Upcoming Events

Kitchen Permaculture
A 10-week online course from Bob Waldrop, starting Feb 28th. TTOKC will be featured!

Training for Transition
Apr 10-11, 2010
Learn how to create a Transition initiative in your area!  Details to follow...

Get Involved!

Contact us at
info (at) goinglocalokc (dot) com
to ask us to speak to your group or company, volunteer or to get more information.  We welcome your ideas and participation! 

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Community Resilience Toolkit

OKC Farmer's Markets

OKC Resources

Peak Oil Research

Peak Oil Preparation

 
"The days of easy energy are over."

                                     - David Fleischaker, former Oklahoma Secretary of Energy

As our country settles deeper into a recession, and we are faced with the extraordinary challenges of energy security and climate change, it is becoming obvious that we need to join together to help ourselves, our families, and our neighbors. 

The mission of Transition Town OKC is to support the people of Oklahoma City as we transition from oil dependence to local resilience, energy security and sustainability. Working together, we can strengthen our local economy, support our local farmers, and develop renewable sources of energy. With those goals in mind, TTOKC is promoting a return of local communities and businesses.



Oklahoma City has a unique geography, natural resources, demographics, ideals, and history.  What works for other cities may or may not work for us - we need to find our own path to energy security and local resilience.  Transition Town OKC aims to act as a catalyst for our community to explore its own solutions to the energy and economic challenges we face.

Transition Town OKC is:

Inclusive - Everyone is invited to participate and contribute. We are non-partisan.

Positive - We focus on envisioning and creating a healthy, secure, resilient, and sustainable future.

Community Focused - We help people work together at the community level to address the challenges of economic insecurity, energy transition, and climate change.

Proactive - Creative thinking, hope, optimism and a can-do spirit can inspire our community to collectively work for solutions. 

Transition Town OKC goals:

1. Raise awareness and educate citizens about the energy challenge.
2. Engage the public to envision and create a positive lower-energy future.
3. Provide information, resources, and support to help people implement the energy transition in their own lives.
4. Network with existing groups dedicated to helping Oklahoma City become more resilient and sustainable.
5. Empower the public to be involved at the local, grass-roots level in planning for a different energy future.  

Transition Town OKC hopes to engage citizens in creating positive responses to the peak energy problem, not to present a set of solutions as the "answer."  We don't believe that continuing with business as usual is a viable solution, but we do believe that some possible actions at the community level might include:

• Creating and supporting local businesses and jobs
• Facilitating the development of local agriculture and gardening
• Emergency preparedness
• Increasing the energy efficiency of buildings and transportation
• Improving public transport and availability of bike paths
• Increasing the capacity and availability of alternative energy

Join the momentum  

If you are interested in participating in Transition Town OKC, you can find information about events that you can attend or you can contact us at info (at) goinglocalokc.com with your ideas and suggestions.  Transition Town OKC is for everyone - we look forward to hearing from you!