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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

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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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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
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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
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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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International Permaculture Day Tour & Plant Swap at Inspiration farm

May 4, 2025 from 3pm to 7pm
Hope you can Join us at Inspiration Farm May 4th 2025! A day to showcase permaculture!This year we will have a tour and Plant Swap for International Permaculture Day on Sunday May 4th,…See More
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International Permaculture Day Tour & Plant Swap at Inspiration farm

May 4, 2025 from 3pm to 7pm
Hope you can Join us at Inspiration Farm May 4th 2025! A day to showcase permaculture!This year we will have a tour and Plant Swap for International Permaculture Day on Sunday May 4th,…See More
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Pedro Prieto — Fragile Electric Grids: Did Renewables Cause the Blackout in Spain?

In today’s episode, Nate is joined by Pedro Prieto to discuss the recent blackout in the Iberian Peninsula, exploring its causes, impacts, and the role of renewable energy in the stability of the electric grid.

Money Commons: Review of ‘Remaking Money for a Sustainable Future’, by Ester Barinaga Martín

For anybody taking a closer look, it’s quickly obvious that our current money system isn’t working for most people, nor is it compatible with a sustainable future. This book does a very good job of explaining why that is so.

Manifesto for World Revolution: Excerpt

After centuries of rule by kings, emperors, tyrants, mad men, fascists, communists, military dictatorships and mega-corporations, We the People of the world are now ready to take charge of our own destiny and start calling the shots from below.

Jean-Marc Jancovici — Sobriété vs Poverty: Preparing for a New Cultural Paradigm

In this episode, Nate is joined by energy expert and educator Jean-Marc Jancovici, who shares insights from his ongoing work advising governments and the public on the limits of our economic systems amid growing energy and ecological constraints.

Hacking the Business Growth Imperative

Growth is often a pale substitute for value, which often takes a back seat to flackery, smoke, and mirrors. The brightest business minds of tomorrow will shrug off the constraints of the shareholder-primacy model and embrace new modes of finance and governance.

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