Boulder is First US Transition Town
Leave it to the Brits. Small towns all over the UK have begun to follow the model developed in Totnes, in southwestern England, for living in smaller communities in a world of constrained oil and other resources.
CNN has reported on it. Over 50 cities in the UK have signed on to the framework, which emphasizes a step-by-step plan to get to zero carbon emissions and a dramatically reduced reliance on oil, increasing local food production and generally localizing the economy.
Boulder, by virtue of the efforts of Boulder Going Local, is the first US city to be accepted into the program.
What’s the nuance?
As more and more people wake up to this reality, they are going to need some framework in which to take action.
I don’t suggest that this is the only possible path up the mountain, so to speak, but it’s one way for people to help re-balance their lives to get into a more reasonable relationship with natural resources.
We’ll keep track of Boulder Going Local, and let you what kind of changes come of it.