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280 JUDIT FARKAS more conservative, traditional, formal Wekerle Club and the Green Sprout Club of more flexible, middle-class radical (Hippie) members adopting post-materialist values became increasingly obvious (Longhurst — Pataki 2015: 53). At present both groups, Wekerle Club and Iransition Wekerle, play an active part in the civil life of the estate. The preparatory phase of Transition Wekerle began in 2007, the organization became official (but not registered) in 2011, and they announced the project and the essence of “Transition identity” at a local public forum in 2012. Their self-presentation on the webpage of transitional communities says: “The Organizing Circle of Transition Wekerle is a civil group registered by the local council but not registered officially. Its main aim is to cherish the Transition Wekerle idea and promote the transformation. Transition Wekerle (IW) is the first official ‘Transition’ community in Hungary, a member of the international Transition (Towns) Network since 2011. TW is the local alliance of private persons, civil organizations and institutions. The alliance tries to bring about possibilities for the collective of residents that strengthen the community and enrich their lives but do not damage the environment.” The topics they address themselves to — quoted from the homepage - are collective food production, community-supported agriculture, local farmers’ markets, community gardens, energy-effectiveness, social enterprise, and communal recycling. They worked out a local economic development strategy, the Strategy of Energy-efficient Wekerle, they make compost, actively support and use the farmers’ market, and joined a bio veggie box system. The team Kispest Civilians for Canteen Meals tried to solve the problem of public catering (2011-2013) and they are now planning a community garden. Two formal organizations have grown out of the Transition Wekerle group. One is the Kiserdö [Little Forest] Society which emerged for the protection of the forest in 2021 from the local group and campaign, Another way — Union for the Little Forest (2017). They are involved in a lawsuit with the state on this issue. Their activity also goes beyond the Little Forest and they try to speak up for all green spaces in Budapest. The other formal group is called Transition Wekerle Communal Cooperative and comprises old TW members and newcomers alike. Its main activities include running the local “green canteen”, KOZOS [joint], and a café and kitchen at the Wekerle Kispiac [farmers market].!° The goals of the TT movement include collaboration with local self-governments. TW has also taken steps in this area and worked on two formal cooperative projects with the local council: one was a year-long project called Municipalities and Transition, to map and elaborate the possibilities and patterns of collaboration between local governments and civil groups. The other project was the local food strategy in which they surveyed the possibilities and worked out an action plan under the mentorship and financial support of Védegylet."’ 9 Atalakulé Wekerle | Átalakulás... (atalakulo.hu) Owing to radically increased overhead costs, KÖZÖS had to be closed down — just as this chapter was being written (3 February 2023). http://xn--vdegylet-b1a.hu/kiskozossegek/
