Transition Whatcom "Work Group" Hub

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Comment by David MacLeod on April 18, 2010 at 4:25pm

An update on the new groups birthed at Day 2 of the Unleashing, here's the list of groups and their conveners. A convener is that person responsible to bring their group together for their first official meeting. Or, perhaps, you WERE there on Day 2 and want to get involved with two or more working groups. Either way, contact the convener to find out more about the group and when/where it will meet. (If you WERE there at Day 2's working group session and you're already on the convener's list, there's no need for you to do more; the convener WILL be in touch with you about the upcoming meeting).

I've added links to existing group sites where I could make logical connections. Please check out all the groups on this site and join ones that fit for you. If you want to promote your group on this page, feel free to do so.
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/groups?page=1



1. Food and Farming: Kate Clark - kateclark101@hotmail.com
There is a food workgroup potluck on April 25th:
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/all-food-workgroups-potluck
There are a lot of Food and Farming related groups on our site. One that may or may not become the hub (this is still being worked on): http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/localfoodsecurityeventsplan...

2. Transportation: David Waugh - photobike@hotmail.com
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/sustainabletransportation

3. Post-Isolation/Heart and Soul: Adam Ward adam@rhizometheatre.com
There is a potluck for this "Post Isolation" session group April 18th at 6:00pm: http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/heart-soul-potluck
See also the existing H&S group: http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/heartandsoul

4. Reskilling/Bio energy - Brian Kerkvliet (Inspiration Farm) Ph:360-398-7061 gg@inspirationfarm.com
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/reskillingworkgroup

5. Essential Life Skills for Students and Young People: Nancy D'Anna Schaffer - nandanna2@hotmail.com

6. Lights Out/Energy Quantification: Francis Edwards - fxjbird@yahoo.com
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/lightsoutenergyquantification

7. Composting Toilets: Pete Holcomb - ljandpm@gmail.com

8. Do-It-Yourself 1st Aid: Rainbow Medicine-Walker 559-1199 (has no email; David Culver is part of group deculver@hotmail.com)

9. Government & Politics: James Bauckman - jamesbauckman@gmail.com
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/politicsanddemocracy

10. Ecological Restoration: Juliet Thompson - julietthompson@comcast.net
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/reforestingwhatcom

11. Personal Finance: Laura Sellens- laurasellens@gmail.com

12. Dry Beans & Grains: Krista Rome - kristamrome@yahoo.com
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/smallscalegraingrowingbeans...

13. Alternative Education/Free Range School: Janaki Kilgore - janakikilgore@peacemail.com
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/freerangelearningcooperative

14. Reconnecting with the natural world: John DelSignore - johndelsignore@comcast.net

15. Community living: Rhys Faler - rhys@neotribalism.net
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/CommunityLiving

16. Economic Evolution: Frances Ayley - francis@openaccess.org / Lia Ayley - lia@openaccess.org
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/economicrevolution

17. Arts - Tristan Bach - bach.return@gmail.com
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/gaiainspires
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/musicanddancingandstoriesohmy
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/transitionexpression

18. Affordable Housing by Homeowners (ADU) - Rebecca Meloy - rebecca@rebeccameloy.com
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/transitionadusforhomeowners

Want to learn even more about Transition work? Want to start your own Initiative? Consider taking TRAINING FOR TRANSITION (T4T), a 2-day workshop happening here in Bellingham at the B'ham Unitarian Fellowship on June 19 and 20. $149; contact Cindi Landreth at cl@adaptations.ws for more information and registration.
And check out the listing here:
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/training-for-transition-1

Learn more about the Energy Descent Action Plan:
See discussion here:
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/workgroup/forum/topics/work...

Comment by Judith Culver on April 18, 2010 at 3:50pm

Me, again. Are the meeting notes being posted and if so, where?

Comment by Judith Culver on April 18, 2010 at 3:49pm

Re: #11 Personal Finance. We had a complex financial discussion on Day 2 and we were delighted to have a new member step up to be the Convener. The convener is Laura Sellens- laurasellens@gmail.com.

Comment by Lia Ayley on April 18, 2010 at 1:03pm

Hi David, I'm wondering why someone felt it necessary to add (alternative currency) to the title of our Economic Evolution work group? Does someone want to limit us to that subject? I notice no other group has had a subtitle inserted, so it seems we are being singled out. I would like us to remain more open and am surprised that you or someone is trying to limit us.
Lia

Comment by Heather K on April 18, 2010 at 6:26am

Thanks for sharing the bigger purpose of what will “eventually become the official Transition Whatcom Work Groups is to be working toward an Energy Descent Action Plan (EDAP) for Whatcom County” in the above group Discussion David.
And also for recommending that folks start out by researching what such a plan might look like. “A good place to begin (after reading the Transition Handbook), is the first EDAP that was created in Kinsale Ireland.
http://transitionculture.org/wp-content/uploads/KinsaleEnergyDescen..."
If anyone has any questions on whether a special topic group or work-group has been created that they are interested in being part of, and are not sure which group to connect with, they can contact the convenor on the list from Open Space day that David posted below.
(Example, there are many already established Garden/Farm/Forest/Food/Nourishment groups created on this TW site, but as yet not a specialized food & land security group focused on working towards information to use in a EDAP – Energy Descent Action Plan.)

Comment by Luke Swanson on April 16, 2010 at 9:31am

BUG work party this saturday for those interested. D and Gerard St at 10:30.
A great opportunity to network with other gardeners and share information.

Comment by Kate Clark on April 15, 2010 at 10:52pm

Good old ham radio. They have classes at AMRE, and we should connect with the ham radio geeks for sure.

Comment by David MacLeod on April 12, 2010 at 5:13pm

Rob,

Remember the Northwest Freedom University? Some TW members and TWIGs have been working on reviving it for some months now as a Transition Whatcom Reskilling University...don't know if that's the name they've been contemplating or something slightly different.

Comment by Rob Olason on April 12, 2010 at 12:13pm

I was looking around for the reskilling group on the website. Perhaps I missed it or it is not yet created.

At any rate, I wanted to through out this idea for the name of this training entity:

Transition Whatcom
Reskilling U.

I can already see the Tee-Shirt possibilities...

Seriously though, how often can you change the name of an educational organization into an "action sentence?" And what could be a more appropriate description of the purpose of the reskilling educational process than focusing on its ability to help people to action as they seek the knowledge to better their own lives and improve the life of their community?

Comment by David MacLeod on April 11, 2010 at 10:19pm

Wow, we had 180 people show up on Day 2, ready to get to work!

One topic that came up in a few circles was identifying who is already doing what in our community. A few years ago, Sustainable Bellingham recognized this as an important thing, and a Community Directory wiki was created. It's a bit outdated now, but at the time an intern put a lot of time into getting this info online, and much of it is still of value. Check it out, and let me know if you run into any problems.
http://www.sustainablebellingham.org/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=Community...

Also, check out the "Local Links" page here at Transition Whatcom. Links to most of the local sustainability orgs in Whatcom County.
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/page/local-links

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