Transition India

Building Sustainable Community and Self-Reliance

Latest Activity

Dr.Muhammad Mukhtar Alam added a blog post
Dear Members, Tribal and Indigenous groups living in the forest areas are on the cusp of a phase in national development where they are being reached for getting the trappings and comfort of the non-renewable resource based developments in consumpt…
December 28, 2009
December 28, 2009
George Bader My Love for the India, the Planet and the People on this beautiful Spaceship, that we are all living on
December 20, 2009
Tony Langham is now friends with George Bader and Gangi Setty S.
December 19, 2009
December 17, 2009
Gangi Setty S. is now a member of Transition India
December 17, 2009
Dr.Muhammad Mukhtar Alam added a discussion
Convergence in policies and programme , realising the principle of simultaneity for actions across the domains of development is indeed the need of the hour for mitigating ecological and security threats. It is wonderful to learn that UNDP as part o…
December 7, 2009
We can make peace through using some time is prayer and meditation. I am arguing for adoption of culture of prayer 5 times a day, a virtual interfaith common.Please see my article at http://muhammad_mukhtar_alam.tigblog.org
December 7, 2009

Milestones

  • Added Custom Search for Times of India -- Enter your own Keywords.
  • TRANSITION is about GROUPS MEETING GROUPS -- far more important on the Internet than "friends meeting friends."
  • Add your local GROUP to our registry of Groups supporting Transition in India. Enter a name, brief description, link to your website, and invite people to join you.
  • View local groups registered in India to date -- Click on a group to see more detail. Join the group to be a part of the group mailing list.
  • 3 new discussions on solar, energy, renewable energy
  • 23 August -- News Feed from The Times of India Environment Section added to homepage. Below.
  • 21 August 2009 -- Dr. Muhammad Mukhtar Alam proposes Carbon-Neutral Leisure "I would like maximisation of carbon neutral leisure for reducing the emissions across the cities. I argue for adoption of carbon neutral leisure as leisure is one of the most important engagement that consumes fossil fuel based energy... Read and respond.
  • July 2009 -- Member Recruitment Opened
  • Discussion Forum and Member Events installed.
  • July 2009 -- Transition India founded.

Members

  • dexter jerome bernardo
  • Vikas Tomar
  • Dr.Muhammad Mukhtar Alam
  • Dineshwar Tiwary
  • Les Squires
  • George Bader
  • Gangi Setty S.
  • sushil yadav
  • Dr Yugandhar
  • Meera Patankar
  • Tony Langham
  • Uday Shankar Peyyeti
  • Khushwinder Singh Bagga
  • Arshi Aftab
  • M V Bhaskar
  • Surendran
 

Welcome to TRANSITION INDIA

TRANSITION INDIA is an informal networking site for those interested in exploring and/or implementing the Transition model in India communities, and exploring what India communities can teach the rest of the world. This site is being created through grassroots participation, and is continually evolving. It is a spontaneously arising effort to connect interested "transitioners" with each other and to encourage and support the development of local Transition Initiatives.

The Transition approach empowers communities to squarely face the challenges of peak oil and climate change, and to unleash the collective genius of their own people to find the answers to this momentous question:

For all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain itself and thrive, how are we going to:
  • drastically reduce carbon emissions (in response to climate change);
  • significantly rebuild resilience (in response to peak oil);
  • and greatly strengthen our local economy (in response to economic instability)?

The Transition Movement emerged in the UK from of the work of Rob Hopkins (see his blog at www.TransitionCulture.org), and is spreading virally to many nations. See the current list of official Transition Initiatives here.

Forum

Dr.Muhammad Mukhtar Alam

Community Based Ecostrategic Planning for Integrating Action on Climate Change

Convergence in policies and programme , realising the principle of simultaneity for actions across the domains of development is indeed the need of the hour for mitigating ecological and security thr…

Started by Dr.Muhammad Mukhtar Alam in WORKGROUP:: LOCAL GOVERNMENT & OUTREACH Dec. 8, 2009.

sushil yadav

Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment 1 Reply

The link between Mind and Social / Environmental-Issues. The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in psychological problems besides destroying the envi…

Tagged: culture, sustainability, consumerism, activism, society

Started by sushil yadav in Inbox. Last reply by Dr.Muhammad Mukhtar Alam Dec. 8, 2009.

Les Squires

France wants a 'carbon tax' on EU imports

France wants a 'carbon tax' on EU imports Sachin Parashar , TNN 30 November 2009, 02:00am IST Read Full Article NEW DELHI/PARIS: In a dampener for India, the French government is set to insist that…

Tagged: carbon tax

Started by Les Squires in WORKGROUP: ZERO CARBON Nov. 30, 2009.

Les Squires

India offers to cut carbon intensity by 20-25%

India offers to cut carbon intensity by 20-25% Saibal Dasgupta & Nitin Sethi, TNN 28 November 2009, 12:16am IST Read Full Article BEIJING/NEW DELHI: The battle for scoring PR points at the clim…

Tagged: copenhagen, carbon emissions, china

Started by Les Squires in WORKGROUP: ZERO CARBON Nov. 27, 2009.

