Transition Keene Becomes US' 56th Official Transition Initiative (and New Hampshire's first)

Feb. 22, 2010 - PRLog -- KEENE, NH: Transition US is excited to announce that Transition Keene have become the 56th official Transition Initiative in the United States and the first official Transition Initiative in New Hampshire. Transition Initiatives start when a small collection of motivated individuals within a community come together with a shared concern: how can our communities responds to the challenges and opportunities of peak oil, climate change 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 Keene’s initial contact person is Steve Chase and their Organizing Committee is comprised of a diverse set of individuals, each with deep roots in the local community. “We are excited that Transition Keene can join, and help amplify the influence of, all the great work already going on in our community. Keene, New Hampshire, is so ripe for a big jump into transition work and unleashing the creative genius of our citizens. We look forward to the challenge of moving beyond either denial or despair and instead prepare for an energy lean future that is also ecologically sustainable, socially just, spiritually fulfilling, and rooted in a resilient community spirit.”

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

If you would like more information about the Transition Keene, or to schedule an interview with Steve Chase please call +1 510603-283-2336 or email him at schase@antioch.edu.

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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.