Press Release
Transition Asheville
Transition Asheville, the local organization of the international Transition movement, is celebrating its 5th anniversary as an ‘official’ Transition initiative in the United States. The group has invited organizations and individuals to join them on Monday, October 13th for an evening of “visioning and back casting,” techniques developed to combine imaginative and creative images of the future with the concrete plans required to reach that future.
The Transition movement was started in 2005 by Rob Hopkins, a permaculture teacher living in a small town in Ireland. His intent was to enable towns or neighborhoods to plan for, and move toward, a post-oil and low-carbon future: what he has termed “the great transition of our time, away from fossil fuels.” The movement went global, and has been adopted by groups in over 43 countries. It has also proved successful in communities of all sizes, including cities such as London, Los Angeles, and Sydney, Australia.
“The Transition movement is a very positive one, very empowering, and working with a hopeful, healthy vision of the future is energizing,” said Cathy Scott, a longtime Transition Asheville member. ” Working from the future, imagining all those things we want, already accomplished, and sort of reviewing how we did it….that is fun and truly energizing, and makes things seem do-able.”
The evening activities will be facilitated by Dylan Ryals-Hamiton, a local Transition member and permaculture educator. Asheville’s many environmental, entrepreneurial and social justice organizations, as well as interested individuals, are invited to join this evening of visioning, storytelling and backcasting around an abundantly functioning Asheville 30 years from now. The event is free, open to the public, and drinks and refreshments will be provided. The location is the Parish Hall of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 337 Charlotte Street. Parking is available behind the church and on the street.
For more information, visit transitionashevile.com/events.
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