The Transition process is constantly evolving, as more of us take up the challenge and run with it, flexibly adapting to the situations around us. What started out as the 10 Steps has now become 12, with a new 1 and a 12.

1. Set up a Steering Group and Design.
2. Awareness Raising
3. Lay the Foundations
4. The Official Unleashing
5. Form Groups
6. Use Open Space
7. Develop Visible Practical Manifestations of the Project
8. Facilitate the Great Reskilling
9. Build a Bridge to Local Government
10. Honour the Elders
11. Let it Go Where it Wants to Go
12. Create an Energy Descent Action Plan

More detailed descriptions of the original 10 Steps (2-11 above) are here, and the new 1 is here.

These 12 Steps are all important and have been shown to be necessary or to spring up naturally, but they happen in different orders and different forms in each location.  This is not a linear plan, but a set of activities that together will hopefully lead to Transition. In Bristol, for example, we have embarked on 1, and are working simultaneously on 2, 3, and 9, whilst constantly bearing 11 in mind.  4 would like to happen of its own accord, but we’ve got much more work to do in order to reach further into the community, beyond the traditional ‘green’ audience, before we can truly Unleash the Collective Genius of the whole of Bristol!