The Transition Movement discussion

This folder is for comments about the second section of the book, chapters 10-23.

I will keep this short, as I doubt it will get views or comments. But I can always hope! :)

Again, I was quite impressed with the second section of the book, particularly chapters 20! and 21. See the discussion threads for those chapters.

Chapter 22 was also impressive, though from a more theoretical standpoint. I thought it was a very academic, yet readable analysis, and enjoyed it a lot. Again, see the thread above.

Chapter 23; good, though not as good as the three previous.

Going back to the start of the section, chapters 10-13 shared a theme of changing corporate cultures and the economic paradigm, which is of the highest importance. Chapter 10 was of course a bit less focused, more wide ranging, and was a good introduction to this set of chapters.

Chapter 14 ties in very well with 350.org's divestment initiative, and of course is very important on its own.

15 and 16 were okay in regard to looking at energy alternatives, and energy efficiency.

Chapter 17 is very good; Danielle Nierenberg is one of the top activists in the world today on the global sustainable food front. See http://foodtank.org/danielle-nierenberg

As I remarked previously, chapters 18 and 19 did not hit it with me, particularly the former.

IN SUMMARY. This section was a really good overview of many of the paths that are currently being trod by activists on the road to sustainability. Whether all these activists (I'm not referring to the authors) share the vision(s) of sustainability that were crafted in the first part of the book is doubtful; thus specific paths may not be quite as fruitful as they seem, but it is clear that the authors inserted into the essays reference to these part one visions.

I was thinking that the section could have used an introduction, then saw that it had one (!), which of course I had read. Upon looking at it again, I think that section could have been improved by the simple expedient of mentioning the chapter numbers as the paragraphs outlined the topics addressed. That to me would provide a better road map to the section.

I can't resist emphasizing again how much hope I personally got from chapters 20 and 21. It would really be interesting to hear what others thought of those chapters, and hear reasons why they agreed or disagreed with my feelings.

SO, ON TO THE THIRD SECTION.