Transition North Carolina

Community Resilience, Self-Reliance, Renewable Energy & Cooperation

A networking coalition providing Transition Initiatives based on local production, renewable energy, efficiency & resilient communities.

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Thom Illingworth is now a member of Transition North Carolina Aug 12, 2010
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Dick Norris

Compost barrel

Just wanted to share a recent project with everyone. I have been composting in a wood frame bin for years and recently had an idea to use a plastic barrel that I wasn't using to collect rainwater. I found the bearings on an old piece of equipment that was going to the scrap dealer and the rest of the stuff I found in my shop (cause I keep everything). It spins easily and since it is black it composts quickly, even in cold weather. Got any questions let me know.



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Posted by Dick Norris on January 6, 2010 at 12:43pm — 1 Comment

C Robb Worthington

Relocalisation

As I listened to the BBC World Service this morning I heard a story about the Chinese economy and efforts to stimulate consumerism to keep the economy growing. Aside from the obvious futility of a continuing to rely on the infinite growth paradigm, a physical impossibility in a finite ecosystem, the commentator was discussing efforts to get the Chinese public to consume more locally produced goods thus double stimulating the economy. As western economies have tried to rebound from their self… Continue

Posted by C Robb Worthington on September 16, 2009 at 8:46am

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Inner Work at Transition Training

I've just returned from the Transition Training weekend in Totnes.



The training was good. We covered many techniques to use in developing a Transition Initiative as well as went through some inner work that was surprising in it's intensity. What I'd like to talk about here is that inner experience rather than the nuts and bolts of piecing an initiative together.



As one might expect most of the attendees were already engaged with the threats posed by climate change and peak… Continue

Posted by C Robb Worthington on September 9, 2009 at 5:00am

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Employment opportunities presented through Transition.

Check out the list of possible employment creation available to communities that pursue a transition initiative. This list is specific to Totnes in England but many of these will apply anywhere. Thanks to Rob Hopkins at Transition Culture for this table.…



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Posted by C Robb Worthington on July 1, 2009 at 2:07am

 

PLANS FOR TRANSITION SOCIAL NETWORK IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

Greetings members from North Carolina,

Transition North Carolina has moved to a new location: If you desire to continue your membership in the Transition Social Network, please join http://transitionus.ning.com When you join, I will greet you and direct you to the new location.

If you created a local GROUP on this site, you will need to re-create your local group using this link: http://transitionus.ning.com/groups/group/new

It is important that you do this right away. This site will be deleted any day now.

If you have already taken this step, please visit the original site and encourage your neighbors to follow your example.

Let me know when you have questions.

Les Squires
http://transitionus.ning.com
LSquiresSkype
+1 303 926 5159

Who We Are...

TRANSITION NORTH CAROLINA is a networking site for those who seek local-scale green-oriented implementation of Transition models for local communities.

This site, and many like it, are being developed through grassroots participation, and is continually evolving. It is a spontaneously arising effort to synergistically connect transition workers with each other and to identify and nurture the development of useful and necessary local Transition Initiatives, solutions, and practices.

The Transition Movement embraces several other familiar monikers: Local Self Reliance, Appropriate Technology, Decentralization, Localization, Relocalization, Post Carbon, Post Petroleum, Beyond Oil.

This emerging Transition Culture will empower communities to squarely face the issues surrounding peak oil and climate change, and unleash the collective genius of their own citizens to find innovative solutions to these momentous challenges:
For all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain itself and thrive, how are we going to:
  • drastically reduce carbon emissions (in response to climate change);
  • significantly rebuild resilience (in response to peak oil);
  • and greatly strengthen our local economy (in response to economic instability)?

Transition Initiatives make no claim to have all the answers, but by building on the wisdom of the past and accessing the pool of ingenuity, skills and determination in our communities, the solutions can readily emerge. Now is the time for us to take stock and start re-creating our future in ways that are not based on cheap, plentiful and polluting oil but on localized food, sustainable energy sources, resilient local economies and an enlivened sense of community well-being.


Members

  • Gred
  • Kevin Bose
  • Nick Letts
  • Kevin Sean
  • Jim Griffin
  • Eric Halber
  • Roger Bass
  • Don Hall
  • Thurman
  • vicspies
  • Maggie Tubilleja
  • Mareena
  • Heather Valli
  • Brian Moore
  • Dirk Herr-Hoyman
  • Dick Norris
  • Charleen Fischer
  • Ellen LaConte
  • Les Squires
  • Les Squires temp for TransitionNorthCarolina
  • Northwest Earth Institute
  • steven hall
  • david mcconville
  • Jim
  • Tia Morris
  • Jan
  • Liane Salgado

Things You Can Do Today

  • Contact Members above by clicking on their photo. Every photo is one-click access to any person you want to contact anywhere in our community. Welcome them, remembering that each person and each group carries a unique spark capable of warming and enhancing our whole community.
  • Greet each other! -- Click periodically on MEMBERS on the menu above to make sure every newcomer is properly greeted. Volunteer to show them around and answer their questions.

Events

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Harvey Harman

Cohousing

Started by Harvey Harman May 24, 2010.

steven hall

transition towns, resilent communities, prepping, etc.

Started by steven hall Jan 1, 2010.

Northwest Earth Institute

Join the EcoChallenge!!

Started by Northwest Earth Institute Jul 22, 2009.

 
 
 

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