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Monthly archive for April 2009
Showing results 11 - 15 of 20 for the month of April, 2009.
20 Apr 2009
While most of the papers this weekend were obsessing about Susan Boyle, there were also three of the most in-depth and high profile pieces about Transition yet to appear in the media. The first was a 5,000 word piece in the New York Times’ Green Issue called The End is Nigh (yay!) by Jon Mooallem. Although parts of it make my toes curl, it is, overall, a fascinating piece, focusing mostly on Transition Sandpoint, and how the process is going there. Amazing to get such in depth coverage in such a publication, and a huge boost to the work of Transition US (check out their new website, and a short ‘welcome’ film I did for them recently).
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17 Apr 2009
Here is an excellent update on the nut tree plantings taking place in Totnes, those of you doing similar things in your communities might find this useful…. my thanks to Wendy for documenting this.
Background:
TTT started a nut tree planting scheme in Totnes in March 2007, with the planting of a few varieties of nut trees on Vire island. The vision behind this scheme is to provide another source of nutritious food for the community in the future.
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8 Apr 2009
There will be no posts at Transition Culture for 7 days, as I am taking some much-needed time off for Easter holiday family time and for some sleep catch-up. The last few weeks have been too hectic, if one could collect ‘train miles’ as one collects ‘air miles’, and if one could then trade them in for micro-renewables (now there’s an idea), I would have about half my roof covered with photovoltaics by now. Plan to spend days on the beach with the kids, visit family, read David Holmgren’s new book Energy Futures, listen to the great Go Team! CD I just picked up, plant out my peas and get some more muck in for the raised beds. Normal (?!) service will be resumed here on Friday 17th April.
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8 Apr 2009
Rebecca Laughton, author of the newly published ‘Surviving and Thriving on the Land’ (Green Books), has written the following article exclusively for Transition Culture, about what lessons Transition initiatives might learn from the smallholding community. It draws from the book, which is based on extensive research and interviews with people in a broad range of intentional communities and smallholdings.
Lessons from Low Impact Living on the Land, by Rebecca Laughton.
In order to feed ourselves in a post peak oil future, a much larger proportion of the population will need to live and work on the land. Such a prospect appeals to many, but are we prepared for the work involved in managing land with minimal reliance on fossil fuels?
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8 Apr 2009
Transition Eudlo in Australian holding a 'permablitz'
Here is the latest digest of Transition-related stories that I have picked up across the web over the last 4 weeks. It offers an instructive and fascinating insight into where Transition has gone and what it is up to. The diversity of projects is fascinating. Apparently, Transition Town Exmouth’s “ranks have swelled to hundreds”, Transition Southport described as “environmentalists with a smile”, definitely a compliment in my book and Maple Ridge in Canada is considering ‘going Transition’.
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