Time for a new American Revolution
Sunday, July 4th, 2010 Posted in Transition Towns, Organizing, Preparedness, Politics, adaptation, peak oil | No Comments »Charles Frink from New London, CT, with a great essay highlighting the Transition movement. Thanks, Alycia, for passing this along.
Richard Heinberg comes to Rhode Island
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 Posted in Transition Towns, adaptation, climate change, peak oil | 1 Comment »Noted author and Post Carbon Institute Research FellowRichard Heinberg comes to Rhode Island beginning Monday, April 26. At 1:15pm, he will be giving a talk to the students of South Kingstown High School in South County. There is limited ...
In Transition 1.0
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 Posted in Urban solutions, Transition Towns, Organizing, Energy, Relocalization, general, adaptation, Community, climate change | No Comments »This is part one. Many thanks to our friends in the UK for making this film freely available. More info at Transition United States and our site, Transition Rhode Island:
Adaption to big changes-Bart Anderson
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in Psychology, Transition Towns, Preparedness, Energy, adaptation, Relocalization, peak oil | No Comments »Busy week (or so): SC Green Drinks, Mass. Relocalization, Bioneers
Monday, October 12th, 2009 Posted in Preparedness, Urban solutions, Transition Towns, Relocalization, Education, climate change, Community, peak oil | No Comments »Lots of encouraging stuff happening in New England in October. Our own South County Green Drinks meets Wednesday Oct. 14th, 6:30 pm at a member's home in Matunuck. Featured is Shannon McIntyre, a South Kingstown woman and McGill University grad, ...
Transition Towns critique and response
Saturday, September 12th, 2009 Posted in Transition Towns, Community, adaptation | No Comments »Ted Trainer at Candobetter.org takes a hard (but friendly) look at the Transition Towns movement. Rob Hopkins, founder of Transition Culture, is as always, thoughtful in his response.
Sharon Astyk on Permaculture Future
Saturday, July 4th, 2009 Posted in Permaculture, Transition Towns, adaptation | No Comments »Part one of a nice piece by Sharon Astyk. There is a response to this at Transition Culture.
Transition Rhode Island is up and running
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 Posted in Networking, Transition Towns, Relocalization, Community, adaptation | No Comments »One of the great things about the Transition Towns movement, is that it is making full use of all the latest social networking tools. Transition United States is connecting Transition groups from all over the country, and Transition ...
Providence Journal discovers Transition movement
Thursday, February 19th, 2009 Posted in Transition Towns, Community, adaptation | No Comments »Thanks to Sheila Lennon for this article in the Projo, that discusses the Transition movement. She was kind enough to link to our site in the piece.
Post Carbon Institute and Transition US: Kindred groups join forces
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 Posted in Transition Towns, Relocalization, adaptation, climate change, peak oil | No Comments »A press release describing a merger that can only help the growth of the "Transition" movement, which seeks to provide support to communities planning for a world beyond fossil fuels. Post Carbon Institute has also recently partnered with one of ...