You are invited to our RCDL Launch Party on the Autumnal Equinox! We have been cultivating and myceliating with an incredible set of partners to elevate the solutions needed for community resilience. Join us on the evening of September 21st for an introduction to our team and the suite of tools we have assembled for incubating bioregional strategies.

In this webinar, Cooperation Humboldt co-founder David Cobb will describe their theory of change, their program areas and concrete projects, and how they engage local elections to advance their agenda.

You will hear from two long-time community organizers about City Repair’s model of “village building” from its origin to present day applications in a wide variety of contexts. In this webinar, we hope to equip you with enough stories and tools for facilitating village building to creatively respond to the opportunities emerging in your community.

For the local food movement to grow exponentially in your community, you must take your place on the front lines. To ignite a new level of impact, effectiveness, and scale, you must master the seven revolutionary steps of building a regional foodshed:

From major news sources to local papers, radio, and TV stations across the country and beyond, the sharing economy and community-driven civic engagement (such as Transition Initiatives) is big news. By following these 10 steps, you can join the buzz and capture media attention for your community project or event. Participants will also learn from each other's triumphs, challenges, and lessons learned in this interactive workshop.

As part of international Healthcheck Month, Mike Thomas of the Transition Network will lead a webinar on the Transition Healthcheck, in which he will explain how it works and how it can benefit your group.

This free webinar is an opportunity to dig deeper into the nourishing work of the late Dr. David Fleming, author of Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy. 

Concerned about global warming, NASA climate scent Dr. Peter Kalmus cut his emissions to below a tenth of the US average, and found that this made his life more interesting, satisfying, and joyful — not less. He now does everything he can to spread this message and to help humanity transition away from fossil fuels.

Susan Juniper Park is an activist working at the cross-section of ecological, economic and social justice. Join us as we first look at colonial systems of oppression, and then talk about how these show up in movements working towards climate and ecological resiliency such as Transition, Permaculture and Re-Skilling.

In this presentation, we will discuss the nature of spirituality, self-care, and how we maintain our inner health to feed our action in the world and make us more effective agents for change. The presenter, Jul Bystrova, is a Holistic Healing Practitioner, Ordained Interfaith Minister, longtime community organizer/activist and holds a Masters in Philosophy.

This seminar led by Ben Weiss is intended for people of privilege who want to do environmental work in underprivileged communities that are not their own. Participants will be challenged to identify their own progress on the path of recognizing their own privilege as it relates to work in disempowered communities.

In this tele seminar, Tina Clarke, a leading global Transition trainer, will share insights from local community projects and her Transition consulting work in Denmark and Europe, and around the United States.

In this tele seminar, we’ll look at deep resilience, the constellation of internal qualities that enable us to both “weather the storms” and mature into well-balanced human beings. During the last four decades, Rebecca Blanco has served as an eco-centered psychotherapist, presented an array of personal growth workshops, and completed a Masters and a Doctorate.

In this TeleSeminar Adam will address how relocalization advocates can start to shape local public policy. Join permaculturalist, author, and social entrepreneur Adam Brock in this interactive workshop designed to take our local initiatives to the next level.

How resilient is your community? How ready are you for the natural and man-made disasters and disruptions that inevitably accompany climate change? Did you know that our work in permaculture, homesteading, and building resilient community is also disaster preparedness work?

Please join us on May 2 for this lively presentation, where you'll be introduced to the principles of good governance and get a taste of the transformative world of Sociocracy. 

In this teleseminar, Jay Tompt will talk about the catalyst projects that have been producing great results, such as the Local Entrepreneur Forum and the REconomy Centre. And offer a few tools and tips that can help anyone, almost anywhere, get similar results, too.

What if our economy actually served people and the planet, and built stronger communities? Instead of extracting resources, what if businesses built local wealth and resilience while regenerating ecosystems? And what if we create enterprises that provide good jobs, reduce income inequality, and lower our carbon footprint?

Faced with a confluence of crises, how can we truly unleash the power of community to create more just, resilient and thriving people and places? What practices and tools can we employ to inspire volunteers, create effective partnerships and mobilize the physical, financial and emotional resources to transform lives, neighborhoods and communities?

In Part 2 of the Power of Conflict series, we get into a deeper discussion of real-life examples of conflicts that you're currently struggling with. Our three panelists, all experienced with conflict resolution, will help us learn new strategies to move through conflict.

Nonviolence, when properly understood, is the key issue underlying virtually every problem in our present system. In this webinar we will go into the connection between person power, constructive program, and non-violent resistance (the three phases of our Roadmap) with the assistance of two presenters from the Metta Center for Nonviolence Education.

Conflict is one of the most essential sustainability skills, and will serve you in every walk of life. Join three practitioners from the Fellowship for Intentional Community, Gaia Education, and the Rocky Mountain Institute as they relay tips, tools and resources on how to reduce painful conflict and instead use conflict creatively to build connection and community.

Join Transition Trainer and local economic development practitioner, Fred Brown of Pittsburgh, PA, to explore how Transition Towns can bridge the urban community with the global economy, using principles of “economic gardening” – a strength-based approach to community development that spans socioeconomic strata.

We're excited to be co-sponsoring this Greywater Webinar Series hosted by Greywater Action covering more advanced greywater topics, relevant for both the homeowner and professional. One registration will enable you to view all six webinars, either live or recorded after they air.