In September 2007, Jo Hamilton and Mim Saxl brought together a group of people to talk about a Transition Towns initiative for Oxford. A sub-set of that group began to work together in the following months and began activities with a series of gatherings and meetings to explore the Transition Towns concept in an Oxford context. This group is the Transition Oxford Seed Group. Current members (March 2009) are:
The Seed Group set itself the following objectives:
A gathering in November 2008 triggered the formation of an energy descent action plan co-ordinating group (the TOP group), a significant event at the beginning of this transition for Oxford.