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May 2009 Blog Posts (19)

Chickens 101 Early Registration Fast Approaching!

I want to get the word out about how wonderfully easy it is to raise chickens. Would you send this to folks/groups you think might be interested and mention it on your sites? Early registration discounts end this Saturday (1/3 off). This 90 minute introduction to raising a few hens is a great way to motivate people to take constructive action.

For more information or registration contact: www.postpeakliving.com/chickens-101

Thanks for your help!

Chickens… Continue

Added by Kathy McMahon on May 28, 2009 at 1:08pm — No Comments

The American Prospect Runs Article: "The Peak Shrink"

"The Peak Shrink: Freaked out about the end of oil? There's a therapist for that." It has a nice plug for Transition United States.

Should help to get the word out.

Added by Kathy McMahon on May 25, 2009 at 9:11am — No Comments

TIME TO REMEMBER: MEMORIAL DAY, 2009, By Carolyn Baker

Many years ago when I was a child, this holiday was not called Memorial Day, but rather, Decoration Day, owing to the standard practice of families visiting cemeteries to place flowers not only on the graves of fallen heroes, but on all the graves of the dearly departed. Since that time, the culture has chosen to emphasize remembering the war dead in our celebration of this holiday, but today, I would like to enlarge our perspective on its meaning and bring it closer to home for each of… Continue

Added by Carolyn Baker on May 24, 2009 at 10:54am — No Comments

Green Cities Florida: Orlando May 20-21st

http://www.codegreencommunity.org/profiles/blogs/green-cities-orlando-florida

Added by Eric on May 23, 2009 at 7:32am — No Comments

Green Bologna

It’s time to throw the green bologna on the compost heap. It’s like bull shit and makes pretty good fertilizer. We don’t have time for this ‘Green’ bullshit. It’s time to raise the Red Flag. So I am raising the Red Flag and declaring an Emergency.

Suppose we were on a spaceship circling the Sun. Life Support reports that the buildup of co2 is approaching critical. An essential… Continue

Added by Steve Mann on May 22, 2009 at 10:09pm — No Comments

Transition Food Group alert: AAEM calls for Immediate Moratorium On Genetically Modified Foods

Transition Food Group alert: AAEM calls for Immediate Moratorium On Genetically Modified Foods

May 19, 2009 Press Release from American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM):

The American Academy Of Environmental Medicine Calls For Immediate Moratorium On Genetically Modified Foods

The AAEM calls for:

- A moratorium on GM food, implementation of… Continue

Added by Kathy Jacobson on May 21, 2009 at 7:17am — 2 Comments

Stop Big Farma from destroying terms such as "organic," "sustainable" and "local"

Heirloom peach tomatoes - photo by Casey

Williamson

I grow food. I shop for food. I cook food for me and my family. And, like most of us, I want food that is safe, healthy and fresh. I want it at a price I can afford, but I am willing to pay more for quality and to keep farmers I trust in business. So why don't I have more of a voice in how food is produced and regulated?

For many years, "organic" was the holy grail…

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Added by Bonnie Bucqueroux on May 18, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

LAO from GreenLoc , CA -- A Story for Our Youth by Willi Paul

LAO from GreenLoc , CA

A Story for Our Youth by Willi Paul

American Indian LeadershipU.S. Governance

* Leaders were chosen as leaders for their knowledge, experience and contribution.

* Leaders were chosen by the tribe and thus remained leaders as long as the tribe needed them.

* Leaders had no power over others and could not command.

* Welfare of the tribe protected through maintaining culture and traditions.

* Consensus was driving force behind… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on May 16, 2009 at 11:26am — No Comments

What is the New American Dream?

Earlier this week I accepted the position of running the Center for a New American Dream (www.newdream.org) and this coming week I will be sitting on a panel discussing how the US and by extension the world can have our cake and eat it too. In other words: How can we have a healthy and just economy that is not based on growth and an unsustainable amount of consumption and how do we get people to implement rational and fair plans? My hope is that the ideas we develop will support and compliment… Continue

Added by Bob Ferris on May 16, 2009 at 5:12am — No Comments

Tarpon Springs Sustainability movement

Tarpon Springs Sustainability Series #2 from Eric Stewart on Vimeo.

