The Coal Point Transition Steering Group has been busy of late. The group hosted a 2-day training workshop recently in which 12 ‘transitioners’ came together to learn more about the Transition Town Movement and the tools and techniques that have made this international positive movement the success it is.
There were sessions on the various transition tools such as ‘Open Space Technology’- a way of gathering community input on various questions that the community wants answers to, Conversation Café- a process for gathering ideas and actions on a specific topic, Visioning-a way of defining how the community will look, feel, and build resilience to the twin challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change, and information sharing. activities that go way beyond a lecture format and are interactive, fun and empowering.
The other aspect to this weekend was meeting and catching up with others who have been working within their communities on Transition Initiatives. There were people from Foster and Taree who were thinking how to start the process, folk from Maitland about to mobilise the masses, Newcastle Transition Towners getting reinvigorated and six members from the Coal Point group who now have a greater understanding of the Transition model and how it all works.
Sincerest thanks to the Trainers Bob Thomas and Sandra Menteith who came from the Bowral Transition group-Climate Action Wingecarribee, recently famous for the Bundy On Tap triumph which has all the community supporting a no-bottled water policy within the town of Bundanoon.
Gracious thanks also to Chris & Libby Walters for hosting the event at their home.
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