resilience circles & transition initiatives: working together ralph schmoldt portland, oregon...
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Resilience Circles & Transition Initiatives: Working Together
Ralph Schmoldt
Portland, Oregon
July 12, 2011
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Resilience Circles & Transition Initiatives: Outline
• Local Background• Conceptual “Fit” • Similar Themes• What we have done to bring them together• What we’ve learned so far• What we want to do next• Other thoughts on bringing them together• Conclusion
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Conceptual “Fit” Between Resilience Circles & Transition Initiatives
• (Transition Initiatives): Transition means using our head, hearts and hands to build greater individual and community resilience
• (Resilience Circles): Resilience means transitioning from “old’ to “new” stories (learning = head), from isolation to working together (mutual aid = heart) and from helplessness to empowerment (social action = hands).
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Resilience Circles & Transition Initiatives: Similar Themes
• Importance of stories & need for new stories (especially new economic story)
• Importance of local community & small-scale solutions for large-scale problems
• It’s everybody or nobody• Honoring elders/involving youth• Cautious about leaders/experts• Positive visioning & empowerment • Open-source (make it up together as we go along)
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What We’ve Learned So Far(about recruiting people to RCs)
• Start with familiar networks • Value proximity and place• Remember that getting people together is a skill• Consider the mix of people out there• Use triage• Remember that building an “ark” is as important
as filling it
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How Resilience Circles & Transition Initiatives Can Contribute to Each Other
Resilience Circles Transition Initiatives
Economic Downturn
(Short Emergency)
Peak Oil, Climate Change
(Long Emergency)
Security
Resilience
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How Resilience Circles & Transition Initiatives Can Contribute to Each Other
Resilience Circles Transition Initiatives
Neighborhood, Block,
Household, Small Group (Micro-Community)
City, Town, Village
(Macro-Community)
Mutual Aid
Reskilling
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How Resilience Circles & Transition Initiatives Can Contribute to Each Other
Resilience Circles Transition Initiatives
Existing System
New System
Activities and projects for learning, mutual aid & social action
Planning Process leading
to plan (EDAP)
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How Resilience Circles & Transition Initiatives Can Contribute to Each Other
Resilience Circles Transition Initiatives
Mainstream population
Alternative lifestyle,
counter-culture, activists
Recruitment
Viral spread