Tarpon Springs has been hosting a Sustainability series based upon the Transition towns model. Last Tuesday we had a guest speaker Joseph Malki present an Open Space seminar. Code Green Community is a non-profit established to create a network of sustainability all across the Tampa…

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Added by Eric on May 14, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

'Obama is Listening' Tour

Obama's listening ear is coming to town! Let's put his listeners in touch with the Transition Spirit. They are looking to learn from the people what structure the people want them to use to listen to us more deeply! (see below)

I know that I'll suggest Open Space Technology, World-Cafe, Conversation cafe, fish bowl, and Sociocracy (and just imagine Compassionate, non-violent Communication and Appreciative Inquiry!) - these are all wonderful suggestions to make, and I might bring them… Continue

Added by Briana Barrett on May 14, 2009 at 12:58am — No Comments

great TED talk! "How We Re-grew a Rainforest"

TED talk by Willie Smits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vfuCPFb8wk

It's a little long at 23 minutes, but very, very inspiring!

Added by meldrc on May 11, 2009 at 10:46am — No Comments

WHEN FACING REALITY IS NOT "NEGATIVE THINKING"

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

~Carl Jung~

Recently a friend told me that she had been talking up my book Sacred Demise: Walking The Spiritual Path of Industrial Civilization's Collapse and suggesting to friends who are aware of collapse that they read it. On several occasions the response was, "Well, I don't want to engage in ‘negative thinking'. I'd rather keep a positive attitude and stay hopeful in the face of what's going in on the world."… Continue

Added by Carolyn Baker on May 10, 2009 at 3:17pm — No Comments

Reskilling - How to milk a goat!

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Added by nika on May 7, 2009 at 8:53am — No Comments

Novel H1N1 Flu Update with more links

Novel H1N1 Flu Update with more links

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------

Subject: Novel H1N1 Flu Update

From: "Konkel, Kimberly (OS/CFBCI)"

Date: Wed, May 6, 2009 4:38 pm

To: FAITH_BASED_INITIATIVE@LIST.NIH.GOV

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6 May 2009

Situation Update

* CDC is reporting 642 laboratory confirmed human infections… Continue

Added by Kathy Jacobson on May 7, 2009 at 6:24am — No Comments

LEARN HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN MUSHROOMS!

In this workshop you will learn by hands on experience how to grow mushrooms in your own backyard on logs that you might otherwise think of as waste wood!

We will gain a working knowledge of mushrooms, their life cycle, and some of their uses.

We will learn about tree/log selection, log drilling, plugging, sealing, and cultivation… Continue

Added by nika on May 5, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Core Principles for Public Engagement

Core Principles for Public Engagement

The National Coalition for Democratic Dialogue,

The International Association for Public Participation and the Co-Intelligence Institute have been

leading a dynamic, collaborative online process aimed at developing a set of Core Principles for Public Engagement that most people and organizations in this field can support. Dozens of practitioners and leading organizations have contributed to the creation of the Core… Continue

Added by Kathy Jacobson on May 5, 2009 at 7:42am — 1 Comment

Transition KC - A Forum hosted by the Kansas City Greens

A FORUM PRESENTED BY

THE GREENS OF KANSAS CITY

LAUNCHING "TRANSITION KANSAS CITY"

TRANSITION INITIATIVES:

* CREATING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES TO WITHSTAND THE SHOCK OF PEAK

OIL AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

* THE FORUM WILL DISCUSS HOW PROACTIVE STEPS CAN MAKE ALL SYSTEMS,

FROM INDIVIDUAL TO THE GLOBAL, MORE RESILIENT TO CHANGES AND SHOCKS

FROM THE OUTSIDE.

* THE FORUM WILL ALSO CONSIDER FIRST ACTION STEPS IN LAUNCHING… Continue

Added by Dave Lawrence on May 4, 2009 at 4:20pm — No Comments

Hi, Ho, Silver away.

I take meds and get asthmatic when I have the flu. I am recomending silver for self reliance during this transition. I am learning about whole foods and how to keep my immunity in check. What will happen if our world changes in a way that forces us to rely on ourself and our community. What will happen for people who have illness and are medicine dependant? I think about this often.

I will blog later.

Added by Nicole Biggs on May 3, 2009 at 4:14pm — No Comments