Rebuilding Community Resilience to make the Transition to Sustainability
Networking for those interested in exploring or implementing the Transition Town framework in McHenry County IL communities.
Join and share your local sustainability initiatives, add links to local EVENTS, add VIDEOS, start a discussion in the FORUM - ANYTHING related to the Environment, Energy and Local Economics.
February 8, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm – Woodstock High School
Added by Doug C
Lately I've been thinking about the geography of agriculture. Who owns land, what they grow and how they grow it is something that has been centrally planned by the government over the last 100…Continue
Started by Mike. Last reply by Mike Sep 19, 2011.
http://transitionus.org/event/children-and-transition pt 1More excellent preso here …Continue
Started by Doug C Jun 11, 2011.
I'm reading "Plentitude" by Judith Schorr - very much in line with what my understanding of this group is all about. The first half of the book describes the mess we're in from the perspective of…Continue
Started by Diane Scholten. Last reply by Doug C Apr 23, 2011.
Since this is my line of business (full disclosure, lol!), I track the costs of renewable energy components pretty closely. Given the growing instability of the international currency market vs. the…Continue
Tags: renewable energy, components, electric, solar
Started by Don Jarrett Apr 19, 2011.
Posted by Doug C on November 1, 2011 at 10:55pm
http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-30-2011-reviving-department-of.html
Between 1933 and 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal created thirty-four communities under the Division of Subsistence Homesteads (DSH). The DSH, funded at $25 million, pledged to organize pilot programs showing how the country could benefit from semirural neighborhoods with…
ContinuePosted by Doug C on October 31, 2011 at 6:45pm
Must see movie, just watched my preview copy and hope to have a movie screening soon, but don't wait and buy a copy for your self and community! http://www.growthbusters.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TtE4uI-Q9o&feature=youtu.be
Posted by Doug C on October 29, 2011 at 10:07pm
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/10/how-many-slaves-work-for-you.php
Um, so this is a kind of horrifying wake-up call. A website called Slavery Footprint will run a few questions by you to tell you just how many slaves around the world are at work providing you with the things you wear, the things you eat, even the sporting equipment you play with. Scariest part is just…
ContinuePosted by Doug C on October 23, 2011 at 8:41am
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