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TTPR on Beyond Survival podcast

Kevin was interviewed about Transition by Martin Rossander and Dolores de la Torre on “Beyond Survival” recently. Here’s the link where you can listen to the recording: Transition on Beyond Survival

January 14, 2010 · kevinw1 · No Comments
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January Transition Events

January’s “Home Movie” will be at Graham’s house Thursday January 21 at 7:00 pm. RSVP Graham at 604-485-5409 as space is limited. We will be showing the brand new movie “Transition 1.0.” Sunday January 31st  2-5pm at the Unitarian Hall 6826 Cranberry St. TTPR presents “Save Energy at Home” a hands on workshop. Discover energy [...]

January 12, 2010 · juliethorne · No Comments
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Workshop: Championing Sustainable Transportation in the Thompson-Okanagan

Thanks to Lyn Adamson for sending this along – looks interesting if anyone can make it on Sept 15th (I can’t ) Vernon Transportation Workshop Invitation[7].pdf

September 2, 2009 · ttpr · No Comments
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Call for Participation: posters for July 29th film screening

Well, we now have a batch of wonderful posters and handbills for the July 29th “End of Suburbia” screening, thanks to Corey at CMG printing! I’ve posted posters at the following locations: On Marine Ave…. Artique Sunshine Coast Natural Alternatives (health food store) Door on passageway next to Bank of Montreal Aaron Supply noticeboard Nicholas [...]

July 7, 2009 · ttpr · One Comment
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Video Preview June 30th

This is a reminder of the video preview on Tuesday June 30th, 7:45 pm for 8pm at Graham and Trish’s house, 7173 Huntingdon. The video is “Peak Oil: Imposed by Nature” and it’s half an hour long. We’re planning to show it at our first video screening in July: this is a preview so we [...]

June 28, 2009 · ttpr · No Comments
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350.org – seting a safe (?) maximum level of atmospheric CO2

350.org is a worldwide effort to get 350ppm set as the target maximum for CO2 in the atmosphere. The day of action on Oct 24th 2009 is intended to set a clear grassroots message for the climate talks in December. See Bill McKibben’s letter to Transition initiatives on the Transition US site

June 18, 2009 · ttpr · No Comments
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Transition movement in the Guardian UK

(Posted by David Parkinson.) A very good article in Sunday’s Guardian UK online discusses the Transition movement as a possible successor to the failed Labour Party consensus. It seems as though politics in the UK is in the throes of going back to first principles, and a viral grassroots movement like Transition is catching on [...]

June 2, 2009 · David · No Comments
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Film and Food Night

Here’s a nice awareness-raising idea – a regular “Film and Food Night” with a film and a local potluck, as presented by the Path to Freedom people in Pasadena.

May 27, 2009 · ttpr · One Comment
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Economic Growth vs The Good Life

A comment on a recent Transition Culture post gave me a minor Aha! moment just now: “… basically confuses the idea of ‘economic growth’ with ‘maintaining standards of living’ at a local level. Individuals who aren’t engaged in the Transition movement are only against the idea of limiting growth in terms of the possible consequences [...]

May 26, 2009 · ttpr · No Comments
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One down, eleven to go

Hi there. David here. For those folks following this blog, you might want to know about another blog of regional interest (the region being the Upper Sunshine Coast, AKA the Powell River Regional District, AKA Lund to Saltery Bay and Texada and Savary and a few other bits and pieces): Slow Coast. The name is [...]

May 25, 2009 · David · No Comments
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