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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.
Find others members in your hometown, region, state, country. (E.g., Country=Austria or City, State = Vashon, WA)
Produce a list of members who use keywords similar to your inerests when describing theirs (E.g.,Permaculture, intentional community).
See LATEST ACTIVITY on GTIA for results of comprehensive scans of Transition activities around the globe.
New links to Twitter via GTIA -- Twitter via #TransitionTowns. Twitter now displayed on GTIA Latest Activity.
Experiment by clicking on TOP NEWS vs ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO SHARE in the center column -- two types of Latest Activity.

October 2011 Blog Posts (27)

Symbols & Patterns. Interview with Owen Hablutzel, Director, Permaculture Research Institute, USA. By Willi Paul. Presented by permaculturexchange.com.

Symbols & Patterns. Interview with Owen Hablutzel, Director, Permaculture Research Institute, USA. By Willi Paul. Presented by permaculturexchange.com.

http://planetshifter.com/node/1954

"All of this is why this particular moment in earth history is unique and unprecedented.

Decisions this generation makes, actions we take today, individually and… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on October 31, 2011 at 10:35am — No Comments

“I am Turtle Woman.” Interview with Permaculturist Jeanette Acosta by Willi Paul, PermaculturExchange.com

“I am Turtle Woman.” Interview with Permaculturist Jeanette Acosta by Willi Paul, PermaculturExchange.com

http://planetshifter.com/node/1953

People Guilds can be looked upon as an association, society, union, league, organization, company, cooperative, fellowship, club, order, lodge, brotherhood, fraternity, sisterhood, sorority.

Added by PlanetShifterMan on October 28, 2011 at 9:16am — No Comments

PermaculturExchange.com Launch Day - Job Engine for the Transition by Willi Paul

PermaculturExchange.com Launch Day - Job Engine for the Transition by Willi Paul

http://planetshifter.com/node/1952

PermaculturExchange.com is a new job generator where members join at no

charge and create a robust profile where their employment opportunities

are guided by permaculture values. The community is profile-driven and

members use their own email to bid &…

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Added by PlanetShifterMan on October 26, 2011 at 1:04pm — No Comments

Mimic This! Otaki New Zealand -- Great Exemplar of "Think Local"

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Added by Les Squires on October 25, 2011 at 11:10pm — No Comments

How could Life go on after the breakdown of the Mega-Systems ?

How could Life go on after the breakdown of the Mega-Systems ?

http://www.scribd.com/doc/56235175/HOW-COULD-LIFE-GO-ON-AFTER-THE-BREAKDOWN-OF-THE-MEGA-SYSTEMS

The world is in transition towards a new way to live on Earth. The old dictatorships and hierarchies cannot remain much longer. Those who stand against despotism today could witness a completely changed world… Continue

Added by Peter Koll Tamera on October 25, 2011 at 1:31pm — 1 Comment

Tamera - A Model for the Future

Tamera - A Model for the Future (book)

http://www.verlag-meiga.org/node/229

If we want peace on earth, we need to get an idea of what peace is. How could a world look like where all people have enough to eat, where… Continue

Added by Peter Koll Tamera on October 25, 2011 at 1:12pm — No Comments

Are the Occupations a Brief Preoccupation or the Sign of Transition?

We may be witnessing the next stage in the evolution of revolutions, one that could bring Life-honoring, Lifelike democratic powers, freedoms and relationships to peoples around the world. Described by its uppercrustian decriers as 2nd gen hippy activism, Occupy has given them the lie. It has catalyzed middle class, progressive, Green, unionists and environmentalists along with college students and footloose under-30s (among which group unemployment runs to nearly 50 percent) in its support. It… Continue

Added by Ellen LaConte on October 25, 2011 at 6:00am — 10 Comments

Mimic This! Institution of Mechanical Engineers -- Sustainability Videos

Global Cleantech Cluster Association press launch

21 March 2011

Press launch for the GCCA in conjunction with Ecoconnect and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

More information

Living Well - Hidden Impacts and Sustainable Consumption

22 November 2010

Sustainability is usually interpreted in terms of three…

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Added by Les Squires on October 24, 2011 at 6:37pm — No Comments

Mimic This! Institution of Mechanical Engineers -- TRANSITION ENGINEERING

Transition engineering - rethinking everything

21 September 2011

A lecture organised by Energy, Environment and Sustainability Group.

