Description: As described on their website, “Transition US is a nonprofit organization that provides inspiration, encouragement, support, networking, and training for Transition Initiatives across the United States. It’s a vibrant, grassroots movement that seeks to build community resilience in the face of such challenges as peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis. It represents one of the most promising ways of engaging people in strengthening their communities against the effects of these challenges, resulting in a life that is more abundant, fulfilling, equitable and socially connected. For example, the Environmental Change-Makers (Transition Los Angeles) have built two community gardens and a community-scale adobe-and-cob bread-and-pizza oven in the local neighborhood. Their fruit-gleaning work inspired the Food Forward organization (now a major nonprofit in Southern California). They also encourage backyard and community gardens and composting, among many other actions.”

Goal: Transition Streets
Catalyze and strengthen neighborhood groups who are building local resilience through community actions to reduce energy use and CO₂ emissions via community gardens, composting, etc.