Hi-
I think Rob Hopkins' book Transition Handbook will be selling big.
A bookseller just told me that there are 20,000 pre-orders from booksellers for it
(though of course they might return them unsold).
It is already in it's second printing after 12 weeks.

I think Henry hits the nail on the head with the suggestion that people need a concrete, effective first step.
I visited Stephen Hren yesterday here in Durham, NC where I am visiting. I took a look at a galley proof of his forthcoming book, and it looks good.

I second the recommendations below by Henry.
-- Jim
smithmillcreek.blogspot.com

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> We went through 12-24 months of different people showing up for different events with only a very small group of regulars and no group action beyond awareness razing. No on ready to do a community project only make personal tweaks. One of the regulars then said "I am going to do solar hot water for my self and lets get others to do it as well." As the overall leader with my own agenda of taking our valley to carbon neutral by 2020 solar hot water was not tackling the problem head on but because it was the first suggestion coming from others I went for it.

Long story short it worked and we now have a much larger action group. I think you must go where the energy is and build out from there. We are now attempting to follow the "transitioning Towns primmer process" and our next step is to try to get those extant organizations and entities to view their role in the context of peak oil and climate change. Down load the pdf of the transition town primmer at http://transitiontowns.org/TransitionNetwork/TransitionNetwork#primer and read pages 22-27 for a structure to consider working off of. Rob Hopkins who coauthored this work is also available on you tube in lots of clips... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4kb3s9Y6DI&feature=related

This one is worth accessing by dialup and starting it up for 20 seconds and then putting on pause for ten+ minutes for it to accumulate in your computer so you can view it. He gets into the contagious excitement of getting the creative process rolling in a community.
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