:Dr Susan Krumdieck, Associate Professor of Engineering, The University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Duration: 1h 20mins

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In the years ahead a great transition is needed from the unsustainable direction in…

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Added by Les Squires on October 24, 2011 at 6:15pm — No Comments

Mimic This! Boulder Colorado USA -- Keeping Utility Company Dollars LOCAL

Utility Fights Dirty in Colorado’s Battle For Clean, Local Energy

By Climate Guest Blogger on Oct 21, 2011 at 9:59 am

by John Farrell, in a …

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Added by Les Squires on October 23, 2011 at 3:20am — No Comments

Farms, Greenways & Light: Interview with San Francisco Permaculture Developer Rob Joyce by Willi Paul, Publisher, PlanetShifter.com

Farms, Greenways & Light: Interview with San Francisco Permaculture Developer

Rob Joyce by Willi Paul, Publisher, PlanetShifter.com

http://planetshifter.com/node/1951

The world doesn't need saving - it is humanity that is in trouble.

I find that part of the human conceit is linking the fate of the

planet with its ability to support human life. Nature is… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on October 21, 2011 at 10:32am — No Comments

Building a New MythCode. Joseph Campbell Foundation’s Stephen Gerringer on the new The Study of Myth Forum & 2112 Symposium. By Willi Paul, openmythsource.com

Building a New MythCode. Joseph Campbell Foundation’s Stephen Gerringer on the new The Study of Myth Forum & 2112 Symposium. By Willi Paul, openmythsource.com

http://planetshifter.com/node/1950

"How are YOU dreaming forward the study of mythology?"

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Added by PlanetShifterMan on October 19, 2011 at 8:25am — No Comments

Mimic This! Australia -- Detergentless Soapnuts

The New Internationalist is an independent monthly not-for-profit magazine that reports on action for global justice. We believe in putting people before profit, in climate justice, tax justice, equality, social…

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Added by Les Squires on October 17, 2011 at 3:32pm — No Comments

Mythic Map @ 2011 NW Permaculture Convergence. A Transition Tool for Creating Culture. By Willi Paul

Mythic Map @ 2011 NW Permaculture Convergence. A Transition Tool for Creating Culture.

By Willi Paul and Communing with Nature participants.

http://planetshifter.com/node/1948

Participants see a need to co-create new traditions – to heal our culture as we love Nature.

Just please don’t call it permaculture!

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Added by PlanetShifterMan on October 17, 2011 at 2:36pm — No Comments

Video interview of Life Rules author Ellen LaConte

Luke Miller Callahan has posted a wide-ranging 40 min. Skype video interview with Ellen LaConte. Luke founded the web-based business, GroAction.com which connects, integrates and creates mutual support systems for individuals and businesses around the world that are engaged in conceiving and creating smarter-global and post-global communities, businesses, energy systems and economies. Check out GoAction's services -- suited to Transition activities -- and view the interview here:… Continue

Added by Ellen LaConte on October 14, 2011 at 8:17am — No Comments

Watershed Songs. Interview with Erik Ohlsen, Owner, Permaculture Artisans by Willi Paul

Watershed Songs. Interview with Erik Ohlsen, Owner, Permaculture Artisans

by Willi Paul, Publisher, PlanetShifter.com Magazine

http://planetshifter.com/node/1947

"...our entire design process and leads to healthy communities, healthy ecosystems and happy clients. A point that we always stress to all our clients is that the design is never complete. It is… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on October 13, 2011 at 8:13am — No Comments

Pain & Pleasure, Hope & Fear. Interview with "The Seeker, The Search, The Sacred" Author Guy Finley by Willi Paul, Publisher, Planetshifter.com Magazine

Pain & Pleasure, Hope & Fear. Interview with "The Seeker, The Search, The Sacred" Author

Guy Finley by Willi Paul, Publisher, Planetshifter.com Magazine

http://planetshifter.com/node/1946

Real life is alchemy; it is the ceaseless transformation of energies and their forms by

the action of reconciling forces uniting the opposites in order to… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on October 12, 2011 at 9:37am — No Comments

What Do Americans Really Know About Democracy?

My "Finding Democracy in Unexpected Places" blog got picked up at AlterNet under a different title: http://www.alternet.org/environment/152680.
It may be a useful one for Transitioners to cite in re authentically democratic practices.

Added by Ellen LaConte on October 10, 2011 at 5:34pm — No Comments

Slow, Steady, Beautiful: Interview with Ken Foster, Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping, Santa Cruz by Willi Paul, Publisher - PlanetShifter.com Magazine

Slow, Steady, Beautiful: Interview with Ken Foster, Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping, Santa Cruz by Willi Paul, Publisher - PlanetShifter.com Magazine

http://planetshifter.com/node/1945

Permaculture guilds? In the past Santa Cruz had a Permaculture guild become very active, then fade

away and then come back again. An ebb and flo.…

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Added by PlanetShifterMan on October 10, 2011 at 9:49am — No Comments