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worldchanging.com - 10/29/2009
Transition Towns or Bright Green Cities?
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Alex Steffen: What can any of us do in the face of planetary catastrophe? Staring into the ecological abyss, it's easy to feel small and unimportant. Edward...
Transition Towns: Mostly Harmless
initforthegold.blogspot.com - 10/29/2009
Transition Towns: Mostly Harmless
— initforthegold.blogspot.com — I dabbled in the Transition Movement for a little while but quickly became disillusioned for exactly the... reasons Alex Steffen describes in a controversial article on WorldChanging. When I retweeted that article, gl33p , a buddy on Twitter, warned "Nonconstructive conflict on solution side limits ... (more) Transition Towns: Mostly Harmless

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Transition Towns: Mostly Harmless
Only In It For The Gold — ... for a little while but quickly became disillusioned for exactly the reasons Alex Steffen describes in a controversial article on WorldChanging. ...

Responding to Alex Steffen’s Critique of Transition at WorldChanging
Transition Culture — ... I have been following with interest the discussions surrounding Alex Steffen’s piece at WorldChanging in which he critiques Transition.  I am honoured that someone so widely respected as a writer on sustainability issues saw fit to engage in discussions around Transition , but, as a critique of Transition, it leaves a lot to be desired.  It is a confusing piece in which, in spite of Alex’s protestations in the comments thread to have read everything about Transition that is out there, seems to have somewhat missed the point. I’ll go through some of Alex’s main points, but an ...

Responding to Alex Steffen’s Critique of Transition at WorldChanging
Energy Bulletin - — ... I have been following with interest the discussions surrounding Alex Steffen’s piece at WorldChanging in which he critiques Transition. I am honoured that someone so widely respected as a writer on sustainability issues saw fit to engage in discussions around Transition, but, as a critique of Transition, it leaves a lot to be desired. ...

Troubled Transition
Only In It For The Gold — Alex Steffen has made a very cogent complaint about the Transition movement. Although I remain a member of the Transition Austin group, I also remain frustrated at its stubborn attachment to small scales and romantic thinking. ...

Transition Towns or Bright Green Cities ?
Peak Energy — Alec at WorldChanging has a comparison between the "transition town" movement and the Viridian "bright green cities" vision - Transition Towns or Bright Green Cities?. I like the phrase "bureaucracies use boredom the way a skunk uses smell". ...

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