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Local Grass-Fed Beef for Sale

Know anyone who is interested in supporting the local food movement and wants grass-fed beef? There are 1/4 shares of cows available in November from Frog Belly Farm (next door to Pachumama Farm). Please check out www.frogbellyfarm.com for more information.

Added by Steve Dewart on October 8, 2008 at 12:32pm — 1 Comment

Anastasia and the Magic of Reconnection

Hello People, lovely friends,

Just wanted to start by saying hi, letting you know that I have been reading an amazing book called Anastasia, (by Vladimir Megre) which is the first of a series of books called the Ringing Cedar series, and they are about the ringing cedars of the Siberian Taiga, as well as the transition that is happening there with the Dachniks, who are people with their own garden plots who are doing some beautiful work to reconnect themselves with the earth as well… Continue

Added by Frances on October 7, 2008 at 5:45pm — No Comments

Media coverage of Transition in Denver's Wash Park Profile!

http://www.washparkprofile.com/front_features_one/index.html
Front page article in the October edition of the Washington Park Profile....demographics 35,000...beautifully written, interviews with Michael Brownlee, Denver steering committee member Andy Bardwell......Check it out!

Added by Dana Miller on October 4, 2008 at 2:13pm — No Comments

TRANSITION: THE MOST INSPIRING MOVEMENT IN THE WORLD (PowerPoint presentation)

Here's the file for the presentation I've been using recently.

Later I'll post a version with embedded notes/text.

09.27.08 for Workshop--Transition, The Most Inspiring Movement in the World.ppt

Added by Michael Brownlee on October 3, 2008 at 11:29am — No Comments

A Peek At Things To Come

Today (Sept 22) there were serious gas shortages throughout the southeast, due to a supply disruption in the wake of Gustav and Ike. This is a peek at the future when shortages get more commonplace. The comments below seem like a snippet from some future news story, but they're not. They're from today's new story on the Atlanta Journal (www.ajc.com). It's a little eerie. Maybe we can learn something from this.

Comments from Atlantans on the gas shortage:

By… Continue

Added by Margaret Emerson on September 22, 2008 at 10:23pm — No Comments

Transition Denver Update!

Dear Neighbor,

Most of us are craving security and want to belong to a vibrant, caring, and supportive community. Yet with the impending impacts of peak oil and climate instability beginning to touch our lives, what will that mean for our food supplies and our safety? What can we do to ensure that we meet this challenge with our hearts open and our imaginations engaged?

Transition Denver invites you to help us create a… Continue

Added by Kenzie Davison on September 22, 2008 at 2:23pm — No Comments

HERE COMES $500 OIL!

From Fortune, Sept. 22, 2008

(See the original here)

HERE COMES $500 OIL

If Matt Simmons is right, the recent drop in crude prices is an illusion - and oil could be headed for the stratosphere. He's just hoping we can prevent civilization from imploding.

By Brian O'Keefe, senior editor

Last Updated: September 22, 2008: 10:01 AM… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on September 22, 2008 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Van Jones: We Can't Drill Our Way Out of Our Energy Problems

By Van Jones, AlterNet

Posted on September 20, 2008, Printed on September 20, 2008

http://www.alternet.org/story/99550/

The following speech was given at Netroots Nation 2008 in Austin, Texas.

I have a little bit of whiplash. Thirty-six hours ago I was in the Arctic with Jimmy Carter. This is not a joke, you all. (Laughter) It sounds like a joke, right? You hear about the black guy in the Arctic with Jimmy Carter? No, I was really ... (Laughter)

I was… Continue

Added by evi klett on September 20, 2008 at 9:50pm — No Comments

Organic Farm Blossoms in Kenya's Largest Slum

Published on Saturday, September 20, 2008 by Guardian/UK

by Xan Rice in Nairobi

Victor Matioli's organic pumpkins are plump, his coriander aromatic and his spinach "very soft, sweet, and tasty". His half-acre farm is a former rubbish dump in the heart of east Africa's biggest slum.

[No Photos Allowed]No Photos Allowed

So arresting is the sight of tall sunflowers growing amid the rust-coloured shacks and dirt paths of Kibera that Matioli and his fellow… Continue

Added by evi klett on September 20, 2008 at 9:18pm — No Comments

DON'T PANIC; PREPARE! (by Richard Heinberg)

[by Richard Heinberg, from Post Carbon Institute]

The financial sky is falling. Hey, that’s not my opinion; it’s news straight from the front pages of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. America’s top mortgage companies and investment banks, and the world’s biggest insurer have either already gone bankrupt or are in the process of doing so.

