Hi Sandi, We just started Transtion Italy. transitionitalia.ning.com. It would be good to find an Italian speaking supporter here to pump the people in. Les or you or anybody else could assist Giuliana in doing her first steps as being host of aSocial Network. Also, I gave you credit on the TE Europe site. I see that there should be some more notice on Macrocosm USA to the SNs, especially also to globalvillages.ning.com. All the best, Franz

hi, I have like 12 projects , which one? love . I love to set up groups. I do it well. love Micha ( me-sha)in Burlington VT

Sandi, that "defunct deadend" site as you so bluntly put it (www.transitionus.org) has quite a lot of information about Transition on it, with appropriate links to various sites. FYI we have also sunk significant resources into it's redesign and redevelopment, about to launch in the next few weeks in time for our NY Times cover story. Transition US is not a social networking site, we are currently leaving that functionality to ning while we explore various platforms for the international Transition movement.

Thanks Sandi, I'm involved with 1,000 Gardens here in springfield. And I've contacted Les with skype. Need work he is doing. I think we need to start a door to door campaign. In order to do this, we need surveys, and a data base for our local communities.

Sandi, thanks for comment - great Macrocosm page - and great that Transition Europe is getting started - I was just in Vienna for several weeks a couple summers ago - sounds like a great place to kick things off in Europe.

Pls let me know if you have contacts for people/ organizations who might be interested in helping to fund solar cabins (low cost focus) and/or solar homes (varying size /cost). I am very passionate about getting houses off the grid and into sustainability...brainstorming for more ways to make this happen in practicality, especially here in Midwestern states.

Hi Sandi - nice to meet you - thanks for the comment - we're keen on sharing our findings from our design/consultation/research work in the UK Ning Space (http://transitionwebproject.ning.com) - look forward to it :)

Sandi,

Yes, I posted the KC event on the Missouri page under events. I posted that same event in the food work group as away to show ideas of a possible event/speakers/meeting for those with a strong food interest in their area.

I know the Missouri page needs some organization. I was going to follow up with Les or someone to see if my limited experience was enough.

Odd, I just searched for Peter Bane and it worked fine. To clarify, when I enter a search thread in the google search function on my pages nothing happens except the opening of a new window in which the search engine appears. However when I reenter the same term again in the new window it works just fine. I'd rather it just perform the search without having to retype the query, which is what it used to do. I'll write to Google about it.

I have been using Dreamweaver for the last 13 years to build and maintain the Permaculture Activist site. I used the google search at the site to find the word solar and didn't find anything either, which is a bit strange as I know the word is used at least a few times on the site. Maybe it needs to be a keyword. Hmmm...maybe not I just searched for the word permaculture and also got nothing. This is a new phenomenon. I'll look into it. I count on the google search for some small residual income so this a a minor concern but disturbing nonetheless. People ought to be able to search the site using it.