[permaculture] Rethinking Transition as a Pattern Language

Keith Johnson keithdj at mindspring.com
Mon Jul 5 20:46:21 EDT 2010


Rethinking Transition as a Pattern Language 
<http://www.postcarbon.org/blog-post/106680-rethinking-transition-as-a-pattern-language>: 
an introduction
by Rob Hopkins

snip

    * *Viral*: It spreads rapidly and pops up in the most unexpected places
    * *Open Source*: It is a model that people shape and take ownership
      of and is made available freely
    * *Self organizing*: it is not centrally controlled, rather it is
      something people take ownership of and make their own
    * *Solutions focused*: it is inherently positive, not campaigning
      against things, rather setting out a positive vision of a world
      that has embraced its limitations
    * *Iterative*: it is continually learning from its successes and its
      failures and redefining itself, trying to research what is working
      and what isn't
    * *Clarifying*: it offers a clear explanation of where humanity
      finds itself based on the best science available
    * *Sensitive to place and scale*: Transition looks different
      wherever it goes
    * *Historic*: it tries to create a sense of this being an historic
      opportunity to do something extraordinary -- and perhaps most
      importantly of all
    * *Joyful: *if its not fun, you're not doing it right

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