The transition handbook : from oil dependency to local resilience / Rob Hopkins.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-236).

Includes filmography and index.

Peak oil and climate change -- The view from the mountain-top -- Why rebuilding resilience is as important as cutting carbon emissions -- Why small is inevitable -- How peak oil and climate change affect us: 'post-petroleum' stress disorder' -- Understanding the psychology of change -- Harnessing the power of a positive vision -- A vision for 2030: looking back over the transition -- Kinsale-a first attempt at community visioning -- The transition concept -- How to start a transition initiative -- The first year of transition town totnes -- The viral spread of the transition concept.

We live in an oil-dependent world. Most people don't want to think about what happens when the oil runs out (or becomes prohibitively expensive). This title shows how the inevitable and profound changes ahead can have a positive effect.