About Us
Transition Cornwall+ is part of a vibrant, international grassroots movement that began in the United Kingdom in 2005 and has since spread to hundreds of communities around the world. We are one of the many Canadian communities associated with the international Transition Network.
Transition Cornwall+ supports Cornwall and neighbouring communities in facing challenges such as the rising cost of energy and food, extreme weather, and financial uncertainty. By working together right now, we can create a more affordable, caring, healthy and secure future for all.
Transition Cornwall+ is a working group with the Social Development Council of Cornwall and Area.
If you have an interest to become involved with this caring, fun-loving community group or simply want further information, kindly contact transitioncornwallarea@gmail.com.
Our Purpose
Transition Cornwall+ aims to inspire everyone in the Cornwall area to work together to increase our community’s capacity to thrive in the face of challenges such as the rising cost of energy and food, extreme weather, and financial uncertainty. We intend to:
- raise awareness about these upcoming challenges
- work with people and groups already active with these issues
- lead a dynamic community process that unleashes the collective genius of our citizens for imagining and planning for a better future
- create and implement a long-term plan to systematically reduce fossil fuel dependency in the Cornwall area
Two crucial ideas are at the heart of the Transition movement.
- We used immense amounts of creativity, ingenuity, and adaptability on the way up the energy slope; there’s no reason for us not to do the same on the downslope.
- If we collectively plan and act early enough there’s a good chance we can create a way of living that’s significantly more vibrant and in touch with our environment than the oil-addicted treadmill we find ourselves on today.
Climate change makes the carbon reduction transition essential. Peak oil makes it inevitable. Transition initiatives make it feasible and viable. If we wait for governments to act, it will be too little, too late; if we act as individuals, it will be too little; but if we act as communities, it might just be enough, just in time.
There are many hundreds of transition initiatives around the world, including over 50 in Canada.
Mission
Transition Cornwall+ supports Cornwall and neighbouring communities in facing challenges such as the rising cost of energy and food, extreme weather, and financial uncertainty. By working together right now, we can create a more affordable, caring, healthy and secure future for all.
Strategy: “How will we achieve our mission?”
- By building a network of relationships with supportive organisations and individuals, always working with
partners - By sparking the spirit of community and feelings of power, enjoyment, belonging and sharing
- By realizing that our key role is as connectors – working through those already involved in the activities
- By creating action groups to work together to revision, rebuild and celebrate this area, including key areas
such as food security, health and quality of life, active transportation infrastructure, diverse local
business ownership, energy conservation and more… - By being inclusive of all ages and demographic groups in word and action
- By rediscovering the everyday skills of how to fix things, preserve food, and care for our health through
better nutrition. - By including a positive and joyful component in all activities and celebrating activities and achievements
Read More…
So, What Is A Transition Town?
How Do Transition Initiatives Work?
What Is Resilience?
6 Principles of Transition
4 Assumptions of Transition
12 Steps of Transition – from Transition Network Website
Transition Primer – from Transition Network Website
Transition Network
Our Constitution
Some members of our Steering Group:
- Bill Carriere
- Carilyne Hebert
- Chantal Lalonde
- Elaine Kennedy
- John Towndrow (Chair and Secretary)
- Karen Carriere
- Karen Cooper
- Kat Rendek
- Lorna McKendry
- Lynn Macdonell
- Neil Maclean (Treasurer)
- Penny Bateman
- Susan Towndrow