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50 Strawbale Home PlansStarted by Sandi Brockway in WORKGROUP: HOUSINGLatest Reply |
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WORKGROUP: FOODlocal food production, food security, CSA's, Permaculture, organic, & biodynamic growing, building healthy soils, food preservation & storage, farming cooperatives, community kitchens, buying in bulk, grains, working animals, aquaculturelocal food production, food security, CSA's, Permaculture, organic, & biodynamic growing, building healthy soils, food preservation & storage, farming cooperatives, community kitchens, buying in bulk, grains, working animals, aquaculture |
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Sep 6 Reecykling is oldschhol by Steffen Kirkegaard |
WORKGROUP: ENERGYlocal renewable energy sources, distributed/decentralized energy grid, biogas conversions, solar, wind, CHP, wood, micro-hydro, biofuels, use reduction |
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Oct 7 The localization of energy production by Scout Tomyris |
WORKGROUP: TRANSPORTATIONpedestrian-friendly cities, bicycles, mass transit and long distance rail, reclaiming roads for other uses, alternative fuels, biofuels, hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles |
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Sep 3 Reply by michael klein ewin |
WORKGROUP: ECONOMYlocal currencies, barter, childcare cooperatives, cottage industries, jobs & right livelihood, homeworking, cottage industries, green business & local entrepreneurship, local business, meaningful work, living wage. |
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Jul 6 Restructuring The Economy - Perspective ALBA 101 by Mike Morin |
WORKGROUP: HOUSINGnatural building, retrofitting/eco-home renovation, affordable housing, developing/sourcing local building materials, Passivhaus, ecovillages, co-housing, changing zoning laws, adding tenants, home business, child-friendly communities, neighborhood sharing, multigenerational home design (tools, machines, etc.) |
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Aug 19 Co-housing or creating a neighborhood by Ruel Czach |
WORKGROUP: WASTEreusing and re-purposing, reducing, buying in bulk & cooperatives, saying goodbye to plastics, neighborhood sharing (tools, machines, etc.), composting, vermiculture, composting toilets |
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Mar 28 Reply by bob banner |
WORKGROUP: WATERrooftop collection & storage, purification & filtration, anti-privatization, community storage & distribution, conservation, earthworks for water harvesting, swales, ponds, gray- and black-water systems |
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Aug 29 Reply by Roger Manley |
WORKGROUP: LOCAL GOVERNMENTgathering information, monitoring, history, liaising, informing, educating, involving local government members |
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Mar 30 Reply by bob banner |
WORKGROUP: WELFARE, HEALTH, WELLNESSparenting & childcare, childcare cooperatives, parenting skills, playgroups, education, child-friendly communities, midwifery; elder care, including elderly in community life, multi-generational structure, Medicinal herbs, local medicine production, prevention, nutrition & exercise, health education, support groups |
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Aug 21 Lab virus set free ? Don't take the vaccine by RGB |
WORKGROUP: YOUTH EDUCATIONecology & stewardship, k12 farm-to-school programs, school gardens, permaculture, school gardens, health & nutrition, diversity, global history & peoples, meaningful work at all ages, accounting skills, critical thinking skills, democratic family models and parenting skills, apprenticeships, lifelong learning and life skills, exposure to occupations & working whether than in documentary film, books such as Studs Terkel's WORKING, or special presentations by specialists, teaching, self educating. Experiential, Work Study, Independent learning. Catalyzing youth organizations, empowering youth to act for change and the common good, youth teaching youth, youth presentations & events - emphasis on civic duty & democratic principles. The earlier a child finds his strengths and interests, the more well adjusted the grown adult will be generallly be. How can we advance this early awareness? |
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Aug 24 Get 3 FREE Dissertation Topics Without Spending a Single PENNY! by Cassidy David |
WORKGROUP: RESKILLING, MENTORING, INTERNSHIPS, VOCATIONAL TRAININGdeveloping local products & materials, learning from elders & history, independent living skills, reuse, repairing, repurposing, reducing, recycling, community forests, fiber and animal care, spinning and weaving, cooking with fresh produce, cheese-making, soaps, plant-based textiles, baking, carpentry, blacksmithing, animal husbandry, bike repair, electronics, engineering, building skills - and the learning of all skills that lead to self reliance and sustenance. |
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Jul 4 Reply by Florence Windfall |
WORKGROUP: MIND, HEART & SOULpsychology of change, eco-awareness, music & performing/participatory arts, cultural events, cultural diversity, entertainment in film, arts, music, dance, performance, even athletic as in ReCreation and Olympics events. Opportunities for all to participate and enjoy culture (& all arts) - celebrating diversity and history reclaiming public space, celebrations, meditation & healing, spirituality, community-building, community programs pertaining to many aspects of life, culture and the arts. Rites of passage, group process, facilitation, mediation, social justice & democracy, fairness & inclusion, sexism/racism/elitism/*ism - i.e. the reduction & elimination of narcissism, which is based in artificial entitlement, privilege and competition which leads to unbridled greed and desensitization. |
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Feb 14 RESILIENCE THINKING By Brian Walker by bob banner |
WORKGROUP: OUTREACH & MEDIAorganizing & promoting events, creating our own media, nonfiction films, PR writing, presentations, maintain contacts database |
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Jul 24 Article about Transition in latest issue of Orion Magazine by Transition East Bay |
WORKGROUP: SECURITY, PREPAREDNESS, & JUSTICEactive citizen participation, military conversion, law enforcement, emergency training |
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Aug 21 Reply by RGB |
WORKGROUP: ENVISIONING A LOCAL FUTUREWORKGROUP: ENVISIONING A LOCAL FUTURE |
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Sep 27 Reply by Judith Newton |
WORKGROUP: CRITICAL OPINIONS & ANALYSISThis area would be where effective and eloquent voices have a space to criticize / comment / argue / debate about the failures, successes, the errors, the misconceptions about certain aspects of the Movement... so they can be aired. For example, the top down nudging, comments about ning, comments about the presentations.... |
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Jul 24 ...increased efficiency paradoxically leads to increased overall energy consumption. by Chuck White |
BOOK REVIEWSPlease share good reviews on books related to transition initiatives. |
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Oct 20 Download Your Community Resilience Toolkit -- Free! by Kirsten Schwind |
FILM REVIEWSPlease share good reviews on films related to transition initiatives. |
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Mar 29 Sustainable Table by Mark |
UncategorizedExisting discussions that have not been assigned a category. |
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Aug 3 Reply by Gina |
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