Open Spirit: Honoring Our Elders
By interviewing older community members (65 years old and better), we hoped to capture some of this intergenerational learning and perhaps more important, form greater community connections.
Deep Listening: The Heart and Soul of Conflict Resolution
The Working Group Support team of Woodstock NY Transition has developed processes to processes to help Transition groups resolve conflict.
Increasing Our Impact through Local Government Collaboration
Two dozen Transitioners participated in the April strategy call to talk about the benefits and challenges of working collaboratively with units of local government. In this, our 10th Zoom conversation, …
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Community-County Collaboration for Neighborhood Preparedness
Written by Leslie MacKenzie, based on an interview with Deborah Stinson and Judy Alexander of Local 20/20, a Transition Initiative in Port Townsend, Washington. Port Townsend’s unique county-community neighborhood preparedness …
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Permablitzing Our Way to Community
We helped create many sustainable landscapes, many of which continue to thrive to this day.
How to Run a Solarize Program
Transition Town Media volunteers helped to install solar PV panels on 43 homes, generating more than 300kW of new solar power. The project also created many local jobs in the renewable energy field.
Deepening Inner Resilience in Transition
Inner Resilience As part of the ongoing series of National Network Strategy Conversations, 25 Transitioners from across the nation gathered on a Zoom call in January to talk about inner …
The Rosewood Public Orchard
A community’s resilience is also a function of strong relationships. The orchard has created bonds where there were none before.
Bringing Community to the Table in Climate Adaptation
[T]he way that local governments engage community members too often does not allow average people to make their best contribution. More of us need more information, delivered repeatedly over time, and in a way that focuses on practical solutions.
Power, Leadership, & Healthy Movement Culture
Regenerative, transformative, cooperative and caring … those are just a few of the words participants on the December 22 National Strategy call used to describe the kind of healthy culture …
