I have been working in the Transition movement for a little while in the Northwest and am a part of the Trainers Pool for Transition USA>
Transition embodies open space in two ways: 1) as a specific technique during 2 day trainings, and in large events to unleash the collective genius of the community to help build resiliency. 2) As I see it, not necessarily the folks from Totness, the whole process of the Transition Initiative is about opening space for a whole community to navigate a transition to a sustainable and just society. The organizers in Totness and other cities are very savvy about various process approaches and adopting/adapting them as is useful. One other interesting aspect of the Transition Initiatives is that in many places there is an integration of Inner and Outer work as embodied by Heart and Soul working group in many of the Initiatives. These Heart and Soul groups help bring spirit, culture and inner work into the mix. I am very excited about the prospects for this movement around the world and will be happy share my experience as a trainer and organizer in the Transition movement on this list as appropriate. Yours in Transition! Bill Aal Tools for Change www.toolsforchange.org * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
