Welcome to the Web Site for
Our Mission:
Sparking Austin's Transition to ecological and social resilience
amid global economic and environmental crises
through education, organizing, and community building.
Our Task:
To raise awareness among Austin's people about
the reality of peak oil and global climate change,
and to teach & model effective ways for all of us to get
through those crises
in ways that enhance the quality of life of the people of Austin.
what's going on with Transition Austin.
Go to the e-list's home page at Yahoo,
log in with your Yahoo ID (or create one if you don't have one yet),
and click the "Join This Group!" button.
At this time, donations to Transition Austin are not
tax-deductible for Federal income tax purposes.
What kind of creatures are we humans? The Attack of the Future Eaters by Chris Hedges, author of War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, will tell you.
An excellent web site for keeping up with news about the end of the age of oil is Energy Bulletin. It is a "news aggregator, whose co-editors collect current articles in the mainstream press, peak oil & sustainability blogs and sites, and other news media ...." It is well, well worth digging into.
See this page for older articles.
The next Transition Austin Hub business meeting will be on Thursday, August 12, 7:00-9:00 PM. It will be held in the Lars Stanley Studio at 1901 E.M. Franklin Avenue. The agenda is accessible from the "Meetings" page of the Transition Austin Hub sub-site a week before the meeting.
The next Transition Austin movie night will be held on Monday, August 16, at 7 PM; we'll be showing the movie "Collapse" by Mike Ruppert. We may have a new venue for the movie nights by then, so watch this space.
The next Transition Thursday Pot-Luck will be held on August 26, starting at 7:00 at Jim O'Brien's place, 5003 Wasson Road, in South Austin. These are times to just kick back, enjoy supper, and talk about anything you want to.
To inquire about Transition Austin, or to request a
presentation about Transition to your group,
send us an e-message.
To give us a comment about this site, including telling us
about things we ought to put in the "News" section above,
contact the webmaster.