Welcome Vicki! Great to see you here on the social networks for Transition U.S. and Transition Michigan. You highlighted in your profile "... Educating myself first. Interests include: Community gardening, permaculture, economics- alternative currencies...." -- You may want to use the All-Transition search here on this site to see what other Transition groups are doing in these areas. Be sure to ask when you have questions.

Some Links Members Have Found Helpful

• Send me your Skype ID so we can spend a few minutes talking about what you’d like to do here. My ID is LSquiresSkype. I’ll give you a brief Skype “phone call”.
• Join our Newcomers Group -- if you want to hang out with others who are in the early stages of mulling things over.
• Read how highly we regard contributions of individuals and groups
• Edit your profile -- Forgot something really important? Like a photo…
• Declare yourself -- What do you personally bring to the potluck? Give it a title and say much more than you included in your Profile. Lay out your offer in detail. Or, tell us what you’d really like to learn! Others will join in.
• Profile your group -- Make your constituents visible. Find some creative ways to offer their special values to mentor all Transitioners.
• Reinforce, reinforce, reinforce -- Connect the dots -- friends to friends, newcomers to oldcomers, groups to groups, groups to members, skills to skills, special interests to special interests. This is your garden. Cultivate for the harvest.
• Next steps TransitionUS -- Set up local Transition initiatives as official Transition communities; sign up for training; build your community resilience.

Have fun!