Transition Albany Becomes US' 59th Official Transition Initiative

Feb. 22, 2010 - PRLog -- ALBANY, CA: Transition US is excited to announce that Transition Albany has become the 59th official Transition initiative in the United States. Transition initiatives start when a small collection of motivated individuals within a community come together with a shared concern: how can our community respond to the challenges and opportunities of climate change, the imminent end of cheap oil and the economic crisis? This small team of people begins by forming an initiating group and then adopts the Transition model with the intention of engaging a significant proportion of the people in their community to kick off a Transition initiative.

Transition Albany’s initial contact person is Catherine Sutton and their initiating group is comprised of a diverse set of individuals, each with deep roots in the local community. "What excites me most is that Albany residents are responding very positively to our efforts – it's almost like we're surfing a wave," she said. "Strengthening bonds between neighbors makes sense, and to have a compelling reason like creating community resilience just seems to make it all the more inevitable."  Transition Albany has a varied calendar of events that can be found at http://transitionalbany.org. On Sunday, March 7th at 11:30 am they are showing the acclaimed 2009 British independent docu-drama on climate change, 'The Age of Stupid,' at Albany's movie theater, the Albany Twin. Sutton added that they will be presenting the film, “in the hopeful context that Transition ideas generate.”

If you would like more information about Transition Albany, or to schedule an interview with Catherine Sutton, please call 510-528-2261 or email her at catherine@sonic.net.

If you would like more information about the Transition movement in the United States, or to schedule an interview with Carolyne Stayton, director of Transition US, please call 707-824-1554 or email her at carolyne@transitionus.org.

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Transition US is a nonprofit organization that provides inspiration, encouragement, support, networking, and training for Transition Initiatives across the United States. They are working in close partnership with the Transition Network, a UK based organization that supports the international Transition Movement as a whole. The Transition Movement is 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.