Neighbourhood groups.

I'm wondering how on earth  to make this huge issue manageable...
 
I keep coming back to imagining a scenario with very scarce oil and limited energy availability.  In that situation people have to do whatever they can in their own local neighbourhoods.
 
Perhaps we could work towards trying to build local initiatives - for me that would be to do what I can in West Malvern.  That might involve identifying and approaching relevant local organisations such as: parish council, churches, schools, allotment association, businesses etc. and starting with an awareness campaign hoping to enlist other interested parties in the neighbourhood.  By keeping it local, that will help to make things more manageable by focusing on communication between people who already know each other - at least by sight... and folks should be able to walk (or at least cycle) to meetings.
 
Transition Malvern Hills might be able to help eg. by assisting provision of awareness materials etc. and helping to share ideas & progress between neighbourhood groups.  We might start by trying to identify one or two people in areas corresponding to each of the parish councils?
 
Comments and suggestions?...