Resources

Sites - International

The Transition Towns Network - Our guides and thought-leaders in local energy descent planning
Transition Culture - Transition Towns founder Rob Hopkins' site
Transition US - The national Hub for Transition initiatives in United States
Transition Ireland & Northern Ireland - Hub for Irish Transition initiatives
Future Scenarios - Permaculture co-founder David Holmgren's seminal thinking
The Post-Carbon Institute - (includes the Post-Carbon Cities and Relocalization networks)
The Beginners Guide to Peak Oil - a very comprehensive Peak Oil information site

Information Sites

Transition Decade - A coalition of many groups
Association for the Study of Peak Oil - Australian section
The Energy Bulletin - A great site with information in many related topics
Crude Oil Peak - A site with great oil-peak information and lots of Sydney specific commentary

Sydney Region Permaculture Groups
Permaculture Sydney West - Meets at Toongabbie and covers west and north west areas
Permaculture Southwest-Macarthur (Facebook group) - as the name suggests - covers the southwest and macarthur regions of Sydney
Permaculture North - Large and active Sydney Permaculture group focused on areas north of the harbour
Permaculture Sydney East - Covering the City of Sydney and Eastern Suburbs
Permaculture St George & Sutherland Shire - Covering the southern suburbs of Sydney
Blue Mountains Permaculture Network - Covering the Blue Mountains

Other Australian Climate-Energy-Food Organisations
Alternative Technology Association - promoting energy saving and conservation to households
Australian City Farms and Community Gardens - national body of community gardening organisations
Sydney Food Fairness Alliance - responding to the issues of food security and food equity in our sydney region
Global Youth Futures - Connect.Collaborate.Create
Slow Food Sydney - Much more than the opposite of fast food
Eat the Suburbs! - Great name and excellent information on this Melbourne site
Aussies Living Simply - a network of people doing it and sharing experiences and information
Australian Community Foods - A great site for finding local city farms, farmers markets, community gardens and local food outlets
MyKyoto - Sign your own Kyoto Protocol and reduce your emissions

The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins (2009, Finch Publishing, ISBN 978 1 900322 18 8)
The Last Oil Shock, David Strahan (2007, John Murray, ISBN 978 0 7195 6423 9)
Peak Everything, Richard Heinberg (2007, NSP, ISBN 978 0 86571 598 1)
The Transition Timeline by Shaun Chamberlain (2009, Green Books, ISBN 978 90033=22 56 0)

End of Suburbia - Website Trailer Previews
Escape from Suburbia - Website Trailer#1 Trailer#2
Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil - Website
The 11th Hour - Trailer
An Inconvenient Truth - Website
Crude Awakening - Website