Over the past year The Green Mole Forum has gently been incubating Transition Town initiatives in the area.

A Transition Initiative is a community (lots of examples here) working together to look Peak Oil and Climate Change squarely in the eye and address this BIG question:

"for all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain itself and thrive, how do we significantly increase resilience (to mitigate the effects of Peak Oil) and drastically reduce carbon emissions (to mitigate the effects of Climate Change)?"

Rather than creating an unwieldy 'Transition Mole Valley', people seem to appreciate several more community-focused groups (that, of course, is part of the point!).

In 2009 Transition Dorking and Transition Ashtead are really starting to get into gear.

If you would like to join in, or even perhaps start a Transition Leatherhead, Fetcham, Bookham, please contact us!

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