MIMIC THIS! When you get invited to events 3000 miles away (or 20 of them just across town), use COPY & PASTE with the really interesting events to seed your own community's plans for similar events. Why start from scratch.... Beg, borrow and mimic! More....
Welcome recently added members. Check periodically to see if friends you have invited have joined.
"I would love to be at your next meeting. However, I live in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, USA. Every time I have been to AU I have stayed a while in Eltham, VIC, not so far from you. I'll be coming back maybe in a few…"
How are you currently involved in the Transition movement?
Having read a great deal about Transition Towns and trying to get to one in Scotland, knowing that LOCAL is the new survival tactic and being part of a group trying to direct a city of 76,000 to that way of thinking, I am interested in what you all have to say on the subject.
In what ways do you identify with the Transition movement? Why are you interested?
If your neighbors are not doing well, you're not doing well. Keeping your community healthy in good times and bad is a worthwhile goal.
How can you help the growth/acceptance/vitality of the Transition movement? What can YOU teach us? What can your GROUP teach us?
I verbally encourage all the people I know to keep their money local; plant gardens; exchange ideas; share equipment, meals, conversation, skills, and to spread the word to others.
Your Favorite Books/Websites/Blogs/RSS Feeds for Information about the Transition Movement
Anything Permaculture - there are many beginning Permaculture books; The Permaculture Research Institute in New South Wales, Australia sites beginning with http://permaculture.org.au/ .
You asked about the Earthworks photo. It was an upload about two years ago. I've deleted it since it has no meaning where it was. Instead, you can see the Earthworks newsletter on page http://transitioninaction.com/forum/topics/2320371:Topic:1552
Welcome Barbara. Great to see your interest in Transition! Welcome to TRANSITION IN ACTION.
http://transitioninaction.com/group/linktransitionarkansasusa is your link to our new Transition page for your neighbors in Arkansas. Feel free to join in the activities. Use the COMMENT WALL to say Hello to the others. Reinforce the good things they are doing. Mention something you're interested in. Ask a question. Start a discussion. Let me know if you would like to be an Admin on this page to help build and maintain your group's Resume. Have fun!
On the local scene, it would be spot on for all our members if you would consider including a link to http://www.threemothersmountain.com/ in our registry of organizations, localities, companies, products, services, Twitterers, Facebooks, Meetups, etc. supporting Transition and Sustainability. Here's the page to create the link -- http://transitioninaction.com/groups/group/new I'll be glad to help launch and build your link.
You can see all our 315+ groups at http://transitioninaction.com/groups. Use Search on this page to find a specific group. Let me know when you have questions about details.