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Transition Area Bouzovsko?
Max Vittrup Jensen M.sc. Planning and Environmental Management,
Aalborg University, Denmark
Is the Transition approach applicable in
socially / culturally less responsive areas?
Who’s Who’s designing a designing a
creative, creative, positive positive energy energy
descent? descent? (Europe)(Europe)
What’s stopping us? What’s stopping us?
Cognitive Overload Theory (fruit salad experiment)Cognitive Overload Theory (fruit salad experiment)
Short term vs long term thinkingShort term vs long term thinking
Belief in authority figuresBelief in authority figures
Sunk cost, or investment in the presentSunk cost, or investment in the present““it’s difficult convincing a person of something when his job it’s difficult convincing a person of something when his job depends on him not believing it”depends on him not believing it”
OptimismOptimisman optimistic outlook is neurochemically self-fulfillingan optimistic outlook is neurochemically self-fulfilling
Bouzovsko(Or a similar rural area in a post-socialist country)
-Majority of the educated population has left the area
-The town hall represents the remaining voters
-Lack of employment opportunities, especially for skilled labor
-Non-progressive development
-Non-participatory feudal decision processes
-Peer-to-peer exchange system
-Massive centralizing of property, heating, electricity and food production systems
Massive distrust against organized Cooperation
People transportationFreight transportation
Transportation infrastructureHealth Care
EducationWater at the community level
Land useUrban design
Building communityLocal agriculture and local food
supplyLocal agriculture as an industry
Local hunting Local aquaculture
Local manufacturingRepair as a local industry
Retail tradeEnergy productionWaste disposal
Household preparationSocial and psychological
adjustmentInformation infrastructure
Topics for Post-Collapse solutions
Thank you
www.jen-sen.cz
www.permalot.org