transition town

• a [[place]]
  • or [[grassroot]] [[community project]]
  • [[wp]] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_town pull
    • based around local self-managed communities
    • [[alternate currencies]]
      • these remind me a bit of [[club del trueque]] currency in [[argentina]]
      • [[totnes pound]]
      • [[lewes pound]]
      • [[stroud pound]]
      • [[brixton pound]]
    • big in the UK
      • [[totnes]] serves as inspiration
      • [[transition network]] is a UK charity
    • there's a focus on [[peak oil]] -- I had almost forgotten about the concept. is it happening? I get the feeling peak oil is always in the imminent future but we keep missing deadlines.
  • I'm personally interested in the digital aspects of such projects -- in particular as they become networked.
    • It seems to me the internet makes virtual transition towns possible, and perhaps useful as a metaphor, although I wonder what the people actually involved on actual transition towns would think of this idea (as the focus seems to be on local development and sustainability).