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Transition Salon in Los Angeles at Westchester/Los Angeles

November 12, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm

If you are interested in leading Transition-style activities in your local portion of the L.A. area, come join us for this informal gathering. The Transition approach is a unique grassroots effort to rethink many sectors of society in preparation fo…

November 6

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Training for Transition (T4T) - Oct 10-11 at Culver City (Los Angeles area)

October 10, 2009 to October 11, 2009

"The T4T course is designed to give a detailed introduction to the most important skills necessary to successfully set up, develop, and run a Transition project in your locality." The T4T offers detailed training about the key issues (peak oil, glo…

October 3

Joanne Poyourow added an event

Training for Transition (T4T) - Oct 10-11 at Culver City (Los Angeles area)

October 10, 2009 to October 11, 2009

September 24

Joanne Poyourow added 3 events

Sharing within our Communities on September 24, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm
Inconvenient Truth - A Live Presentation of the slideshow that's changing America's mind on September 23, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm
Debut screening of "In Transition" documentary on September 9, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm

August 18

Joanne Poyourow commented on David Kahn's group 'Los Angeles'

note: the website cited above is now inactive. Current activity for Transition in the Los Angeles basin can be found via the Transition Los Angeles city hub at www.TransitionLA.org The Transition Los Angeles website offers calendars of meetings, l…

June 23

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Los Angeles

Transition Los Angeles is an informal networking site for those interested in exploring and/or implementing the Transition model in our city and its communities.

June 23

Jeff Grandinetti-Koerner replied to Joanne Poyourow's discussion 'Locally sourced fibers' in the group Fiber Enthusiasts - Knit & Crochet

I know this is an old post, but I'm interested in getting involved and I live in Atascadero. Let me know what resources there are around here.

June 14

Joanne Poyourow added 2 events

Andy Lipkis and TreePeople talk about Sustainable Communities on June 11, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm
"Transition Tales" workshop - July 25 on July 25, 2009 from 1pm to 5pm

May 28

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How might your current work contribute to the Transition movement?

I run the Environmental Change-Makers community group in the Westchester area of Los Angeles www.EnviroChangeMakers.org Our group has been meeting for over 3 years, focused on positive enviro solutions including more sustainable urban lifestyles, power down, Permaculture ideas, and Transition ideas. We hosted Southern California's first official Training for Transition (T4T) in December 2008.

In what ways do you personally identify with the Transition movement? Why are you interested?

I'm a mom of two children growing up into this crazy oil shortage and climate disruption world. In order to gain urban security in a post-peak world we must do the work to help a wide cross-section of society understand and prepare for the Transition before us.

What background and skills do you bring to this community?

In addition to being a community builder and the ongoing leader of our Change-Makers group, I'm the author of two environmental books.

_Legacy: A Story of Hope_ is a novel about the Transition time period. Filled with real permaculture ideas and power-down techniques, Legacy provides a vision of how the Transition could possibly unfold across the next four decades (more at www.LegacyLA.net)

_Environmental Change-Making: How to Cultivate Lasting Change in Your Local Community_, was released Dec 2008. It tells the story of our Los Angeles Change-Makers group -- what we do, and how we do it, so that other communities can do it too. (more at http://envirochangemakers.org/ECMg/Book.htm )

What aspects of the Transition Town movement most interests you?

You don't go from Outrageously Unsustainable Consumerism to Transition Town overnight -- it takes a long period of raising awareness, positive projects, and changing local minds one-at-a-time.

Our book _Environmental Change-Making: How to Cultivate Lasting Change In Your Local Community_ tells the story of how our local group got Los Angeles ready to consider Transition ideas. It is perhaps the "prequel" to Hopkins' Transition Handbook.

Your Favorite Books/Websites/Blogs/RSS Feeds for Information about the Transition Movement

see list at http://envirochangemakers.org/TTLA.htm

Your Personal Website (if you have one)

http://EnviroChangeMakers.org

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At 7:40am on October 22, 2008, David Kahn said…: Thank you Joanne, I will plan to attend. We have an event coming up this Monday the 27th titled: Permaculture for Justice; a presentation by Michal Vital about her work in Israel and how permaculture is helping to achieve peace! Its at the Santa Monica Main Library. More details : www.sustainablehabitats.org Please help us get word out we need your group's support.

At 9:56am on October 21, 2008, Les Squires said…: Hi Joanne and LA/Westchester. Great to see you here! We've just implemented some get acquainted questions so we CA Transition folk can all get to know each other. When you're finished introducing yourself, it would be great if you could post one or two of your local events -- even if they're local, they're news and inspiration to other communities wanting to get involved.

Again, we're delighted to see you. Ask questions, talk with people, have fun!

At 4:09pm on October 13, 2008, bob banner said…: Welcome Joanne to this new site. For those interested, Joanne organized a splendid all day event about Transition in LA last month. Please check her exquisite website for details. She is also the author of Legacy. More later Im sure!
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bob