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Financial Permaculture: Creating ecosocial resilience and regeneration with commerce
Note: Times for all Transition US virtual events are Pacific Time.
This call will outline the guiding principles and emerging best practices for creating Permaculture livlihoods that are optimized for ecological, social and financial surplus.
Reverence & Resilience: The Ecology of Awakened Action
Trathen Heckmanm is the founding executive director of Daily Acts Organization, publisher of Ripples, an award-winning journal and a backyard farmer. He is the former executive director and a board member of Green Sangha Organization.
Summer Season Mid Point
The garden is growing so fast these days, if you leave for a few days it is impressive how much has grown when you return. In spite of disease problems with the late rains, it looks like it is a fantastic fruit year, Every where I have gone lately I see plums dropping and peach trees full. Mid July is the time to gear up for harvesting, checking zucchini on a daily basis, and changing the way you eat so the abundance from the garden dictates the menu.
Joanna Macy -- A Conversation with Joanna Macy
Joanna shares her current thinking on the spiral of the Work That Reconnects (gratitude, honoring our pain, seeing with new eyes, and going forth) and how it motivates and sustains people's activism at this historical moment.
Enjoy the early summer garden!
These could be the days to kick back in the hammock in the shade and watch your garden grow. The main summer garden is planted, hopefully the drip irrigation system is working well and there is only moderate harvesting to do. However, while you’re dozing in the hammock, the beans extend another 8 inches and need help finding the trellis, the tomato and cuke vines poke sideways out of their cages, and the first zucchini are in danger of becoming baseball bats if you snooze too long.
Conversations from the 2010 Transition Network Conference (and the Evolving of the Movement)
Note: All Transtion US online events are posted in Pacific Time (PT)
Pat Bensen (Transition US Board member) and Zaida Amaral (Transition US Trainer) will report back on the highlights of this year's Transition Network conference that was held last week in the UK. They will also be leading us in a guided conversation on how the Movement is evolving. Bring your questions for what is sure to be an interesting conversation.
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The Longest Days of the Year
Long days are at their peak this week, we can garden into the evening, plants take all this light and grow like crazy.
Heart & Soul Speaker Series (Joanna Macy, Trathen Heckman, & Kit Miller)
Transition US is pleased to announce our first annual Heart & Soul Virtual Speaker Series.
July 7, 2010 -- 11:00AM PT
Remembering the sun
Boy, am I embarrassed by my blog last month! Too much wishful thinking… I wanted to believe what I heard about no more rain in May! I don’t have a clue what’s ahead for us now, (other than the longest days of the year), but am grateful that this weekend was warm and dry and the warm season vegetables can start to put on some real growth.
Summer is coming
May 18 iGROW Blog
Summer is coming
Wow -more rain in the forecast, not our normal spring but I always am thankful for rain in the dry west, soon enough we will be dry and hot.
May at last!
When I heard the 30 day forecast last week for no more rain, I said hallelujah! The spring rains have been great for our reservoirs, pastures, wildflowers and many perennials, and it has been wonderful to not worry about watering. But they have delayed soil work substantially in low areas and heavy clay and being the California gardener that I am, I’m ready to start gardening! Lots of late rain can cause problems with some crops too, which I’ll touch on below.
Is it time yet?
Happy Earth Day everyone! I think gardening is a great way to celebrate the earth, getting our hands in the soil. Everyone was leaving the Farmer’s Market with tomato plants and I want to use that as an excuse to talk about microclimates. Sonoma County is full of different microclimates and where you live makes a huge difference when it is safe to plant tomatoes and other warm season crops that will die if it freezes. If you do not know when your average frost free day is ask a neighbor who has a garden. I know that where I live and where I work are
Common Challenges: How the Transition Process Helps Build Community Resilience
Note: Times for all Transition US virtual events are Pacific Time.
Getting Started: How to Launch a Transition Initiative
Note: Times for all Transition US virtual events are Pacific Time.
Creating Funding and Resources for Transition Initiatives
Note: Times for all Transition US virtual events are Pacific Time.
Join Kit Miller and others in the transition network to explore how to create resources for transition projects. we will discuss different kinds of contribution people make to work they care about (wealth, work, wisdom) and also think together about ways to move beyond cash in creating and sustaining projects.
Making The Transition Presentation -- Part 1: The Context for Transition
Note: Times for all Transition US virtual events are Pacific Time.
Need to make a presentation about Transition? Looking for the best ways to frame the challenges (peak oil, climate change, economic instability), and how to inspire people with the Transition story?
