Today we are going through a great transformation stage. Our civilization is changing on all levels; a new paradigm is emerging. The potential to restructure our way of life is in its most fertile phase, and at the same time in its most fragile and chaotic. Our Civilization and life as we know on the planet, in general, might not thrive if we do not make substantial changes.

 

The main structures that support life as we know it are reaching the limits of their functionality; the fundamental principles and tools for a new civilization are ready to be discovered, integrated and implemented. The change from one form to the other requires a transition phase. In this phase, the goal is to maximize wellbeing, minimize chaos and sow the seeds for a better future.

 

The transition, to be successful, requires the implementation of alternatives to replace the functions of the structures that are in crisis, regenerate society and the environment, select the alternatives that will be maintained in the long term and discover how to integrate them with each other. The transition implies a process of personal and collective transformation.

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Transition Engineering as an emerging vocation dedicated to the coordination of efforts, providing a structure for the exchange of techniques and technologies as well as tools to develop viable visions of the future on a local and global scale and strategies to achieve them.

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It emerges as a discipline dedicated to the study, research and implementation of knowledge, techniques, methodologies and technologies related to the transformation of society in its entry into the digital and global era.

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The structures used by humanity to “manage” the world are in a state of crisis and transformation. It becomes evident that the damage caused to the natural world that sustains our life, like pollution, deforestation, and species extinction is directly related to human activity, and it is this activity that must be transformed to regenerate the damage and resolve the current crises.

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The complexity of the situation outweighs the ability of legacy institutions to provide solutions. Along with the problems we face, new knowledge, new techniques and new technologies emerge that, combined with the human will to improve and the intrinsic ability for collaboration between us, offer a unique opportunity to restructure our society and regenerate our planet.