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Event at Clark University " Shaping a Local Green Economy" Wed. Nov 18, 2009

Hi All, I would like to invite you to an event here at Clark University that is to take place on Wed. Nov. 18, 2009 from 7:00pm-9:00pm Below are the details SHAPING A LOCAL GREEN ECONOMY WED. NOV 18, 2009 7:00PM- 9:00PM TILTON HALL, HIGGINS UNIVERSITY CENTER. What can and will a local, green economy look like? Many social change organizations, institutions and individuals in Worcester are committed to creating a green economy here. Concerns include the importance of green job creation and the… Continue

Added by Nicole Zimmerman on November 14, 2009 at 4:57pm — No Comments

Giving Up

I've decided to formally shelve my transition town work for Needham. I was at the event held last night at Newman school and there were upwards of 300 people. All the green groups were represented. So I don't see where Transition fits in. Nobody responded to my flyers, and yet they all show up to this? Obviously you need the right connections and the right way to promote things to mobilize people in this town, and I don't have it. Also, logistically speaking, I just do not have the time to do… Continue

Added by Glenn S on October 20, 2009 at 4:30pm — 4 Comments

Hear ye! Hear ye! They're Aggregating Small Amounts of Slow Money

Please take a look here: http://friendsofslowmoney.com/ .... and consider a contribution. This is good. Continue

Added by David Eggleton on October 2, 2009 at 1:10pm — No Comments

Business as Usual

I just put up my playlist embeds for the finished episodes (or chapters as I call them) to Business as Usual "the doomer sitcom". I hope some people here get something out of them. The language is often crude, as it often is in the workplace, and the satire biting. I am an equal opportunity offender here. You can watch it as a doomer or watch it as a denier and still find something to laugh about and characters to relate to. That was the intention, to pull in as wide an audience as possible and… Continue

Added by Glenn S on September 22, 2009 at 11:01am — No Comments

Transition Diary

I think I'm going to separate blogging of my transition town activities from my external blog. The reason being that: a) More people (at least people likely to be interested in it) will read it here and b) This profile page is a little less anonymous than the other one, so I won't be afriad to name my town and so on and so forth. The other blog is more of a diary that is private by virtue of the anonymity so it goes into directions I'd rather not everyone know about. Continue

Added by Glenn S on September 17, 2009 at 4:31pm — 1 Comment

I blog elsewhere

Hi, I blog at MamaStories, at http://blog.bolandbol.com It's a mixed bag, mostly stories of gardening, mothering, and peak oil/global warming. I may once in a while cross post a relevant entry here. Do visit! Katrien Continue

Added by Katrien Vander Straeten on July 30, 2009 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

The New Rules Project

This looks like a natural fit with TT http://www.newrules.org/ The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) proposes a set of new rules that builds community by supporting humanly scaled politics and economics. The rules call for: Decisions made by those impacted Communities accepting responsibility for the welfare of their members and the next generation Households and communities possessing or owning sufficient productive capacity to generate real wealth Continue

Added by Niall Robinson on July 17, 2009 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Wanted: Fully Present and Productive Owners

The following is copied and pasted from my blog at woburnite.com Because the name of my business is Applied Ecologics, I frequently startle people and activate their curiosity by simply stating it. From my angle, it's apparent they've heard something they were not expecting to hear. I see they sense it's something well-meaning, and likely beneficial, but that they cannot readily grasp. I try to help them understand, with varying results.… Continue

Added by David Eggleton on July 14, 2009 at 2:57pm — 2 Comments

Watch This! Not a Video, a Company

If you didn't read today's Boston Globe, catch up: http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/07/13/the_greening_of_gasoline/ Continue

Added by David Eggleton on July 13, 2009 at 8:57pm — 1 Comment

Interdependence: Our end AND means

Last weekend I acquired http://blog.interdependencedesign.com/ and this week I've posted each day. I will slow down, unless you come and comment and question and otherwise nudge me. Come soon for a taste. Continue

Added by David Eggleton on July 3, 2009 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Snails[ Escargot] as a permaculture option

Here's a link to the Newburyport Local Food Network with resources, including the USDA's brochure on raising snails. It really seems like it could be an element of Transition food self reliance we might consider. Totnes may have walnuts, but Massachusetts could have escargot! http://www.gnlocalfoodnetwork.org/2009/06/24/today-is-san-giovannis-feast-daywhen-italians-traditionally-eat-snails/ Continue

Added by Ron Martino on June 24, 2009 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Lawn to Garden Conversion Guide for download

Lawn2gardeninfosheet.pdf This is essentially a distillation of Vermont Permaculturist Mark Krawczyk's EXCELLENT Lawn to Garden Conversion workshop. All you need to know to get started! Mark has generously encouraged us to distribute it far and wide. Enjoy! George Lisi, Transition Town Montpelier, VT Continue

Added by George Lisi on June 22, 2009 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Silver mining in Massachusetts?

I understand that silver mining was historically active in Massachusetts. From what I've read, small scale hand worked 'mines' were fairly common in MA. Farmers with silver on their land used to work on it when it wasn't 'crop time'. When you think of Paul Revere as a silver smith, and MA companies like Towle Silversmiths, it makes sense that this metal can be found locally. Supposedly there is a lost mine in Haverhill on the family land of the poet John Greenleaf Whittier. So in the spirit of… Continue

Added by Ron Martino on June 18, 2009 at 5:30pm — 4 Comments

Newburyport Maple Syrup Co-op..... a possible permaculture opportunity?

The Native Americans made it and used it. Why not us? See notes at the local food blog at www.gnlocalfoodnetwork.org Continue

Added by Ron Martino on June 18, 2009 at 10:53am — 2 Comments

Food as a public policy issue........locally?

Food resiliency has been one of the key focal points of Transition philosophy in action. Here's a blog post that asks about it in the context of local elections. http://www.gnlocalfoodnetwork.org/2009/06/03/food-as-a-public-policy-issuelocally/ Continue

Added by Ron Martino on June 3, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Powisset Farm

For those who don't follow my external blog, here is a link to the post I made about the trip my daughter and I made to Powisset farm in Dover last week. How many other peakers were there without me knowing it? Continue

Added by Glenn S on June 1, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

New Local Food blog launched

The Local Food Network [of greater Newburyport] has launched its new Local Food blog helping to promote more and better locally grown and caught foods. http://www.gnlocalfoodnetwork.org/ Continue

Added by Ron Martino on May 15, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Reskilling - How to milk a goat!

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Added by nika boyce on May 7, 2009 at 10:53am — No Comments

LEARN HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN MUSHROOMS!

In this workshop you will learn by hands on experience how to grow mushrooms in your own backyard on logs that you might otherwise think of as waste wood! We will gain a working knowledge of mushrooms, their life cycle, and some of their uses.… Continue

Added by nika boyce on May 5, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

A rediscovery of meaning and place

What does it mean to feel connected to your place in this world? Is it a place of your choosing? Is it a place of circumstance? How do you take yourself out of the stream of fruitless scattered energy around you? The drive to invest in the tangible is assaulted on all sides by the status quo. This will change in time, of its own accord. But in the moment, in the day-to-day, how do you steer your focus away from the trivial without judgement or rejection? any thoughts? Continue

Added by Stephen A Boelcskevy on April 23, 2009 at 12:55pm — 1 Comment