TRAINING FOR TRANSITION  
January 31 - February 1, 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Transition is now landing in North America and is coming to Michigan!

In order to provide an in-depth experiential introduction to Transition for those considering bringing Transition to their community, and to meet the training requirement for local initiating groups, Transition Boulder County is offering a two-day Transition Training Workshop in Ann Arbor, Michigan, based on the Training for Transition course developed by Naresh Giangrande and Sophy Banks in Totnes, England.

What you can expect at the Transition Training Workshop:

  •  A deep and profound experience of Transition

  • An intimate encounter with the emerging future

  • A doorway to the power of engaged optimism

  • An inspirational/energetic boost that will empower and propel you as a powerful Transition catalyst in your community

  • Connection with others who are responding to the call for Transition

  • Connection with the heart of what may be the most important, most inspirational movement in the world!

Curriculum: The course includes the "fundamentals" for those wishing to know how to set up, run, and maintain a successful Transition Initiative. It is packed with imaginative and inspiring ways to delve into both the theory and practice of Transition, providing training in the basics of Transition for new communities coming on board, as well as other skills necessary to successfully set up and run a Transition Initiative.

Who should attend: Transition Initiative leaders, steering group members, working group members, and those considering Transition in their communities.

Instructors: The Transition Training Workshop will be taught by Michael Brownlee and Lynette Marie Hanthorn, co-founders of Boulder County Going Local (the first official Transition Initiative in North America, now renamed Transition Boulder County). They each bring more than three years of on-the-ground relocalization experience to the Transition Training, as well as long-time practice in organizational development, group process technologies, and psychospiritual processes.

Schedule: Saturday, 8:30 a.m. registration; workshop runs from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with breaks for lunch and dinner. Sunday, workshop runs from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., with lunch break.

Location: Rudolph Steiner School of Ann Arbor (High School), 2230 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI.  The school is wheelchair-accessible and is on a bus line.

Pre-training event: Screening and discussion of "The Power of Community:  How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 30, at Ann Arbor Friends Meeting House, 1420 Hill Street, Ann Arbor.

Registration:  Advance registration $200 (if received by January 15), $250 thereafter. Meal plan is $20.  Lodging not included (some community housing will be available). We plan to offer some partial scholarships.

Pre-Training Preparation 

For this introduction to Transition to be effective, participants are asked to do advance preparation work, including completing essential reading and DVD viewing:

Reading

  • The Transition Handbook: From oil dependency to local self-reliance (Rob Hopkins)  Note:  Crazy Wisdom Bookstore in Ann Arbor is offering the handbook at a 10% discount in December and January.  Support your local independent bookstores!  

  •   Transition Primer (http://transitionnetwork.org/Primer/TransitionInitiativesPrimer.pdf)

  • The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century (James Howard Kunstler) or Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (Richard Heinberg)

Viewing

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