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Community Resience starts with Seeds

Posted by Terri Wilde on March 21, 2022 at 3:03pm 0 Comments

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…

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Interview with Larry Korn, Author of One Straw Revolutionary - May 2016

Posted by David Pike on January 18, 2020 at 5:18pm 0 Comments



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…

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Ten Weeks In

Posted by Rick Dubrow on September 22, 2017 at 4:07pm 0 Comments

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…

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Slow Sand Fresh Water Filter

Posted by David Culver on November 22, 2016 at 6:54pm 1 Comment

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…

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Second Aid: Lessons Learned From Past Adventures

Posted by Rick Dubrow on November 3, 2016 at 11:51am 0 Comments

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…

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Welcome 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

See Transition Whatcom sponsored events here

Did you know??

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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Regenerative Earth Apprenticeship Program sign-up at Upper Skagit Valley

April 20, 2026 at 6am to September 30, 2026 at 7pm
Regenerative Earth Apprenticeship Program Seeking Apprentices 2026Sense of Place Botany Mycology Herbal Medicine Organic Gardening Foraging Soil Permaculture Water Harvesting Food Preservation Energy Flows Homestead Skills & more! `Learn and Practice Regenerative and Permaculture Food Growing Land Stewardship while living in community in the beautiful North Cascades!www.vivaculture.org wildefoods@yahoo.comSee More
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The Design School for Regenerating Earth at Online

March 24, 2026 at 8am to April 28, 2026 at 10am
Regenerating Earth Through Collapse Starts Tuesday morning! The 2026 Cascadia Cohort (Regenerate Cascadia) with the Design School for Regenerating Earth is now accepting registrations. This six-month learning journey, running March through September 2026, is our primary entry point for people who want to learn bioregional organizing, build relationships in their place, and translate learning into coordinated action. Each year, we host a special Cascadia cohort, for those who may want to get…See More
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March Permaculture Meet-up at inspiration Farm

March 27, 2026 from 2pm to 5pm
This month's PC meet up will focus on Plant propagation strategies and starting the Salish Seed garden projects for this Spring. Learn about plant propagation techniques, details about the Salish Seed Guild and how you can get involved throughout the year.This month's meet up will be hosted at Inspiration FarmTour Inspiration Farm in the Spring Agenda– Tour, talk,…See More
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RE Sources Action Alert! at Online

March 16, 2026 to March 22, 2026
Bellingham deserves a cleaner, cheaper way to manage toxic sewage. RE Sources for Sustainable Communities is urging the City to stop a $60 million plan to upgrade 33- and 53-year-old sewage incinerators at Post Point and pursue a safer, smarter alternative. Continuing to invest in outdated equipment means more pollution, higher costs, and missed climate goals.Why this mattersIt’s bad for our pocketbooks: A $60 million upgrade is only the start. Aging incinerators require millions more every…See More
Mar 16
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Fairhaven Plant and Tree Sale at Hillcrest Chappel Parking Lot

March 28, 2026 from 10am to 3pm
Regenerate Whatcom will have a table, and Inspiration Farm will be selling plant and tree starts.  Come see us!See More
Mar 16
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March Permaculture Meet-up at inspiration Farm

March 27, 2026 from 2pm to 5pm
This month's PC meet up will focus on Plant propagation strategies and starting the Salish Seed garden projects for this Spring. Learn about plant propagation techniques, details about the Salish Seed Guild and how you can get involved throughout the year.This month's meet up will be hosted at Inspiration FarmTour Inspiration Farm in the Spring Agenda– Tour, talk,…See More
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Fix it FAir at Kulshan, K2

March 29, 2026 from 12pm to 3pm
FREE* Clothes Mending* Small Appliance Repair* Knife Sharpening* Bike Repair* Jewelry Repair* Good VIbes* Small appliance repair by NW Free Repair includes just about anything you can carry in that is not gas powered- sewing machines, vacuum cleaners, lamps, hand tools, electronics, and so much more. These folks are incredibly talented and capable.* Clothing mending includes patches, button fixes, pocket holes, sweater holes, and more! Please limit your items to one & be prepared to return…See More
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Three Visions of Green AI — And Why the Differences Matter

Green AI will likely continue to stretch as different communities bring their own priorities and imaginaries to the term. But if its dominant forms remain tethered to extractive assumptions, it risks becoming little more than an alibi for the systems driving planetary breakdown.

The Magic of Feedback

The entire Community of Life—humans included—were better off when shrouded in the mysterious magic of the living world: held in awe, humility, and respect. We came into being inside the feedback loop, and threaten to destroy much when presuming to extract ourselves from its magical protection.

Crazy Town. Episode 121: Being Team Human in Crazy Town

The question of who’s the real nut often arises for us collapse-aware folks living here in Crazy Town. Since Mr. Peanut is no longer returning their phone calls, Rob, Jason, and Asher invite Douglas Rushkoff, media theorist, professor, and host of the Team Human Podcast to answer the question.

What to Do as the World Falls Apart: A Framework for Action

This week’s Frankly marks a turning point in the work of The Great Simplification. Having spent twenty years articulating the more-than-human predicament, Nate shifts from diagnosis to direction as current events – including conflict in the Strait of Hormuz – accelerate the timeline. Today Nate shares a first-pass framework for action and response that’s organized around what to do now, which could be applied to various places and at multiple scales.

Foragers and farmers: further thoughts on a debate with Tom Murphy

As I’ve emphasized repeatedly here, the fundamental problem isn’t the contextual distinction between farming and foraging. It’s the way that predatory states exploit both. But now we need to find more resilient, local, stress-tolerant strategies.

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