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Response to New York Times Article on Peak Oil and Transition Movement

I gained a valuable insight from the recent New York Times article about Peak Oil and the Transition Movement, but this was not insight about the subject matter itself. What I learned was that even in a time of a great oil-caused environmental catastrophe, even the New York Times cannot address these crucial issues head-on, but only by embedding them in a personal interest story about a vaguely kooky and self-deprecating “doomer” who’s latest “obsession” has mainly managed, it appears, to annoy… Continue

Added by Erik Lindberg on June 8, 2010 at 10:16am — 1 Comment

Mark Shepard Permaculture Design Course, April 17-23rd, Newburg, WI

Hey Transition-ers! You all know that the principles of permaculture inform the Transition Town movement. Here's a great opportunity to learn from one of the Midwest's leading permaculture instructors, Mark Shepard.

Mark will lead one of his exciting and paradigm-shifting permaculture design courses this coming April at Riveredge Nature Center, just north of Milwaukee, WI. See the details and sign

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Added by Jeff S on March 12, 2010 at 9:50am — No Comments

Sitopia - The City of Food

I've just finished reading Carolyn Steel's excellent book Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives, and have been enlightened to some of the logistics of how a city as big as London can manage to function while producing so little food for itself. It's not often one considers just how a supermarket manages to create an atmosphere of unlimited supply on an island that only produces a fraction of it's fresh food. I abhor supermarkets and have weaned myself gradually of them in the last five y… Continue

Added by Melissa North on February 19, 2010 at 12:56pm — 1 Comment

One Small Step

Driving miles to go to pick up a pint of hormone filled, gm-fed milk, living in an overheated house running appliances non-stop, not knowing (much less trusting) your neighbours, barely talking to your over stressed and commercially stimulated children, this is the world we live in now and this is considered normal. For years my husband and I always had a sick feeling at the bottom of our stomachs which only bloated when we had a child. The answer to all problems these days just seems to… Continue

Added by Melissa North on February 11, 2010 at 4:41am — No Comments

Wisconsin Clean Energy Jobs Act

This is a critical response to the grave issue of climate change, and we can't allow this bill to be decimated as some would do.You will find information below as to what you can do. First, some useful information. This legislation (SB 450 in the Senate, AB 649 in the Assembly) would reduce global warming emissions, increase the use of renewables, including by businesses and homeowners, support energy efficiency, and provide for smart growth and better transportation options. It WILL also crea… Continue

Added by Don Ferber on February 1, 2010 at 5:04pm — No Comments

350 ppm events in Madison

50 people rallied at the State Capitol in Madison last Saturday (December 12) to demand that limiting carbon to 350 ppm be part of the climate treaty negotiated in Copenhagen. They joined people from 181 countries and over 5200 events to demand meaningful change based on science. We enjoyed 4 great songs from the Raging Grannies, as well as words from Katy Walter of One Sky, and a university student from Denmark. We had 2 local TV stations filming us!! Here's a link to one of the stories:… Continue

Added by Judy Skog on December 13, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

new economics resource

HI, There is a great new resource about economics on the Transition Town Totnes website. It's about 5 pages long. http://transitionculture.org/2009/04/27/an-economics-addition-to-the-transition-handbook/ cheers Judy Continue

Added by Judy Skog on June 3, 2009 at 8:44pm — No Comments