Carolyne Stayton is the co-founder (in 2008) and Executive Director of Transition U.S., helping catalyze and shepherd the Transition Towns Movement in this country, which has now spread to over 300 communities in 40 states. The Transition movement advocates for and organizes to promote a historic shift to local community resilience, providing trainings, tools and resources to encourage citizen action, local business development, the reinvention of food/transportation/energy systems, and local “re-skilling” with practical know-how. transitionus.org
