Resilience in Action!

August 26, 2016

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Our thoughts go out to all those affected by the earthquake in central Italy – as we post this 241 people are known to have died, dozens are still trapped, many are homeless and aftershocks continue to rock the area.

At this time of crisis, it may not surprise you to hear that a team of Transitioners have leapt to respond.  Working in partnership with the public services, a group of search and rescue experts, all of them key members of Transition Italia, are using an infrared scanner to find people trapped under collapsed buildings and administering first aid.  As needs change in the days ahead, Transitioners in Italy will be exploring what else they can do to reach out and support their neighbours in the small towns and villages hit by the quake – already the Italian network is spontaneously working to find people accommodation and basic goods.

If you would like to send money to help the Transition team buy essential supplies, here are Transition Italy’s bank account details:

Transition Italia

P.zza della Libertà, 2 – 40050 Monteveglio Bo – Italy

IBAN: IT05L 05018 02400 00000 01978 52

BIC: CCRTIT2T84A

Banca Popolare Etica

Purpose of transfer:

"Terremoto Amatrice"

Rob Hopkins

Rob Hopkins is a cofounder of Transition Town Totnes and Transition Network, and the author of The Transition Handbook, The Transition Companion, The Power of Just Doing Stuff, 21 Stories of Transition and most recently, From What Is to What If: unleashing the power of imagination to create the future we want. He presents the podcast series ‘From What If to What Next‘ which invites listeners to send in their “what if” questions and then explores how to make them a reality.  In 2012, he was voted one of the Independent’s top 100 environmentalists and was on Nesta and the Observer’s list of Britain’s 50 New Radicals. Hopkins has also appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Four Thought and A Good Read, in the French film phenomenon Demain and its sequel Apres Demain, and has spoken at TEDGlobal and three TEDx events. An Ashoka Fellow, Hopkins also holds a doctorate degree from the University of Plymouth and has received two honorary doctorates from the University of the West of England and the University of Namur. He is a keen gardener, a founder of New Lion Brewery in Totnes, and a director of Totnes Community Development Society, the group behind Atmos Totnes, an ambitious, community-led development project. He blogs at transtionnetwork.org and robhopkins.net and tweets at @robintransition.

Tags: building community resilience, disaster recovery efforts, Transition movement