Transition Brighton and Hove

When - from Wed 2. Jul until Sat 2. Aug. Where - The Werks . Organised by - Transition Brighton and Hove.
Description - The agenda will continue with the refreshing process we started with Frank Jay on 5 June AgendaStructure of our MeetingsOur PurposeOutline of Introductory Meeting to Transition Brighton and Hove Facilitated by Frank Jay, New Era Associates

When - Thu 19. Jun 7:30pm - 10:00pm. Where - Brighthelm Centre . Organised by - Transition Brighton and Hove.
Description - An invitation to the second of Transition Brighton and Hove's public talks on <strong>Energy and Resources for the Transition to a Sustainable Future</strong>, this time on the subject of Waste. Moving towards a society of zero waste, and working out how to deal with our waste, wheth ... read more.

When - Thu 5. Jun 7:30pm - 9:30pm. Where - Salvation Army Hall, 1 Park Crescent Terrace, Brighton BN2 4LT. Organised by - Transition Brighton and Hove.
Description - At a general meeting in early May we decided to start a monthly Forum for all those actively involved in TB&H. This will include someone from each working group (Transition Interest Groups, Functional groups – such as funds and finance, publicity and media, education and training, Project Grou ... read more.

When - Wed 7. May 7:30pm - 9:30pm. Where - The Werks . Organised by - Transition Brighton and Hove.
Description - A meeting to share ideas on how best to move on from where we are, to look at what we have done so far and what we need to do more of – what's gone well and what we need to change, and the challenges and opportunities ahead.  This will be an energising and engaging meeting in which the co-ord ... read more.

Before writing an article for brightonactivist.net, I felt compelled to look for the definition of ‘activism’ in Wikipedia, because I wasn’t entirely sure if Transition Brighton and Hove fell into this category. I tend to think of activism as things such as marches, publicity stunts, and lobbying the government. The Transition movement might get involved in things of this nature, but they’re certainly not our main focus, and even less the reason we are pulling our efforts together.

But in the third paragraph of Wikipedia I find a reassuring sentence: “In some cases, activism has nothing to do with protest or confrontation: for instance, some religious, feminist or vegetarian/vegan activists try to persuade people to change their behavior directly, rather than persuade governments to change laws.” That’s good news; we are definitely activists of this type.

So, what is it that we would like to change? Ideally, we would change the composition of the atmosphere so that climate change wouldn’t happen, and discover a new plentiful renewable energy source that was also practically free so that we don’t need to worry about the depletion of oil, gas, or any type of fossil fuel. Considering that neither of these things seems very likely in the foreseeable future, we will settle for second or third best.