Ingredients for Transition Handbook 2.0 - Transition Whatcom2024-03-29T09:25:03Zhttps://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/forum/topics/ingredients-for-transition?feed=yes&xn_auth=noNew topics added to the heade…tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-11-14:2723460:Comment:358062010-11-14T02:26:48.087ZDavid MacLeodhttps://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/DavidMacLeod
New topics added to the header note with links:<br />
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Transition Endorsements<br />
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Pausing for Reflection<br />
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Oral Histories<br />
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Short Film About Transition Universities<br />
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Standing Up to Speak<br />
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Communicating with the Media<br />
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Celebrating Failure (and Success!)<br />
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Practical Manifestations<br />
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Respectful Communication<br />
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Thinking Like a Designer<br />
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Becoming the Media<br />
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Emotional Support/Avoiding Burnout<br />
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How Others See Us / How We Communicate<br />
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Ensuring Land Access<br />
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Strategies for Plugging the Leaks<br />
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Form Networks of…
New topics added to the header note with links:<br />
<br />
Transition Endorsements<br />
<br />
Pausing for Reflection<br />
<br />
Oral Histories<br />
<br />
Short Film About Transition Universities<br />
<br />
Standing Up to Speak<br />
<br />
Communicating with the Media<br />
<br />
Celebrating Failure (and Success!)<br />
<br />
Practical Manifestations<br />
<br />
Respectful Communication<br />
<br />
Thinking Like a Designer<br />
<br />
Becoming the Media<br />
<br />
Emotional Support/Avoiding Burnout<br />
<br />
How Others See Us / How We Communicate<br />
<br />
Ensuring Land Access<br />
<br />
Strategies for Plugging the Leaks<br />
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Form Networks of Transition Initiatives<br />
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Transition Cakes<br />
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Social Enterprise /Entrepreneurship So many new posts by Rob in t…tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-10-28:2723460:Comment:346162010-10-28T04:36:37.899ZDavid MacLeodhttps://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/DavidMacLeod
So many new posts by Rob in this series, I haven't been keeping up!<br />
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Some of the new posts are as follows. I'll post more later. Links to each of these have been added to the top note above.<br />
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Local Food Initiatives<br />
Street By Street Behavior Change<br />
The Great Reskilling<br />
Running Successful Meetings<br />
The Role of Storytelling<br />
Understanding Scale<br />
Energy Descent Action Plans (See also a Review of the Totnes EDAP)<br />
'Transition Towers': Having An Office or Not?<br />
Forming A Core Team<br />
Momentum
So many new posts by Rob in this series, I haven't been keeping up!<br />
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Some of the new posts are as follows. I'll post more later. Links to each of these have been added to the top note above.<br />
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Local Food Initiatives<br />
Street By Street Behavior Change<br />
The Great Reskilling<br />
Running Successful Meetings<br />
The Role of Storytelling<br />
Understanding Scale<br />
Energy Descent Action Plans (See also a Review of the Totnes EDAP)<br />
'Transition Towers': Having An Office or Not?<br />
Forming A Core Team<br />
Momentum I encourage people to concent…tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-09-29:2723460:Comment:322422010-09-29T00:49:11.697ZDavid MacLeodhttps://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/DavidMacLeod
I encourage people to concentrate on the CONTENT of these posts, and not to worry about the “pattern” aspect.<br />
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Latest Entries:<br />
<a href="http://transitionculture.org/2010/09/28/a-discussion-about-ways-of-knowing/" target="_blank">A Discussion About 'Ways of Knowing' in Transition</a> (balancing Inner and Outer work)<br />
<a href="http://transitionculture.org/2010/09/28/transition-as-a-pattern-language-local-food-initiatives/" target="_blank">Local Food Initiatives</a>
I encourage people to concentrate on the CONTENT of these posts, and not to worry about the “pattern” aspect.<br />
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Latest Entries:<br />
<a href="http://transitionculture.org/2010/09/28/a-discussion-about-ways-of-knowing/" target="_blank">A Discussion About 'Ways of Knowing' in Transition</a> (balancing Inner and Outer work)<br />
