In solidarity with the rhetoric of sustainability, Santa Cruz is “Going Green.” Members of the Santa Cruz community are coming together to share the techniques and technologies of low-tech, local self-sufficiency.

Homegrown harvests and bread baked by the family down the street. Medical care subsidized by local taxes and available to all residents of a municipality. Mixed-use housing, water catchment systems galore, walkable neighborhoods and thriving community connections.
Transition Santa Cruz, a citizen coalition that educates and acts on the principles of personal and community resilience in a future devoid of cheap oil, believes all of these and much more are possible in a post -petroleum world.