Transition Town initiatives have sprung up all over Vermont, and this fall, Transition Shelburne and Transition Charlotte have teamed up with Burlington Permaculture and Shelburne Farms to offer Transition Toolkit, an eight week course in sustainable living.



Transition Toolkit is a program that empowers individuals and communities to create a more sustainable, resilient, and vibrant future. Each week centers around a theme such as Food, Transportation, or Home Heating. Thursday night… Continue

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Resources for sustainable living.

The Hopi Elders Speak —The Elders, Oraibi Arizona Hopi Nation



We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For



You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour.



Now you must go back and tell the people that this is The Hour.



And there are things to be considered:



Where are you living?



What are you doing?



What are your relationships?



Are you in right relation?



Where is your… Continue

Great article from Triple Pundit:



Just when you thought that Big Oil was coming around, that maybe they thought it might be a good idea to invest in our collective future, not just oil futures, Royal Dutch Shell announces that it will focus its "renewable investment" portfolio on oil, gas and biofuels (ignoring solar, wind and other alternatives).



Never mind that oil and gas are hardly renewable resources by any stretch of the… Continue

Show Your Carbon Footprint Competition



(CSRwire) - March 17, 2009 - 
The
 Centre
 for
 Sustainability
 and
 Excellence
 (CSE)
 in
 Chicago
 is
 hosting
 a
 Carbon
 Neutral
 competition
 to
 reward
 the
 organization 
with
 the
 most 
creative
 concept
 for 
a
 Carbon
 Neutral
 Event
 or
 Product.
 After
 supporting
 the
 development
 of
 the
 world's
 first
 Carbon
 Neutral
 Olive
 Oil
 GAEA,
 featured
 in
 this
 year's
 Academy
 Awards
 Oscar
 Ceremony,
 and
 seeing
 the
… Continue