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The Dark Side of Transition Towns? Worldchanging Slams Transition Movement By Sami Grover, Carrboro, NC, USA
We TreeHuggers have long been inspired by the Transition Movement's positive response to peak oil. From planting nut trees for food security to launching local currencies,
Transition Initiatives are promoting real, boots-on-the-ground action.
But they have not been without their critics, arguing that Transition feels like a rebranding of the back-to-the-land movement, or hinting that it is deeply skewed to the left-leaning, hippy end of the cultural spectrum. Now Alex Steffen of Worldchanging has weighed into the debate, claiming that Transitioners exhibit a "casual eagerness for the death of others."
Alex Steffen's piece, entitled Transition Towns or Bright Green Cities,
argues that while the movement has inspired many to take action, its
sights remain woefully low. In face of impending environmental and
social catastrophe, says Steffen, "all over the world, groups of
people with graduate degrees, affluence, decades of work experience,
varieties of advanced training and technological capacities beyond the
imagining of our great-grandparents are coming together, looking into
the face of apocalypse... and deciding to start a seed exchange or a
kids clothing swap." More in TreeHugger
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