The Principals of Transition Towns

"(Principals) matter because the field that we're operating in can knock us sideways, and it's really useful to have something solid to grab hold of. These are the principles that Transition Network aspires to as an organisation, and we hope to model them in such as way that other transitioners adopt them as well."

1. Positive Visioning

2. Help People Access Good Information and Trust Them to Make Good Decisions

3. Inclusion and Openness

4. Enable Sharing and Networking

5. Build Resilience

6. Inner and Outer Transition

7. Transition makes sense - the solution is the same size as the problem

8. Subsidiarity: self-organisation and decision making at the appropriate level
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