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Transition town, or more generally a
transition initiative, is a grassroot
community project that seeks to build resilience in response to
peak oil,
climate destruction, and economic instability by creating local groups that uphold the values of the transition network. Local projects are usually based on the model's initial '12 ingredients' and later 'revised ingredients'. The first initiative to use the name was Transition Town Totnes, founded in 2006. The
socioeconomic movement is an example of
fiscal localism. Since then, many Transition groups have started around the United Kingdom (UK) and, in recent years, the world.