Hello everyone. Our June meet-up was a great success! Nearly 40 people attending, and we had some great discussions. Please take a look at some of the ideas from this event:

Greetings fellow Transitioners, This summer is going to be an exciting time for Transition Barrie. We are now “officially recognized” as one of Canada’s fifteen Transition Town initiatives. There is still a lot of ground to cover, but “Transition Barrie” is starting to take shape. Coming up fast is the “Transition Oasis” at Barrie’s first annual Ecofest Ecology Festival. [...]

If you are getting involved with Transition Barrie, you will want to read the Transitions Initiatives Primer. It provides comprehensive information about embarking on a transition journey .. and is recommended reading. You can get the latest copy of the document from the Transition Towns WIKI. Thank-you for taking interest !

Our Oct 24 Open Space event was a great success. Thank-you to all who came out to take part! Take a look at some of the pictures below! Be sure to leave a comment if you like. All notes + ideas from the session will be emailed out to participants within the week. A big [...]

STEERING THROUGH UNCERTAIN TIMES Climate Change / Energy Decline / Economic Chaos Transition Barrie is a citizen led initiative, founded in May 2009, to explore how Barrie can adapt to these issues and become a better and stronger community. Come out for this important interactive forum about the need to make the transition from a cheap-oil economy to [...]

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Our next meeting will be based on Open Space Technology. In fact, the entire Transition movement is based on using Open Space Technology. “We’ve found Open Space Technology to be a highly effective approach to running meetings for Transition Initiatives. In theory it ought not to work. A large group of people comes together to [...]