For someone who wrote a book titled The Party’s Over, this… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on September 18, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

"FACING THE LONG EMERGENCY" PRESENTATION IN .PPT FORMAT

FacingTheLongEmergency.ppt

Added by Michael Brownlee on September 18, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

Project for Public Spaces Training, NYC, Oct 17-18: How to Create Successful Markets

Dear Friends of PPS,

How To Create Successful Markets, a training course held in New York City on October 17-18, 2008, is just one month away!

Participants of this course will learn about the four crucial elements of successful markets: the right mix of vendors and products; a strong sense of place; solid economic and operational underpinnings; and a firm commitment to the surrounding community. Through presentations, working groups, and on-site tours of New York City's… Continue

Added by Kenzie Davison on September 17, 2008 at 2:34pm — No Comments

FORMER OIL EXEC CALLS FOR GAS RATIONING

From the Washington Times,

Monday, September 15, 2008

FORMER OIL EXEC: GAS RATIONING NEEDED

(Original here)

BY David M. Dickson

John Hofmeister, the former president of Shell Oil Co. and one of the most influential voices in the oil industry, called for short-term gasoline rationing by introducing odd-even purchases based on an… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on September 17, 2008 at 8:46am — No Comments

A Peak Into the Future guardian.co.uk article

I opened up my Planetizen newsletter this morning and one of the stories -- about Transition Towns! It's a reprint from the Guardian from last week -- here's the article and the source link:

A peak into the future

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/sep/10/ethicalliving.transitiontowns?gusrc=rss&feed=environment

Described as 'a social experiment on a massive scale', the Transition Town movement offers positive ideas for low-carbon living

Sarah… Continue

Added by Paula Suda on September 15, 2008 at 9:18pm — No Comments

A Peak Into the Future guardian.co.uk article

Added by Paula Suda on September 15, 2008 at 9:18pm — No Comments

18 Day Compost Song

The Compost Song

(Sung to London Bridge) - A Permaculture Sing-A-Long by the Pagliaro Family

1.

Compost made in 18 days,

18 days, 18 days.

Compost made in 18 days,

The Berkley Method.

2.

A cubic meter you must stack,

You must stack, you must stack.

A cubic meter you must stack

To make it work right.

3.

Take some shit and heap it up,

Heap it up, heap it up,

Chicken, horse, cow or duck,

It… Continue

Added by Kenzie Davison on September 15, 2008 at 8:14pm — 1 Comment

OIL SEX SCANDAL MAY AFFECT DRILLING DEBATE

Oil sex scandal may affect drilling debate.

Democrats say Bush administration failure; GOP leader calls outrage ‘hoax.’

The Associated Press

updated 11:39 a.m. MT, Thurs., Sept. 11, 2008

[See original here.]

WASHINGTON - A scandal involving sex, drugs and — uh, offshore oil drilling.

It's a strange mix, and it couldn't have come at a worse time for those in Congress pressing to… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on September 11, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

The Transition Movement and the Christian Science Monitor!

http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/09/11/communities-plan-for-a-low-energy-future/

The first article about the Transition Movement in the US to show up in a major newspaper, the Christian Science Monitor….today!

We’re fastening our collective and communal seatbelts for the amazing takeoff of Transition Initiatives here in Colorado and the US!!!!

Added by Transition Denver on September 11, 2008 at 11:25am — No Comments

Transition comes to Christian Science Monitor!

The first national publicity about the Transition Movement in the U.S. has just arrived! Today's Christian Science Monitor is running a story in their Environment section titled: "Communities plan for a low-energy future: ‘Transition initiatives,’ begun in Britain, aim to empower people to tackle effects of climate change and decline of oil."

See original article… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on September 11, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

A PEAK INTO THE FUTURE (from the UK)

NOTE: The press is starting to notice. Here in the U.S., look for a story this week in the Christian Science Monitor, and possibly one in the Denver Post! USA Today is also working on a story, but we don't know when it might be published. I got a note Monday from Alastair Lough in Portland, Maine, advising: "Brace yourself. A likely Tsunami of interest is nearly upon us." Tip of the hat to Teresa Foster! --Michael

From THE GUARDIAN

Described as 'a social… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on September 10, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments