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Planning Ahead

Hello Transition Whatcom,

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Added by Twog on January 10, 2011 at 3:28pm — No Comments

Sorry if I'm repeating myself, thought I had responded, but don't see it posted... I think anything the Twog suggests is well thought-out, I would agree to it as long as the older posts are easy to find, as I refer back to them often. Thanks-

Added by Dianne Foster on January 4, 2011 at 11:02pm — 1 Comment

re: change ning site

I hate to add an opinion, when I'm not sure how it works out in practice, but I would trust the TWOG's judgement, and vote for the change. As long as it is truly easy to find the old discussions...

Added by Dianne Foster on January 2, 2011 at 12:46am — No Comments

Twog Blog 12-27 Tom A

Well today is a transition day for me, it’s my birthday! This one is a particular transition in that I have hit an age where I can no longer imagine living to be twice this old so I must be past middle age. I’m

not quite sure what to call my new situation but it feels good to let go of

what ever I was holding on to around aging. It also is a point in my life where

death seems more real, more of a possibility, another transition that I can

begin to…

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Added by Twog on December 27, 2010 at 10:54pm — 3 Comments

Blog from the Twog 12/26/2010

Hi there - Juliet speaking,

We moved the Blog from the Twog to the Blog page - this came from a member's suggestion, and helps to provide a bit more coherence when looking for this weekly blog posting.

We've got a proposal that we'd like to get members feedback on - so if you see this Blog posting, we'd really love to hear what you think about this proposed annual renovation to the ning site - and New Year's is the perfect time to talk about it - a time of renewal and…

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Added by Twog on December 26, 2010 at 2:30pm — 40 Comments

Rockefeller Center paper on Economic Insecurity

Standing On Shaky Ground

AMERICANS' EXPERIENCES WITH ECONOMIC INSECURITY

Good paper...if a bit scary.

kate

Added by Kate Clark on December 21, 2010 at 3:49pm — No Comments

Celt's Garden - Sacred Carbohydrates in the Fourth Corner

Our relationship with our staple carbohydrates is celebrated in story, song, prayer, myth, family traditions and local recipes. Food is so intertwined with culture that it is impossible to discuss food without bringing up culture. What may be less obvious, surrounded by 1500 mile Caesar salads and take out Chinese food, is that the sacred carbohydrates are…

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Added by Celt M. Schira on December 17, 2010 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments

Rob Hopkins and Michael Brownlee: A Discussion about 'The Sacred' and 'Deep Transition'

There is an interesting situation currently in the Transition movement, revolving around Transition Trainer, Transition Colorado founder, and former Transition US board member Michael Brownlee, and his call for Transition US to embrace what he calls "Deep Transition," which includes putting "the Sacred at the very core of our work and at the center of all our… Continue

Added by David MacLeod on December 7, 2010 at 6:46pm — 2 Comments

Celt's Garden - Local Eating in Winter

It wants to be temperate rain forest around here. Winter is when the pioneer dandelions, dock, and blackberries get on with the job of reestablishing the forest. When a break in the weather lines up with some time you aren't at work at your day job, it's an opportunity to run out and weed your winter garden and perennials. Onions and garlic are particularly poor competitors with weeds. Your overwintering beets, turnips, radishes, cabbages, brussels sprouts and your perennials are next. The beds… Continue

Added by Celt M. Schira on December 4, 2010 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments

Herbal Medicine-Making Resources: Websites-Equipment-Books

Nourishing ourselves through a living relationship with plants & fungi on the land we walk on is a lifelong journey. A first step in deepening our herbal medicine making knowledge is to learn to safely & respectfully harvest for wild salads, soups, teas, salves &…

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Added by Heather K on November 28, 2010 at 4:30pm — 5 Comments

Sustainability and the Teabagger movement against it!!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/43538753/Understanding-UN-Agenda-21-and-sustainable-development-Freedom-Advocates

Added by Jamie Jedinak on November 28, 2010 at 12:22am — 1 Comment

Celt's Garden - Hamster's Holiday Tips

After a holiday is a great time to stock up on staples. Snarf around at local supermarkets and grocery outlets and see what you can find. Whole wheat pastry flour, olive oil, shelled nut meats (freeze, they go rancid quickly), molasses, spices, winter squash, often a great deal on chocolate chips and whole frozen birds, especially if the bird has been dropped on the floor. Allow the bird to defrost in the refrigerator until it is thawed just enough to cut up. It will keep better if it doesn't… Continue

Added by Celt M. Schira on November 27, 2010 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

Celt's Garden - Garden Dreams and Pumpkin Soup

The glossy garden pornography has started to arrive. The Pinetree catalog was first. Pinetree sells small packets for modest sums, with a good selection of heirloom varieties and a focus on small-space gardeners. Best to start with a garden plan. Then the catalogs are more of a reference and less of a temptation. Inside on a snowy day, we can dream and plan next year's garden. Now is the time to think about adding a raised bed, or putting in a trellis, perhaps some herbs in pots. What worked… Continue

Added by Celt M. Schira on November 23, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Celt's Garden - Gingerbread and Apple Muffins

Time to fire up the sprouter. If you don't have a sprouter, Terra Organica sells a set of three cheerfully colored plastic lids for a widemouth canning jar, with holes of different sizes for alfalfa seed through soy beans. A tad pricey, but after fooling around with scraps of screening and rusting lids, I found it a worthy use of hydrocarbons. The nifty lids also make it easy to wash off the outer skins of the seeds. Sprouts do best in non-chlorinated water. I keep a jug of water sitting on the… Continue

Added by Celt M. Schira on November 20, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Celt's Garden - Hamster Reviews "The Witch of Hebron"

Lemme start with letting my alter ego, Hamster, review the narrative in the style of my fellow Vanderbilt alumnus, Joe Bob Biggs of "Joe Bob Goes to the Drive In" fame, then the geek engineer can get to appropriate technology. Breasts: 12 (I think, I lost count), dead bodies: I definitely lost count; gallons ketchup: 17; corpse in the onion wagon; special points for panther mauling; sword fu; pistol whipping fu; head pounding fu amid chaos in brothel; goat butchery; horse appreciation; very… Continue

Added by Celt M. Schira on November 8, 2010 at 11:30am — 4 Comments

Celt's Garden - Korean Comfort Food

It's a great year for winter radishes. They are still coming up in the intermittent warmth, so go ahead and plant some daikon, Black Spanish, Rose Heart or Purple Plum. It might work. Since the radishes are looking so strong, maybe a few turnips or mini carrots will make it, even this late in the year. All the roots are sweeter just out of the garden. I've been crossing winter radishes for years. Breeding is perhaps too strong a word, since my program consists of pulling up anything too puny… Continue

Added by Celt M. Schira on November 7, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Quest for oil gets more remote — and riskier

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40011807/ns/world_news-world_environment/

Added by Kate Clark on November 4, 2010 at 7:40pm — No Comments

Is a new model of civilization impossible?

Walter Haugen in his recent blog post,No Anthropologists Have Been Injured - Or Even Consulted! questions the usefulness of thinking about civilization and criticizes certain efforts to do so by saying they are not informed by anthropological knowledge. He implies that any such thinking, and in particular certain ones, including the approach I am taking, are likewise uninformed.

He says,

However,…

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Added by Daimon Sweeney on November 4, 2010 at 6:41pm — No Comments

Inspirations: Poetry & Quotations to Explore

"Thomas Jefferson said he didn’t think we could have democracy unless at

least 20% of the population was self-supporting on small farms so they were

independent enough to be able to tell an oppressive government to 'stuff it'.

It is very difficult to control people who can create products without

purchasing inputs from the system, who can market their products directly

thus avoiding the involvement of mercenary middlemen, who can butcher

animals and preserve foods…

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Added by Heather K on November 3, 2010 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments