Transition Derry
Making Links and Sharing Skills to Build Local Resilience for Powerdown

How do you see life in the North West after Peak Oil?
When oil production is on the decline and we no longer have access to the benefits of a cheap supply will we be able to cope with the end of the world as we know it?

Could we see the challenges as an opportunity to build on the networks which are already strong in our communities; to share skills; learn from our elders; create a new way of living which cares for people and the environment?
Transition Derry works locally as part of a worldwide initiative which is building community resilience to face the effects of Climate Change, Peak Oil and Economic Breakdown. To find out more go to

www.transitionculture.org; www.transitiontowns.org
http://transitiontownsireland.ning.com/

With the aim of building practical networks and infrastructure for sustainable living, the three main focus areas of Transition Derry are 'eating, heating and means of exchange'. In 2011 Transition Derry continued extending links in the ever-growing network of local schools and community groups growing vegetables. In October we launched the first Derry timebanking network www.foyle.justxchange.org. and in November hosted a weekend of workshops facilitated by Timebanking UK. In 2012 we will work with schools and community groups to use the timebanking tool in Co-Production systems, linking organisations to share skills and assets. Transition Derry is part of the NW campaign against fracking and will be involved in awareness raising events in January and February. We will also explore sustainable heating with a group meeting to discuss the possibility of buying woodland and reseach into thermal mass stoves. Transition Derry is a member of the Positive Money campaign www.positivemoney.org and will be hosting an information session early in the New Year. We are delighted at the links being made between Belfast Positive Money and Belfast Occupy and will look for ways we can work together.

Please keep an eye on this site for updates, sign up as a member for regular information or get in touch if you have expertise, ideas or enthusiasm relating to any or all of these areas: Food; Sustainable Energy; Green Economics; Transport; Health; Heart and Soul (recovering from oil dependency).

May we continue to go from strength to strength.