The Tri-County Transition group serves the Northwest corner of South Carolina. In 2008, the late mayor, Larry Abernathy, realized he needed to assemble a dedicated group to address and make recommendations to the City of Clemson regarding environmental issues and climate change. Many of those on the mayor’s Green Ribbon Committee were familiar with the mission of Transition and while this helped to guide their efforts, there was not yet a solid group focused solely on Transition.

In 2010, a small group began to gather for coffee every month or so, to discuss ways to bring more folks in the Upstate into the conversation about community resilience, climate change and peak oil. Several potlucks were held and eventually a Steering Committee was set up in 2011. We have expanded to areas beyond Clemson, and now include the counties of Anderson, Oconee and Pickens.  As of 2013 we are continuing to meet. We are working together on a number of projects including a local “Green Energy” tour.

我们的使命是提高人们对社区恢复能力的认识，营造可持续的生活环境。通过在致力于解决这些问题的现有团体之间建立联系，我们的目标是将南卡罗来纳州上州转变为一个繁荣和低碳的未来。