Transition Victoria: A Victoria Region Transition Initiative

Our follow-up event to the highly energetic “Working Groups: Cultivating Action,” which took place on January 30th, is Working Groups 201. This event will be a chance to continue exploring the mission of each new working group, to consider further which WG(s) each of us would like to participate in, and to begin the crucial task of mapping out who is already doing related work in our community.

We’ll also have some fun!  Come join us!

February 27th, 1-4pm

Fernwood Community Centre, 1240 Gladstone

We hit the ground running at our Open Space event on January 30th (see “Working Groups: Cultivating Action” below for details), with 18 new working groups started! You can visit our working groups at the new ning website we’re just trying out.  Contact information for each working group, and dates for upcoming meetings (when known) are on the new working groups page of our blog.

Our next general working group event is Working Groups 201 (details above).  Newcomers welcome!

Transition Victoria is now on Twitter! Follow @Transition_Vic for updates (http://twitter.com/Transition_Vic).

Reform of the democratic process is an important part of the Transition movement.  In Canada, our federal leaders have made a decision to take two months off work, which will send all bills currently in process (including C-311, the Climate Change Accountability Act) back to the start line.

Here’s a link to a petition to bring back Parliament.

There was also a large demonstration (over 1500 people of all political stripes) in Victoria on Saturday, January 23rd, at 1 pm at Centennial square.

Please join us for a North Island Training for Transition Workshop

Exploring lessons and approaches to strengthen community resilience

Postponed! (Was scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, January 30-31, 2010, 9:00 – 4:30 pm both days)  Stay tuned for a new date for this event.

Contact Michelle at: 250-595-8874 or mcolussi@telus.net for more information about the workshop.

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A new Transition Initiative is just getting started in Sooke!  A warm welcome to them.  They now have a separate page on our blog, which can be accessed by clicking on “Transition Sooke,” at the top right of this page under the heading, “Pages.”