Transition Philippines Information

Transition Philippines is a social, environmental and grassroots enterprise that promotes change by empowering urban & rural communities in the Philippines towards a more equal and sustainable way of living. The organisation was created 5 years ago by Ms. Julie Viloria. After more than 30 years working and living around the world while active in community development for the World Bank, she wants to give back to her own community in the Philippines. In order to establish transition in society, we believe it is necessary to change the system on different levels at the same time; it is not enough just to tackle what is visible at the surface. Therefore, the last 5 years (and more to come) we have been involving children, farmers, local municipalities, barangays, communities, people in slums and urban dwellers. We want to show that it is possible, easy, fun, cheap and healthy to grow your own food, live sustainable and be resilient. We have a grassroots orientation. Through our backgrounds in economic and social transition and in permaculture we are able to identify and address core problems which arise from the dis-empowerment of communities, un-sustainable agricultural practices and poor diet. We focus on social and economic empowerment. We believe that true sustainability is gained by creating programs that are not permanently dependent on external funding but that become self-financing and profitable to producers.