community buildings for intentional communities. This book will serve as inspiration for our organization to form blueprints of our own for our site to be used by our online virtual community.

• 125 mass e-mails sent out to everyone who shared their contact info and attended the event with information of our Facebook group as well as our online survey.

• 1 survey done in person other personal contacts committed to doing it online)

• 21 personal contacts made (including notables and key influencers in this field- I will be following up with all of them via e-mail, phone and Skype chats in the coming weeks)

• 1 attendee was a pre-existing Hybrid member!

• Posted on Twin Oaks Community Conference an invite to this page as well as the link to the survey to help build the website.

As always if you have any questions about anything feel free to contact me directly. :)

"Action without vision is only passing time, vision without action is merely daydreaming, but vision with action can change the world."

~ Nelson Mandela

 People often ask us "What Can I Do?"

To achieve our mission, we believe in combining online and offline activism. 

Of course, there are many ways to effect change in the world: political campaigns or lobbying, direct action protests and rallies, consciousness raising groups, etc. We see the need in our world to work primarily outside the system to define and demonstrate new cultures, sometimes radically different from the mainstream. Below is a list of various suggested activities our supporters have put together that they find to be most effective.   You can do these on your own time to learn more about The Transition and help promote it to spread awareness!

We welcome your suggestions (via our Suggestion Box) to improve this list  so we can be an example of positive, intentional social change!

 Start completing the steps outlined in Your Action Plan

Things you can do:

Share:

Print and Distribute

• The official The Transition Brochure. (Under Development- We are looking for a Graphic Designer)
• A Vindication of Human Dignity Brochure
• 6 Principles of Non-Violence Flyer
• Our official informational flyers during other cultural and social fairs in your area. ( Under Development- We are looking for a Graphic Designer)
• Our official posters in schools, colleges, and universities. We've discovered bathroom/lavatory stalls are one of the most effective places you can put them in these types of venues. (Under Development- We are looking for a Graphic Designer)

Sign

Watch

Write

Attend

Build Support