<a href="http://transitionculture.org/2010/09/28/transition-as-a-pattern-language-local-food-initiatives/" target="_blank">Local Food Initiatives</a> Jerry McManus has posted in t…tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-09-29:2723460:Comment:322412010-09-29T00:33:59.946ZDavid MacLeodhttps://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/DavidMacLeod
Jerry McManus has posted in the Comments of Rob's blog the following explanation of Pattern Language, and Rob endorsed these comments as more clear than his own:<br />
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"Patterns can best be understood as proven solutions to common problems.<br />
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It might help to think of “pattern” as just another word for “we’ve seen this problem before”.<br />
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Naturally, it follows that the more people who solve the same problem the more likely it is that they will arrive at roughly the same good solutions.<br />
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Not identical…
Jerry McManus has posted in the Comments of Rob's blog the following explanation of Pattern Language, and Rob endorsed these comments as more clear than his own:<br />
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"Patterns can best be understood as proven solutions to common problems.<br />
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It might help to think of “pattern” as just another word for “we’ve seen this problem before”.<br />
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Naturally, it follows that the more people who solve the same problem the more likely it is that they will arrive at roughly the same good solutions.<br />
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Not identical solutions by any means, everyone’s situation is different, but solutions that have enough in common that you start to see, well, patterns.<br />
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And, what do you know, look at all of those really smart and creative people out there that are doing a really amazing job of solving many of the same transition problems. Every day, all over the world.<br />
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Now here’s the beauty part, if you can find a way to capture that knowledge and experience then you might have something REALLY useful to people who are just as likely to hit the same problems that everyone else did.<br />
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Useful not because you are presenting it in the form of a recipe to be followed blindly, but presented in the more general form of “when you have a problem like this, then use a solution like this”.<br />
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This allows people the freedom to adapt that solution to their particular situation, using whatever resources are available to them." Kate,
Rob has posted a new b…tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-09-28:2723460:Comment:321422010-09-28T00:18:50.926ZDavid MacLeodhttps://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/DavidMacLeod
Kate,<br />
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Rob has posted a new blog entry answering your question! "<a href="http://transitionculture.org/2010/09/27/throwing-some-light-on-the-patterns/comment-page-1/#comment-71149" target="_blank">Throwing Some Light on the Patterns</a>."<br />
I think Walter's last post is also very helpful in answering the question, and I shared Walter's comments as a reply on Rob's blog.<br />
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The important thing to me is that, whatever you want to call it, I am finding the current series of posts to be conveying…
Kate,<br />
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Rob has posted a new blog entry answering your question! "<a href="http://transitionculture.org/2010/09/27/throwing-some-light-on-the-patterns/comment-page-1/#comment-71149" target="_blank">Throwing Some Light on the Patterns</a>."<br />
I think Walter's last post is also very helpful in answering the question, and I shared Walter's comments as a reply on Rob's blog.<br />
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The important thing to me is that, whatever you want to call it, I am finding the current series of posts to be conveying extremely helpful information for making Transition Initiatives a success!<br />
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I'm going to start linking to the Transition Network posting of these patterns, as that is where the comments are being recorded. The latest one is another helpful on...<br />
<a href="http://www.transitionnetwork.org/patterns/getting-started/forming-working-groups" target="_blank">Forming Working Groups</a> Hi all- Rob Hopkins responded…tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-09-27:2723460:Comment:321152010-09-27T15:04:34.799ZKate Clarkhttps://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/KateClark
Hi all- Rob Hopkins responded to my email this morning, and said he will address my question on the Transition Network website in the next few days. I look forward to reading his response and will share it here!
