[Scpg] "Removing Official Blocks to the Transition to Sustainability"- Free talk May 19

[LBUZZELL at aol.com]

Transition Town Santa Barbara (_www.transitiontownsb.org_ 
(http://www.transitiontownsb.org) ) invites you  to join us on Tuesday evening, May 19th for “
Four Steps for Removing Official Blocks to  Transition,” a presentation by 
best-selling author and public affairs  consultant Paul Edwards on how local 
communities can  change laws and ordinances so they don’t hinder but ease 
and encourage the shift  to a sustainable, resilient, locally-based way of 
life. The talk will be held at the Karpeles Library at 21 West Anapamu from 7 
pm – 9  pm and will include a Power Point  on lobbying. 
Paul’s  presentation will cover four steps local  communities need to make 
to recast local policy towards  sustainability.  The steps are: 
1.  What’s in the Way of Transition? 
2.  Where to Start: Deciding What to Focus On 
3.  Step Three: Deciding Where to Invest Your Energy 
4. Step Four: What Methods Do You  Use? 
Paul  will identify the major targets for reform and discuss underlying 
strategic  approaches and key resistances to overcome. He will also describe 
tools such as  strategic social marketing, ballot initiatives, and campaigns 
to elect slates of  local officials.  
Paul  has worked with a wide range of corporate, governmental and 
non-profit  organizations throughout his career. During the past four years, he has 
been instrumental in organizing and launching  Let’s Live Local, a Transition 
Initiative in Pine Mountain Club, CA, now the  11th official US Transition 
Initiative. He has also completed  Training for Transitions workshops as 
well as other sustainability training  programs. 
Paul’s consulting includes assistance with ballot initiatives and campaigns 
for  electing slates of local officials with the vision to lead their 
community into  a sustainable future. You can see a  fuller description of his 
services and background on his web site at _www.publicaffairsservices.com_ 
(http://www.publicaffairsservices.com/)   He is co-author, with his wife Sarah 
Edwards, of “Middle Class Lifeboat” and  many other books. 
Transition Town Santa Barbara was founded in the fall of 2008  to empower 
our community to squarely face the challenges of economic  instability, 
climate change and resource depletion and to unleash the collective  genius of 
our own people to create ways of transitioning to a thriving and  resilient 
local community. Inspired by permaculture teacher Rob Hopkins’ book  “The 
Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience,” there are  now 
hundreds of Transition Initiatives around the world in many countries. 
TTSB’s  website is _www.transitiontownsb.org_ 
(http://www.transitiontownsb.org/)  
For  more information, contact Transition Town Santa Barbara Seeds 
Committee member  Linda Buzzell at _lbuzzell at aol.com_ (mailto:lbuzzell at aol.com)  or 
(805) 563-2089.   

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