Rebuilding Community Resilience and Self-Reliance
We have all been watching the play of events in our country and the world for the past year or more, and many of us here in Siskiyou County have been affected in one way or another by the unsettling events concerning the economy, energy and climate change. Now a group of Mount Shasta residents is spearheading the implementation of a “Transition Initiative” for Mount Shasta and, in time, Siskiyou County as a whole.
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In response to the twin pressures of Peak Oil and Climate Change, some pioneering communities in the UK, Ireland and beyond are taking an integrated and inclusive approach to reduce their carbon footprint and increase their ability to withstand the fundamental shifts that will accompany Peak Oil. Currently over 100 towns in the UK have committed to adopt the Transition Initiative, with over 1000 communities worldwide seriously considering it. Our desire is that Mount Shasta and other small communities in Siskiyou County also adopt it.
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