Permaculture Tour and Regenerate Whatcom Meet-Up
June 27, 2025 from 4pm to 6pmRooted in Resilience - Climate Action Week
July 19, 2025 from 2pm to 5pmSustainability Social Hour
June 18, 2025 from 5pm to 7pm
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A Tribute to Michael Dowd, by Vicki Robin
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I am looking to start an intentional community
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Questionnaire to weed out candidates
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Community Resience starts with Seeds
Posted by Terri Wilde on March 21, 2022 at 3:03pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Salish Seeds .....Local Community Seed Project
The Salish Seed Guild has started a remarkable project toward local food security. We are collectively growing out useful seed for home gardeners that are selected for and adapting to Whatcom County. We knew at the beginning of the pandemic that it was well time to take our community's sustainability seriously. While we had been organizing Bellingham's community seed swap for years, much of the seed shared was last year's left overs from…
ContinueInterview with Larry Korn, Author of One Straw Revolutionary - May 2016
Posted by David Pike on January 18, 2020 at 5:18pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
An Interview with Larry Korn, Author of One-Straw Revolutionary
May 4th 2016
By: David Pike
Since The One-Straw Revolution was published in 1978 it has been translated into more than 25 languages and sold over one million copies worldwide. In “One-Straw” as the book has been dubbed, Mr. Masanobu Fukuoka presented an entirely new approach to agriculture which he called “natural farming.” After 25 years of research and trials he demonstrated he could achieve yields…
Ten Weeks In
Posted by Rick Dubrow on September 22, 2017 at 4:07pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Succession came to pass on July 1st, ten weeks ago. A-1 Builders, Inc. is now A-1 Builders, A Design/Build, Worker-Owned Cooperative! My former employees are now my bosses! For the time being I’m helping the new team deal with marketing on a part time basis; my hours worked per week since July 1st has been on the order of working 1/4 hour a week! Can’t really call this ‘part time’; I think I’ll call it ‘microscopic time’.
Perhaps in other…
ContinueSlow Sand Fresh Water Filter
Posted by David Culver on November 22, 2016 at 6:54pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
I live in an all-electric home and when the power grid is out we have nothing. No water, no sewer, lights, cooking or anything else. I will have a generator to run sparingly to keep the freezer and the refrigerator going. Our home is a passive solar home with great insulation.
If the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake happens, the grid could be out for a year. During that time, with the well pump not working, we will need a source of clean fresh water.
A slow sand filter, made…
ContinueSecond Aid: Lessons Learned From Past Adventures
Posted by Rick Dubrow on November 3, 2016 at 11:51am 0 Comments 1 Like
All too often I’ll run into another hiker and the following conversation ensues:
“How many nights are you staying out?”
“None… I hope. We’re on a day hike.”
“Then why are you carrying so large a pack?
Allow me to unpack my answer… an answer that addresses situations well beyond wilderness travel. An answer that extends into my settled, civilized life as well. Why, at home, are Cindi and I prepared for a major natural or…
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.
About Transition Whatcom
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You can find other TW members in your neighborhood by typing your neighborhood into the search box on the Members page.
To learn more about Transition Whatcom, Start Here
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 resource scarcity);
Greatly strengthen our local economy (in response to economic instability)?
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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Permaculture Tour and Regenerate Whatcom Meet-Up
June 27, 2025 from 4pm to 6pm – TBD
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Rooted in Resilience - Climate Action Week
July 19, 2025 from 2pm to 5pm – Boulevard Park
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Cascadia BioFi Conference at Georgetown Steam Plant
May 17, 2025 to May 18, 2025
At the Georgetown Steam Plant in the Duwamish Valley, in south Seattle. How do we regenerate an entire watershed? How do we regenerate an entire bioregion? Join us for our first ever, Cascadia BioFi Conference, held May 17–18, 2025, at the historic Georgetown Steam Plant in Seattle. Bioregional Finance seeks to shift global and extractive systems toward local, long-term, sustainable initiatives that restore ecosystems and promote community well-being. By leveraging localized knowledge and…See More
Climate Safe Villages Announcement - Challenger Ridge
May 13, 2025 all daySamish Crest Forum
May 13, 2025 from 7pm to 8:30pm
Emergent Leadership Training at Online
May 13, 2025 all day
Emergent Leadership Training Starting Soon!May 13 - July 8We believe there is a need for new forms of leadership, including emergent leadership, as we move forward with our efforts to organize our bioregions. Fortunately, an organization within our bioregion, Pacific Integral, is offering a nine-week training on just this topic. Here’s a glimpse of what the course is about from their website:This deep dive course is for those who sense there’s a deeper potential for the way we show up in these…See More
Coast Salish Pride Day - Paddle to Bellingham
May 24, 2025 all dayForest Immersion Skagit Valley
April 27, 2025 from 1pm to 3pm
City of Bellingham Earth Week Events at City of Bellinghan
April 26, 2025 all day
Join the more than 1 billion people worldwide who celebrate Earth Day each year! Below is a list of family-friendly activities offered by the City of Bellingham in celebration of our planet. Earth Day is Tuesday, April 22. "Check Out" a Washington State Park All week at the Bellingham Public Library - get a two…See More
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Greening the Sahara: For a Nourishing and Regenerative Algeria
Algeria has everything it needs to become a great nurturing nation again: sunlight, water (rare but sufficient), vast lands, available hands, powerful knowledge, and deep faith. What it needs now is a shift in perspective, a coalition for life, a regenerative national strategy.AI Demands to Be Fed. We’re All Servers Now
The colossal energy demands of artificial intelligence have earth-shaking implications for everyone. Already rising steeply, they are set to accelerate at a dizzying pace as various global powers race to be the first to achieve supreme intelligence over everything.Food Security is Everyone’s Business
Nigeria’s food crisis is serious—but it’s also a massive opportunity. When households grow food, youths return to the land, and organizations like RUWAI lead the charge, we create a system that is resilient, just, and abundant.June 21 – World Localization Day
Ever since 2020, a global organization called Local Futures has been organizing events in dozens of countries on June 21, when the planet’s northern hemisphere enters the summer solstice. There are films, webinars, and local events happening everywhere around the globe. And it’s a moment when all of us who feel isolated in our localist views can bond with thousands of colleagues worldwide.How Much for One Protein?
The goal, here, is deep humility, a form of awe, and a sense of universal connectedness. As stupendously breathtaking as Life is, everything uses the same stuff and the same rules. We share a deep kinship with all matter, then. We are as dirt, and if that’s not grounding, I’m not sure what would be.Badge
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