"I'm writing an essay on sense of place on the Birchwood Neighborhood. Deadline for the essay is June 1st and just found about this submission call.
If you live in Birchwood and would like to answer a few short questions, please contact me…"
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Comment on Dan Allen's Resilience or Death: Preparing Our Farms for the End of Agriculture
Started by Walter Haugen in Food and Agriculture. Last reply by Walter Haugen May 18. 4 Replies 1 Like
RE-Skilling Fair
Started by Tom Anderson in Transition Whatcom News and Info. Last reply by warren miller May 7. 14 Replies 1 Like
Want to Help the TWOG (Transition Whatcom Organizing Group)?
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Review of Jeff Rubin's "The End of Growth"
Posted by Walter Haugen on May 20, 2012 at 7:49pm 1 Comment 1 Like
The Whatcom County Library just got in a copy of Jeff Rubin's new hot-off-the-presses book, The End of Growth (May 8, 2012). I just finished it today so it will be available again in a couple of days. Rubin's book should not be confused with Richard Heinberg's book of the same name, which treats the same subject from a different angle. The Growth Model is over, done, finished, kaput. [Both books are excellent, BTW.] Rubin's book focuses on a strictly economic perspective in…
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How to create 50 jobs in a small town
Posted by ross rabette on May 15, 2012 at 9:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
I had a conversation with a friend a couple of weeks back about what we are doing at Localswitch – We talked about a town close to us who have recently set up a LocalSwitch Association. The Borrisokane LSA have given us a mandate to help them create 50 jobs, with a population of 1200 people. He found it hard to believe that something like this was possible in the current economic environment. To tell you the truth, this is something we are hearing a lot at Localswitch.
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Are You Ready for a New Economic Paradigm?
Posted by David MacLeod on May 8, 2012 at 10:15pm 7 Comments 1 Like
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The gross national product includes air pollution and advertising for cigarettes, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors, and jails for thepeople who break them. The gross national product includes the destruction of the redwoods and the death of Lake Superior. It grows with the production of napalm and…
Comment on the Age of Limits Conference May 25th-28th
Posted by Walter Haugen on May 6, 2012 at 9:07am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Great - you can fly out to Pennsylvania, thus incurring a huge carbon footprint which negates all the conservation measures you implemented in the last year AND waste 4 days going to MEETINGS plus a day on either side traveling to the conference and decompressing because of the horror of modern air travel; OR you can spend 6 days planting something to eat. Your choice.
Using the Positive Feedback Loop
Posted by Walter Haugen on April 22, 2012 at 3:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Assume for a moment that I exist (and no, this is not a proposition by Wittgenstein!). Now assume that it takes energy to keep me alive. Now we can ask how much energy it takes to keep me alive. The answer is 2500 kilocalories per day, since I am an average US male who is not an active athlete (e.g. cycling 50-100 miles/day). A further fact we need to know is that I expend about 500 kilocalories in an 8-hour sleep period (the standard…
ContinueWelcome to Transition Whatcom's Community Networking Site!
This is a community networking site for those interested in helping us achieve our vision of resilient and more self-reliant communities throughout Whatcom County with a local food supply, sustainable energy sources, a healthy local economy, and a growing sense of vitality and community well-being.
This website is here to facilitate communication among folks within Whatcom County who are interested in learning about or implementing the Transition model locally.
The Transition approach empowers communities to squarely face the challenges of peak oil, climate change, and economic instability.
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We aim to unleash the collective genius of our community to find the answers to this momentous question:
For all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain itself and thrive, how do we...
Dramatically reduce carbon emissions (in response to climate change);
Significantly increase resilience (in response to peak oil);
Greatly strengthen our local economy (in response to economic instability)?
The goal of Transition Whatcom (and all Transition Initiatives) is to create a long term Energy Descent Action Pathway, a blueprint- by the community, for the community- of how to significantly reduce energy use and yet provide for our basic needs in times of energy scarcity.
Transition Initiatives make no claim to have all the answers, but by building on the wisdom of the past and accessing the pool of ingenuity, skills and determination in our communities, the solutions can readily emerge. Now is the time for us to take stock and to start re-creating our future in ways that are not based on cheap, plentiful and polluting oil but on localized food, sustainable energy sources, resilient local economies and an enlivened sense of community well-being.
To learn more about the issues, start here
(Why Transition, Peak Oil, Climate Change, Economy, Peak Everything)
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Spring Homesteading Series
April 15, 2012 at 2pm to June 3, 2012 at 4pm – Riverhaven Homestead
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Bill McKibben: Spring of Sustainability Webcasts
May 23, 2012 at 12pm to June 22, 2012 at 1pm – online
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WIGOUT!!!!!
May 25, 2012 from 5pm to 7:30pm – SPARK (formerly known as Radio Museum)
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Wild Medicinal Plant Walk with Suzanne Jordan
May 27, 2012 from 2pm to 5pm – Washington Park
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Rendering Lard & Making Masa & Tortillas from Scratch
May 29, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm – Lynden
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Patricia Herlevi posted a status"Working on an essay on sense of place for Bellingham. Focusing on the Birchwood Neighborhood and its unique & ironic history."
Brian Kerkvliet left a comment for Ginger Kennell"Hi Ginger, my daughter Rosalie is interested in meeting with you to see what you do there. She is interested to do something with animal therapy for her eighth grade project. Is there a good time and number to reach you at?
All the best,
Brian"
Heather K commented on Shenandoah Myrick's event Building Bridges to Other"Hi Shenandoah. Great event to share with us all! http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/center-for-sacred-change-hosts-a-conversation-about-building
To edit your event: Sign onto Transition Whatcom. Go to your event page, and you will see a…"
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Bullock's Plant Sale and Workshops at Bullock Bros Permaculture Farm
June 2, 2012 at 10am to June 3, 2012 at 4pm
BULLOCK'S PERMACULTURE NURSERYSUMMMER IS COMING....PLANT SALEJUNE 2+3 (SATURDAY AND SUNDAY)10AM-4PM10%-50% OFF ALL PLANTS!!!FREE WORKSHOPS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY (details below)Late Spring is the perfect time to plant! Come celebrate perennial abundance with hundreds of varieties of rockstar plants dialed in for the PNW climate!Including:Outrageous Ornamentals!Nitrogen Fixing Fruiting Shrubs!50+ Varieties of Apples!Deer no-likey Plants!Northwest Natives!Hardy Rubber Trees!Lost Crops of the…See More
Rene Laventure posted an eventDialogue With the Sacred Other at Lake Padden
June 9, 2012 from 9:30am to 4pm
The earth speaks in many ways and on many levels. We have become deaf to nature's voices, drowned out by both the internal and external voices of our daily lives. Come and leave behind the world of words and normal routines and explore the other ways we have of speaking with and listening to the sacred voices around us. Bring a question for your life and open yourself to the voices of the earth.Bring a pad to sit on, journal and pen, water and lunch.See More
Shenandoah Myrick commented on Shenandoah Myrick's event Building Bridges to Other"I cannot figure out how to edit an event. Any input?
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