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For those already involved in Transition: a question from a wanderer...

I'm new to the network, but I've been following the Transition movement for a year now. I am wondering what are people's thoughts on those of us who have little or no connection with where we live right now?

Is the notion of moving somewhere else to join in this movement a valid one? I understand the need to build out from the local stage is very important to the core of Transition. What separates this movement from other Green/Sustainable ideas is the notion of action over theorizing. Transition is meant to be totally participatory, and that's why it's such a good idea for building resilience.

But, how can a passionate person take part without roots to connect them to their locality? I ask this for my own purposes, but also for the many many young people I know who are suffering from a fundamental disconnect with their location.

My conviction is that we need to recognize that in a time upheaval and change there is something to be said for welcoming newcomers to an area. If I moved somewhere else to join in a thriving Transition town, wouldn't I be better serving my new home and my old one? I would serve my new home because without preconceived ideas and personal inertia, I would be primed for adapting to whatever needed to be done. And I would serve my old home by not getting in the way of those that DO feel a connection to the place.

What do people think? I am very interested to hear from you!

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Boelcskevy on April 7, 2010 at 1:30pm

thanks for all the geat advice lynda. (I think I'm coming around to the consensus idea of: don't just think and talk, start DOING) ;-)

Permalink Reply by Charley Quinton on June 20, 2010 at 10:50pm

I had something more eloquent and less abrasive typed up, but I lost the typing and can't get the mood back. But here's the hard part:

I have been out in ghettos, "bad" neighborhoods, high-crime areas, areas known for violence and other dangerous situations and never felt the need for a gun. As long as you know that adversaries will meet you face to face and its fairly easy to know who you can trust.

I've done this as a transient among transients in all kind of cities. I've trusted other homeless people to watch over me while I got some sleep and I have done the same for them. The most fearful situations I've been in were in places where those creepy Neighborhood Watch signs are all around and there are eyes and ears everywhere watching for the opportunity to call the magic numbers: 9..1..1. The threat of being hunted down, interrogated and jailed just for trying to find fresh water and something useful in the dumpsters is always there mainly in those kinds of places.