Creating a Drome Valley - Diois in Transition, that is gone ... Oil       Territories in Transition   
     Drome Valley - January 2011   
  
 
    An animation citizen has 7 themes emerge around which to think and act to prepare the country to live without oil   
  
 
    1. The economy   
   Give the man at the center of the economy  
   develop alternative forms: local currencies, LETS (Local Exchange Trading System)  
   develop collective solutions  
   Working in cooperative societies  
   Develop a social minimum  
  
 
    2. Agriculture   
   Reduce urban sprawl on land quality  
   Relocate food crop production  
   Revisiting methods and natural farming techniques: permaculture, organic, less input ,  
   Empower local reclaiming a piece of land: 20% of area gardens Mandatory (like public housing)  
  
 
    3. Energy - Habitat   
   systematically inform the population of all the alternatives  
   Basic idea: use less and find small solutions  
   Vegetate roofs to insulate the roof and recreate what lost ground  
   Relocate energy as well as food: go to wood fuel (short term)  
   Changing behavior: qq reduce degrees isolated houses, change of supplier, to review its own energy use and consider all possible solutions  
   Pooling, group heating systems (personal autonomy is a desirable ?) to go to the cohousing (how to find skills?) long-term  
    All themes are interconnected: housing, transportation ... Social => reflecting together   
  
 
    4. Transport   
   Expand all alternatives: car, stop solidarity, taxis, bicycles, small cars 10 people  
   Rethinking the program of road construction  
   Focus railways  
   the Work attitudes, educating children, bringing together public services, increase parking spaces to get together on community sites (gardens)  
  
 
    5. Food   
   Educating otherwise pool between meals Nearby: 1fois/semaine kitchen, shared meals a week, cook together, focus on fruits and vegetables in season and local, to make awareness in supermarkets (packages, types of food ...)  
   Develop community gardens, local self-sufficiency  
   Organize composts in town  
  
 
    6. Social link   
   Sharing of knowledge, information on alternatives, potentials, discussions ... meeting places  
   Partying often  
   Habitat shared  
   - If all this already exists, reflect together on what really prevents us from being more collective.  
   unifying Create activities that do not necessarily respond to the needs (eg recycling, assembly by a group of clothing all generations), but that create joy and help move towards an ideal  
   Train young people to NVC at school (Nonviolent Communication)  
   Back to "popular universities" where everyone shares his knowledge with others, knowledge of ancient  
    Social link back or coming back from envy or necessity? reflection on love to go to the other.   
  
 
    7. Political thinking   
   Awakening consciences; use NVC in municipal councils, training  
   Fighting capitalism and how to live inside the words, freedom, equality, fraternity?  
   Clear positive energies  
   Develop cooperative enterprises  
   The elected leaders are more citizens that political professionals  
    change through information, advocacy, research direction, the development of consciousness each; reclaim our future beyond the elect.   
    Florence Alicot   
    Ecology in Everyday   
    DIE, Rhone-Alpes, France   
    The Chastel 26150 DIE   
    Tel: 04 75 21 00 56