Via Scoop.it – Transition CultureOur communities would benefit from more trees and plants. But they could also learn to be more like trees and plants too. Here’s how.Via www.treehugger.com
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Via Scoop.it – Transition CultureBill Demeter talks with Gerard Smyth, the director of the documentary “When a City Falls”. This outstanding film is a must for anyone who has experienced the last few years in Christchurch.Via itsourcity.org.nz Via Scoop.it – Transition CultureEconomists (with a few notable exceptions) have long behaved as though growth were synonymous with economic health. If the gross national product of a country increases steadily by 4 percent per year, most economists express approval and say that the economy is healthy. If the economy could be made to grow still faster (they maintain), it would be still more healthy. If the growth rate should fall, economic illness would . . . → Read More: Limits To Growth And Fractional Reserve Banking By John Scales Avery Via Scoop.it – Transition CultureDesign is often characterized by its products rather than its processes. Tell someone you’re a designer, and the first question they’re likely to ask is: “What kind? A graphic designer? A fashion designer? Maybe an architect?” But the artifacts produced by these specialists are not what define design. Design is about problem solving and opportunity seeking, not predefined material outcomes. It’s about seeing problems as opportunities for innovation rather than . . . → Read More: Design It Yourself Via Scoop.it – Transition CultureIn order to survive peak oil, climate change, economic failure, and ecological collapse we must make fundamental shifts in our collective way of life. Individual change is necessary but not enough because our means of survival are embedded in complex social and economic systems. On the other hand, direct change of the massive business and government institutions we now depend upon is unrealistic because the nature of all large institutions . . . → Read More: Shareable: Cultivating a Sustainable Community: The Cycle of Collaboration Via Scoop.it – Transition CultureI had the pleasure of spending time yesterday with Eric Harris-Braun & Arthur Brock of the Metacurrency Project, sharing thoughts about the federation of tribes we are forming, and the principles upon which this type of living systems organization should be founded. Eric shared this excerpt from the book Sanctuary For All Life by Jim Corbett, which felt powerful and true to me.Via . . . → Read More: The Covenant-Formed Base Community: Personal Liberty, Corporate Power, and Cocreativity Via Scoop.it – Transition Culture“We have no need for ‘biocentrism,’ ‘anthropocentrism,’ or for that matter any ‘centrism,’ nor for any ideology that diverts popular attention from the social sources of the ecological crisis.”Via energybulletin.net Via Scoop.it – Transition CultureThe Simpler Way consists of a website and booklet which provide detailed practical advice on how to live a ‘simpler life’ of reduced and restrained consumption. More importantly, it invites readers to contribute their own thoughts, experiences, and practical tips, so that we can all share and expand upon our collective wisdom. The Simpler Way represents a life with less clutter, less waste, and less fossil fuel use, but . . . → Read More: The simpler way: a practical action plan for living more on less Via Scoop.it – Transition CultureOoooby began in December 2008 on Waiheke Island, Auckland, as an online social network of food gardeners. An evolving project, it now also facilitates the distribution of locally grown food. Ooooby has (in May 2011) 3,600 members, 10,000 monthly visitors, 50 local suppliers and 150 weekly customers. Each month an Oooobyversity evening is hosted in Grey Lynn, Auckland, to share knowledge about food-growing and ways to enhance local production.Via . . . → Read More: The Ooooby Local Economic Model Via Scoop.it – Transition Culture A food web is a way of linking together farming, food producers, local food shops, farmers markets, box schemes, community supported agriculture and food cooperatives, through to consumers.Via transitioninaction.com |
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