Comments - We Are Not Dinosaurs - Transition Whatcom2024-03-29T09:14:36Zhttp://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2723460%3ABlogPost%3A9191&xn_auth=noRon & Cathy, I just love…tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2009-11-02:2723460:Comment:99132009-11-02T07:43:03.034ZHeather Khttp://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/HeatherK
Ron & Cathy, I just love that you intend to keep the Blaine market free so small gardens, kids & seniors can participate! I'm one of your fans! Blessings!
Ron & Cathy, I just love that you intend to keep the Blaine market free so small gardens, kids & seniors can participate! I'm one of your fans! Blessings! Excellent essay Ron, thank yo…tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2009-11-02:2723460:Comment:98982009-11-02T04:07:02.743ZDavid MacLeodhttp://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/DavidMacLeod
Excellent essay Ron, thank you for posting this!<br />
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This morning I was reading Holmgren's chapter "Use Small and Slow Solutions," from Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability."<br />
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He writes, "The evidence that small is beautiful and slow is sane is all around us. The more we come to terms with the implications of energy peak and descent, the more we can recognize giant systems as dinosaurs of the era of fossil fuel abundance. As we accept our fallibility and mortality and tune into nature's…
Excellent essay Ron, thank you for posting this!<br />
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This morning I was reading Holmgren's chapter "Use Small and Slow Solutions," from Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability."<br />
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He writes, "The evidence that small is beautiful and slow is sane is all around us. The more we come to terms with the implications of energy peak and descent, the more we can recognize giant systems as dinosaurs of the era of fossil fuel abundance. As we accept our fallibility and mortality and tune into nature's patterns, we see that slow and steady does win the race.<br />
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"When an adolescent sense of immortality and values of speed, novelty and endless growth define a whole civilization, I think we are close to its demise and the birth of a new cultural paradigm. Watch it slowly unfold." Hi Walter,
Thanks for the su…tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2009-10-20:2723460:Comment:92792009-10-20T21:11:00.641ZRon Snyder and Cathy Taggetthttp://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/RonSnyderandCathyTaggett
Hi Walter,<br />
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Thanks for the suggestions. In our first year we went from 13 venders to 26 on our final market day. We averaged 250 to 300 people per day and that is 10% of the Blaine population, not counting Semiahmoo. It also looks like the City through the hotel/motel tax money is going to get behind the market with substantial advertising support. The current plan calls for a meeting of interested parties in the near future, and the development of a market committee(s). Currently under…
Hi Walter,<br />
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Thanks for the suggestions. In our first year we went from 13 venders to 26 on our final market day. We averaged 250 to 300 people per day and that is 10% of the Blaine population, not counting Semiahmoo. It also looks like the City through the hotel/motel tax money is going to get behind the market with substantial advertising support. The current plan calls for a meeting of interested parties in the near future, and the development of a market committee(s). Currently under consideration is an every Saturday market. At this time we are one of the only totally free markets on the west coast, and we intend to stay that way. It allows kids, seniors, and especially those who only have a small garden to fully participate, thus maintaining the notion that it is "the community's market. That's why we're called the Blaine Gardeners' Market and not a farmers' market.<br />
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Thank you also for the library suggestion. We intentionally chose to put only a limited selection on this essay as it was intended originally for a very specific audience and the videos and books on this list were sufficient to get them started. You are right, there is so much more out there and more being printed all of the time.<br />
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Thanks again Walter for reading the essay and for the great suggestions,<br />
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Ron