Hi all- Rob Hopkins responded to my email this morning, and said he will address my question on the Transition Network website in the next few days. I look forward to reading his response and will share it here! A one sentence description. P…tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-09-26:2723460:Comment:320612010-09-26T20:37:57.871ZKate Clarkhttps://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/KateClark
A one sentence description. Paraphrasing Hopkins quote of Alexander: Finding solutions to problems "in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice.”<br />
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David- I read that too...but fail to see anything about language and communication, and the use of a pattern in such. I think of a pattern as a repetition that can be duplicated. So pattern language would seem to mean communicating in a pattern of some sort of repetition that can be…
A one sentence description. Paraphrasing Hopkins quote of Alexander: Finding solutions to problems "in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice.”<br />
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David- I read that too...but fail to see anything about language and communication, and the use of a pattern in such. I think of a pattern as a repetition that can be duplicated. So pattern language would seem to mean communicating in a pattern of some sort of repetition that can be recognized and duplicated. The pattern is described as a…tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-09-26:2723460:Comment:320602010-09-26T20:33:07.591ZKate Clarkhttps://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/KateClark
<i>The pattern is described as a "thing" and so becomes the abstract. Then the thing is applied to multiple scenarioes.</i><br />
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Huh? I must be dense because that makes absolutely no sense to me. And I have studied Kant. :-)
<i>The pattern is described as a "thing" and so becomes the abstract. Then the thing is applied to multiple scenarioes.</i><br />
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Huh? I must be dense because that makes absolutely no sense to me. And I have studied Kant. :-) Thanks David and Heather- I h…tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-09-26:2723460:Comment:320502010-09-26T18:56:12.926ZKate Clarkhttps://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/KateClark
Thanks David and Heather- I have asked Rob the same question and will let you know if I get a reply! I understand that duplicating the patterns in nature in human goings on makes sense- but am not sure how this is being duplicated in the language. A circle for example, great for meetings- but a circular language? (except for the every popular circular argument, guaranteed to make one want to go weave baskets at the funny farm).<br />
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I agree about Rob's writing, and generally find it extremely…
Thanks David and Heather- I have asked Rob the same question and will let you know if I get a reply! I understand that duplicating the patterns in nature in human goings on makes sense- but am not sure how this is being duplicated in the language. A circle for example, great for meetings- but a circular language? (except for the every popular circular argument, guaranteed to make one want to go weave baskets at the funny farm).<br />
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I agree about Rob's writing, and generally find it extremely helpful. I go to the handbook often. Kate, I'm probably not the be…tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-09-26:2723460:Comment:319742010-09-26T01:25:36.668ZDavid MacLeodhttps://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/DavidMacLeod
Kate, I'm probably not the best person to answer your question. I haven't read the Christopher Alexander book this is based on, and Hopkins' posts are my first introduction. However, we did learn about patterns in nature in my Permaculture course (with some of the concepts Heather conveys in her reply - nicely said Heather).<br />
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A one sentence description. Paraphrasing Hopkins quote of Alexander: Finding solutions to problems "in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over,…
Kate, I'm probably not the best person to answer your question. I haven't read the Christopher Alexander book this is based on, and Hopkins' posts are my first introduction. However, we did learn about patterns in nature in my Permaculture course (with some of the concepts Heather conveys in her reply - nicely said Heather).<br />
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A one sentence description. Paraphrasing Hopkins quote of Alexander: Finding solutions to problems "in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice.”<br />
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For me, the important thing is the content of Rob's writing with great suggestions on how to operate our Transition Initiatives, not the form (of pattern language). How do we measure and track our accomplishments? How do we do effective awareness raising, have productive meetings, properly support projects, etc.? And that he's asking for input from people doing the work all over the world is even better.<br />
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I'm still quite fond of <a href="http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/page/12-steps">The 12 Steps of Transition</a>. It's great to have a clear set of guidelines that can then be applied loosely (and non-linearly) locally. I think having those 12 steps helped us in TW to get up and going quickly and gave us a sense of purpose.