he essence of Transition is in its name. It describes the era of change we are all living in.
The Transition idea is about us all being an engaged, active part of that change. As a starting place, Transition focuses on oil. Transition acknowledges that our current dependence on oil places us in a vulnerable position. We in the global North are using huge amounts of fossil fuels, which inextricably tie us into future of run-away climate change / chaos across the world.
Transition explores and develops ways we can change from these energy-hungry ways of living, that are utterly dependent on oil and other fossil fuels, to ways of living that are significantly less so.
In reality Transition is about a lot more than that. It is about people taking a greater interest in their present and future needs; being more aware of the world in which they live; thinking about the way they really want to live, about who is impacted by the current system and how, and about getting stuck in to make those positive changes happen, from the bottom upwards.