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.
The Training for Transition course sponsored by Transition Austin will be held on March 26-28. For information about the course, see the Austin Training page.
Is Austin Energy thinking about the future? Yes, says this Energy Depletion Risks report (a PDF file). They say, "Even a modest decline in (oil) supply could cause profound shifts in the social equity and economies in Austin and Central Texas."
"How Can We Talk About Transformational Change Without Losing Hope?" The answer, says this article from Alternet, is the Transition movement.
See this page for older articles.
The next Transition Austin Hub business meeting will be on Tuesday, March 9, 6:30-8:45 PM. It will be held in the Ruiz Branch Library at 1600 Grove Blvd. 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, March 15 at 7 PM; we'll be showing a film on the nature of money and several short videos on the future of the dollar. The event will be held in the Family Life Center of the First United Methodist Church of Austin.
The Transition Austin study groups are in hiatus, pending discussion of a better date and time for them.
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.