The plan we've been waiting for
We've been discussing RBE ideas for 4 years, yet action seems hard to follow. It's not your fault. The problems we face are huge.
Still, we always want to think big- trying to talk to politicians, organize a "mass movement", protest or wait until we have "enough" people instead of starting with what we have.
(And that means starting small.) We can't keep waiting for everyone else to join us. If we wait until we have "enough" people, we'll never have enough! We have to take action now, and when we finally create results people will start jumping on board. Note, we're not talking about "building cities" or ecovillages. In fact, the plan explains why that's a really really bad idea. This is realistic, beginning with the assumption that you have no money and only a few people. Still, with a little ingenuity and luck, a group of 10 people following this plan can take over a city of several thousand in one year.
Over the past several months, we've looked at all the RBE movements and took the best ideas from each one. The Transition, Copiosis, EOS, TZM, TVP, Ubuntu and pretty much everything else.. You name it, we researched it. Together, we combined them to create a transition plan that costs nothing to start, requires no permission and can occur immediately. There's no reason to wait. It begins with each and every one of us! Instead of splitting our efforts, we create local assemblies at the ground level and work our way up from there. Our local teams unify behind a single "brand" to build publicity and clout. The Global Assembly serves as a united front not to spread awareness (since we all have different ideas), but act. Recruiting one new member every month means that we can transition to a free world (the precursor to full-blown RBE) in as little as 2 years.
And that biggest obstacle to transition? It's been figured out. Here's how we get the rich and powerful on our side.
This plan is long for the casual reader (approx. 7 pages), but it goes deep into detail about what we can do and how we can do it. If you like what you read, please share this as much as you can! Tell your friends, fellow sustainability advocates and join the action group on Facebook to share your ideas: Once we all get on the same page, we can make this go viral. It's as easy as just linking to this post.
I'm ready to get started, are you?
Table Of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction, Purpose and Goals
Chapter 2: Creating a Local Assembly
Chapter 3: Stages of Transition
Chapter 4: How to solve Money, Time and Interest problems
Chapter 5: General Ideas and Starter Projects
Chapter 6: The Essence Of Transition
Chapter 7: Closing out- How to Recruit, Slay Dragons, Destroy Big Media and More
Not "just another movement"
We know- division of effort and everything- but this isn't "just another movement". This is a specific way forward and plan for us to unite around so we can do something instead of continuing to watch the horror unfold behind the safety of our computer screens. Our local focus means that we can't be sidetracked as easily since lot of work needs to happen in real life, not just online.The Global Assembly does not conflict/compete with TZM/TVP or seek to duplicate their efforts.
While these two movements are about education and have done excellent work producing materials to share with people (no doubt they'll be very useful in our plan too), TGA is about action. We're talking practical steps that we can all take to not just spread the word, but save money and move ourselves (and eventually our cities) out of the system. Our plan culminates in complete basic self-sufficiency for each city and town around the world in as little as five years. The Assemblies provide the framework and bones for a new society. Each local assembly is a "seed" that will bloom into something amazing if we work hard and stay connected.
Now that we have the roadmap, what are we waiting for?
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