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The Transition Towns WIKI provides an intellectual commons where communities can explore and share plans for responding to energy availability (particularly oil) and climate change. The site allows localities that have created transition initiatives and sustainable development models to share their individual plans as well as general links about green urban planning and household management. The electronic home of the Transition Network, the site also gives community leaders a primer for exploring issues related to energy use and climate and developing both immediate and long-range policy initiatives.
Most of the towns that have adopted transition plans and made them available through the wiki are in the United Kingdom–particularly in England–where current national policy encourages more sustainable urban growth in general and the recent emergence of green towns. While making good progress from Tring to Ottery St. Mary, transition initiatives have also received attention in New Zealand, Ireland, and Australia, as well as from communities in the western United States.
The site’s flexibility stands as its greatest strength. Rather than adopt a single model for all communities (such as the Enlightenment-inspired, right-angle oriented, township system of planning that emerged in the US after the American Revolution–perhaps the only legacy of the Articles of Confederation that preceded the Constitution), the Transition Network sets forth core thematic concerns and helps towns address environmental issues in a way that reflects local needs and encourages effective responses, social and economic growth, and an engaged sense of community life.
. Historian Shae Davidson's research interests include public policy and the relationship between culture and civil society. His publications range from articles on industrial history to absurdist poetry.
Most of the towns that have adopted transition plans and made them available through the wiki are in the United Kingdom–particularly in England–where current national policy encourages more sustainable urban growth in general and the recent emergence of green towns. While making good progress from Tring to Ottery St. Mary, transition initiatives have also received attention in New Zealand, Ireland, and Australia, as well as from communities in the western United States.