THE TRANSITION COMPANION: MAKING YOUR COMMUNITY MORE RESILIENT IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
Book ID/图书代码： 03008012B57269
English Summary/英文概要： What if the best responses to peak oil and climate change don’t come from government, but from you and me and the people around us?
In 2008, the best-selling The Transition Handbook suggested a model for a community-led response to peak oil and climate change. Since then, the Transition idea has gone viral across the globe, from Italian villages and Brazilian favelas to universities and London neighborhoods. In contrast to the ever-worsening stream of information about climate change, the economy, and resource depletion, Transition focuses on solutions, on community-scale responses, on meeting new people, and on having fun.
The Transition Companion picks up the story today, drawing on the experience of one of the most fascinating experiments under way in the world. It tells inspiring tales of communities working for a future where local economies are valued and nurtured; where lower energy use is seen as a benefit; and where enterprise, creativity, and the building of resilience have become cornerstones of a new economy.
The first part discusses where we are now in terms of resilience and vulnerability in the face of rising oil prices, climate change, and economic challenge. It presents a vision of the future if we do not address these issues, and how things might change if we start to do so. The book then looks in detail at the process a community in transition goes through, calling on the experience of those who have already embarked on this journey. These examples show how much can be achieved when people harness energy and imagination to create projects that will make their communities more resilient. The Transition Companion combines practical advice—the tools needed to start and maintain a Transition initiative—with numerous inspiring stories from local groups worldwide.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 如果告诉你能为即将开采尽的石油和气候变化作出最佳回应的你我这样的普通人，而不是政府，你会作何感想？
2008年，产销书《转型手册》推荐了一种以社区为主导对峰值石油和气候变化作出回应的模式。从那以后，从意大利的村庄到巴西的贫民窟，再到大学校园和伦敦周围，“转型”理念迅速席卷全球。与不断加剧气候变化、经济衰退以及资源耗尽的报道相比，本书将焦点放在解决方法、社区规模的反应、结识陌生群体以及享受快乐上。
《转型同伴》一书建立在世界上当下最有趣的一项实验上，讲述了当代人鼓舞人心的故事。故事发生在致力于未来让当地经济得到重视和培养的社区，在那里，低能源使用率被视作人类的福利，在那里事业心、创造力以及回弹力被视作新经济的基石。
面对日益上涨的油价、不断恶劣的气候变化以及巨大的经济挑战，第一部分探讨了我们回弹力和脆弱性。本书不仅向我们展示了不解决问题将会产生的未来图景，而且展示了我们着手行动后的画面。接着本书详细地介绍了处于转型期的社区，汲取那些以及开展行动的社区经验。这些事例告诉我们当人们利用能源和想象力去创建项目时，我们能够在社区回弹力上取得多少成就。《转型同伴》结合了实际有效的建议——启动和维护转型初期项目所需的工具——以及众多来自全球、振奋人心的本土故事。(XMM)
Awards/获奖情况：Here, Rob sets out an exciting, much-expanded idea of what Transition is and could become; one that is rich with hard-won insights and practical advice. It’s a work full of bold answers, inspirational ideas and daring solutions. Although profoundly serious at heart, it’s never somber. In fact, it’s a great deal of fun, frequently demonstrating how Transition is a highly creative, stimulating, and even playful process. … The Transition Companion offers an extraordinarily rich yet highly accessible model for drawing together the people around you, and describes the tools needed to start an economic and social renaissance in the place you live. It’s a book that is unashamedly ambitious and far-reaching in its scope and vision. But, if we are to successfully navigate what’s coming toward us, and hold on to our identity, our community, and our shared optimism for the future, that is exactly what we need.—Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, from the foreword
About the Author/作者介绍： 罗布.霍普金斯是转型城镇托特尼斯和转型网站的合伙创始人之一。罗布拥有多年的从教经验，教授永久农业和自然建筑，并在爱尔兰金赛尔继续教育学院打造了世界上第一门两年制永久农业课程。此外，他还在爱尔兰整合了第一套生态村发展计划，并已经获得建筑许可。 他出版过作品Woodlands for West Cork!，Energy Descent Pathways，近作《转型手册：从依赖石油到自谋生路》以用多种语言出版，并在2008年夏季被MPs投票评为假期最受欢迎的作品。他的博客www.transitionculture.org，最近被评为应有最环保四大博客之一。罗布赢得 2008 舒马赫奖（Schumacher Award），入选Ashoka Fellow，Post Carbon研究所一员，并在英国土壤协会担任三年制托管人，又被《独立者报》评为英国前100位环境保护者。
罗布2009年凭借基层活动家获得观察伦理奖（Observer Ethical Award ），童年12月投票选为节能信托基金会绿色社区英雄，最近从普利茅斯大学修完博士学位，研究课题为“基层本地化和回弹力建设：转型城镇托特尼斯”。作者定居在德文郡，是一名热情的园丁。
Rob Hopkins is the cofounder of Transition Town Totnes and of the Transition Network. He has many years’ experience in education, teaching permaculture, and natural building, and set up the first two year-full-time permaculture course in the world, at Kinsale Further Education College in Ireland, as well as coordinating the first eco-village development in Ireland to be granted planning permission.
He is author of Woodlands for West Cork!, Energy Descent Pathways and most recently The Transition Handbook: From oil dependency to local resilience, which has been published in a number of other languages, and which was voted the fifth-most-popular book taken on holiday by MPs during the summer of 2008. He publishes www.transitionculture.org, recently voted the fourth best green blog in the UK. He is the winner of the 2008 Schumacher Award, an Ashoka Fellow, a Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute, served three years as a Trustee of the Soil Association, and was named by the Independent as one of the UK’s top 100 environmentalists. He is the winner of the 2009 Observer Ethical Award for the Grassroots Campaigner category, and in December 2009 was voted the Energy Saving Trust/Guardian’s Green Community Hero. He lectures and writes widely on peak oil and Transition, holds an MSc in Social Research, and recently completed a PhD at the University of Plymouth entitled "Localisation and resilience at the local level: the case of Transition Town Totnes." He lives in Devon and is a keen gardener.
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