Les Squires

Global warming: India in a fix as China pledges big emission cuts

Global warming: India in a fix as China pledges big emission cuts Saibal Dasgupta, TNN 26 November 2009, 09:30pm IST Read entire article BEIJING: China has announced that it will cut emissions by a…

Tagged: global warming

Started by Les Squires in WORKGROUP: ZERO CARBON Nov. 26, 2009.

SamHill

Oil Drilling

The need for oil and gas is increasing everyday, with much of the world still developing. It is predicted that the world energy demand will increase at the rate of about 1.8% per year in the coming d…

Started by SamHill in WORKGROUP:: ENERGY Nov. 24, 2009.

Les Squires

India targets 1,000mw solar power in 2013

India targets 1,000mw solar power in 2013 Nitin Sethi, TNN 18 November 2009, 12:42am IST Read Full Article NEW DELHI: The US and other advanced countries may be dithering in the fight against clima…

Tagged: solar power, New Delhi, tnn, solar

Started by Les Squires in WORKGROUP:: ENERGY Nov. 17, 2009.

Les Squires

Rural India Gets Chance at Piece of Jobs Boom

New York Times By LYDIA POLGREEN Published: November 12, 2009 Read full article... . . . But these workers are young people from villages clustered around this small town deep in rural Karnataka St…

Tagged: outsourcing, small towns, rural youth, india

Started by Les Squires in WORKGROUP:: ECONOMY Nov. 13, 2009.

Kris

Permaculture in Delhi or Pune?

I'm visiting family in Delhi and Pune Dec 23-Jan 3. Are there permaculture projects underway there that I might visit or do some work at? I would also be interested in co-teaching/helping develop an…

Tagged: Pune, Delhi, permaculture

Started by Kris in Inbox Nov. 9, 2009.

NAFMOR

Not aping ecologically hostile development paradigm but listening the call of children of 40th century

It is important to understand the limits of the resources that fuel the socalled development .China and India in opposing caps, US ,Japan and others securing continuation of growth rates would all to…

Started by NAFMOR in WORKGROUP:: CRITICAL OPINION & ANALYSIS Oct. 31, 2009.

Things You Can Do Today

  • Add your local GROUP to our registry of Groups supporting Transition in India. Give it a name, brief description, include a link to its website, and invite people to join you. The internet is about GROUPS MEETING GROUPS -- not only friends meeting friends View all local groups registered in India to date -- Click on a group to see more detail. Join the group to be a part of the group mailing list.
  • Read and respond to Dr. Muhammad Mukhtar Alam's position paper Carbon-Neutral Leisure -- Carbon Neutral Neighborhood Discussions/ Consultations (CNND/Cs) for Ecological Audit: Personal and Neighborhood Processes for Mitigating Climate change.
  • Discussion Forum -- Post your questions, observations, opinions, suggested solutions. Talk, debate and move together to action.
  • Member Events -- Announce events you consider important to India's development. Invite others to attend the events.
  • Register your Organization -- Declare your organizations support, thereby creating an India Registry of local groups. See Ecostrategic Communicators as an example.
  • Find out more about the Transition movement in India, or to arrange for a Transition speaker in your area, or to start a Transition initiative in your community, contact Olivier Hetzel -- Auroville India -- or LesSquires -- Denver Colorado USA.
  • Learn more about the Transition Movement worldwide
  • Upload your best photo -- ask the guy with the camera if you need assistance photoshopping. We can crop, fix, enhance!
  • Contact any Member above by clicking on a photo. Every photo is one-click access to any person you want to contact anywhere in our community. Welcome them, particularly if you were the person who invited them.
  • Review Your Profile Questions -- Your answers comprise your Transition Resume. Your keywords make you findable on this site and in Google in general.
  • HopeDance Film Library -- more than 500 films that deal with sustainability, spirituality, social justice, 911, peak oil, drama, farming, gardening, permaculture collected over 7 years
  • Invite others to join Transition India -- paste in emails one per line and a brief message why you would value their joining us.
  • Install skype from http://skype.com/download -- conference calls, workgroups and tutorials. A centerpiece in our community building. Add LSquiresSkype to your Contacts and he'll greet you at the door!

Proposed Admin Tasks for India Admins

Initial Admin Responsibilities
  1. Team. Serve on a team of 3-4 persons.
  2. Scope and Direction of Website. Policy, content, geographical requirements, appropriate directions.
  3. Communications. Via Skype with team members.
  4. Ning. Participate in a 3 hour training -- ongoing as needed -- let's experiment with introducing social networking to India.
  5. Meetings.Engage in weekly team meetings (max 45-60 minutes). Occasionally during the week.
  6. Newcomers. Greet newcomers within 6-8 hours of their joining. Make connections between individuals and groups.
  7. Customer Support. Assist users with problems (login, navigation, howto)
  8. Additional Admins. Define special roles and assist in recruiting volunteers to perform those roles.
  9. Groups. Help defining like-minded groups, encouraging them to join in our collaborative.
  10. Discussions. Read newly posted content and facilitate discussions. Assist with creating categories relevant to the Indian culture.
  11. Fun! Have a ton of fun, learning how to create special interest movements of this kind in India, while promoting reciprocal learning among all countries.

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