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Greetings from Santa Cruz

Welcome to the California Transition community! Here in Santa Cruz we are just getting underway. We have a steering group of around 6 wonderful folks and are busy putting on movie events. Also, we just hosted an event with Jennifer Gray, from Transition Penwith. So far, the analogy that Rob Hopkins gave, of Transition Initiatives taking off like a car shoved down a hill (rather than pushing a dead car up a hill, like environmental initiatives often feel to be), seems to be borne out in the enthusiasm of the crowds that come to our events.

I look forward to hearing from other California Transition Initiatives as they develop and sharing what we figure out.

Tags: startup, tbdca, tbdstates, uscalifornia

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Permalink Reply by Les Squires on September 24, 2008 at 11:19am

Perfect, Michael! This is exactly the kind of detail that will assist other communities to become just as wonderful. Love the Rob Hopkins metaphor.

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Permalink Reply by Zachary Stowasser on September 24, 2008 at 9:49pm

Hello from San Luis Obispo - I look forward to meeting with you all soon!

One question - is david blume part of your crew? What is your opinion on ethanol and/or co-ops as part of the transition movement?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Levy on September 25, 2008 at 9:15pm

David Blume is not currently part of Transition Santa Cruz. We have no official position about his work; however, my personal opinion is that he is putting out overly optimistic information about the potential of biofuels. I would be happy to send you more information by direct email.

In general, I think that biofuels have been overrated as a useful response to the fossil fuel crisis. They can play a useful, but quite limited role. Among my many concerns about their promotion is that they provide a false refuge for people who want to avoid facing the issue of a much lower-energy future, and the lifestyle changes that entails.

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Permalink Reply by David Johnson on October 9, 2008 at 1:03pm

Michael,

David from Portland, OR here. Just flagging this up - I am finding that access to the Transition Santa Cruz website is intermittent, in fact of late I have not been able to get in. Is this a known issue?

Thank you.

Best wishes,
David.