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20 Nov 2008
It was good to read John Michael Greer’s recent post about the Transition movement, entitled Premature Triumphalism, because as a long admirer of Greer’s work, I was looking forward to hearing his take on the subject. His piece is based on hearing a talk on Transition at the recent Community Solutions conference, and he raises some important points, most of which I have to say I agree with entirely and find his analysis very insightful. I want to start my response to his piece by drawing your (and his) attention to what I think is the most important thing on the Transition Network’s website, the Cheerful Disclaimer.
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17 Nov 2008
Climate change is upon us and the oil is running out. Is mankind’s darkest hour really approaching? If so, a growing army of local heroes is determined to turn it into our finest
Luke Leitch (original article here).
In Sandpoint, Idaho – birthplace of Sarah Palin, who really wouldn’t approve – residents have prepared the community garden for its first winter and plans are under way for a local biomass-fired power plant.
In Bell, a district of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, they are making wood-fired pizza ovens in each other’s gardens and have negotiated bulk-buy discounts on solar power equipment for local residents. They have also planted more than 150 trees in a push to become the “fruit and nut tree area of Geelong”.
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17 Nov 2008
Preparations for the upcoming Transition Cities conference in Nottingham are coming on very well. The outline of the event is becoming clearer, and it promises to be essential stuff for anyone involved in urban Transition work. As with other Transition events, the term ‘conference’ is something of a misnomer, as it will only include about 10 minutes of anyone actually standing up to address everyone. The day and a half event will be a mix of Open Space, which maximises the possibility of self organisation and allows you to bring your questions and interests, and a great selection of workshops.
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14 Nov 2008
Things are really moving along on the Transition Movie. Chris Watson has been filming a garden share scheme in Totnes whilst Emma has filmed a couple of the EDAP workshops. Chris has also found some great stories in Cornwall, one of them being a car share scheme. He also filmed the Crediton Bag launch and interviewed the inspiring Modbury Plastic Bag Free lady Rebecca Hoskings.
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13 Nov 2008
The latest Transition podcast is now up and ready for listening to over at Traydio. It features clips from various Transition recordings that have been posted on Traydio in recent weeks. It makes a great audio introduction to the Transition movement, visiting Lewes, Brixton, Kinsale and Totnes. Traydio are doing a great service to the Transition movement by doing these monthly podcasts. If you have any good Transition-related audio, do sent it to Carl Munson at Traydio, you never know, it might end up in one of these podcasts.
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