Comments on: ‘Transitioning Whidbey’: a film about, erm, Transitioning Whidbey

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:46:51 +0000

Apparently my reading comprehension isn’t very good, because it took me two viewings of the video before I noticed Vicki in the credits as the author of YMOYL. Thank you all for your information and links.

I think it is really excellent that there is an Economic Transition council for Transition US, and that Vicki is a part of it. Whenever I try to imagine what a steady-state economy looks like I think of Your Money Or Your Life, and also Amy Dacyczyn’s Tightwad Gazette series for the consumption side of the ledger.

By: David MacLeod

David MacLeod — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:54:52 +0000

Mark, in 2006 Vicki Robin spoke at the Community Solutions Peak Oil Conference. A brief excerpt posted here: http://sustainablebellingham.org/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=LivingSimplyInAPostPeakWorld

Also, Vicki Robin has recently joined the new Economic Transition Advisory Counsel for Transition U.S.
http://transitionus.org/stories/economic-advisory-council-joins-transition-us

By: Joshua Nelson

Joshua Nelson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:24:04 +0000

She is one and the same, check it out: http://www.yourmoneyoryourlife.org/

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:19:27 +0000

Is Whidbey’s Vicki Robin the Vicki Robin who co-authored “Your Money or Your Life?” I’m impressed (that is, even more impressed) if so.
That is one of the books that set me on this path.

By: Judith N

Judith N — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:08:01 +0000

Kristi -

What Ben said… and also see http://transitionwashingtonstate.ning.com/

cheers,
Judith

By: Ben Brangwyn

Ben Brangwyn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:40:21 +0000

Kristi,

You mentioned not knowing if there’s a transition initiative near you over there in the US. There are googlemaps of initiatives linked on this page (http://transitiontowns.org/TransitionNetwork/Mulling), usually with contact details, so you should be able to find that information out.

Hope that helps. Ben.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:51:51 +0000

Oops. Odd, because I did change it to having an h in before I posted it, must have saved the wrong version. All sorted now though. Bit like the amount of articles I see that refer to ‘Totness’ or ‘Rob Hoskins’, or worse again ‘Bob Hoskins’!

By: Joshua Nelson

Joshua Nelson — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:29:02 +0000

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it is spelled “Whidbey”

Nice work otherwise!

By: Kristi

Kristi — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:36:18 +0000

That’s Whidbey, with an “h”.

One of the problems with the transition movement in the US is that even if there’s one in your backyard, you don’t know it’s there. Whidbey Island is 25km away, yet I didn’t know that there were any transition movements happening in my state….

By: Shane Hughes

Shane Hughes — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:36:20 +0000

wonderful! absolutely inspiring and nurturing and so timely given the recent attacking article from Alex Steffen which cast a dark shadow on Transition. Now washed away. Thanks Widbey.

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