All Blog Posts Tagged 'transition' (7)

It's already been a week since I've been home and I can scarcely believe that I was there!

I had an amazing visit to Vancouver a couple of weeks ago during which I had the opportunity to visit with Ross Moster and the Village Vancouver board to experience some of the wonderful community…

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Very good summary of the many options available to finance community projects (from LA):



There are many ways of sharing finances within communities, including time banks, LETS systems, barter, and

other creative sharing arrangements. Some of these are ways to meet our

needs cash-free. Others are ways to reduce costs, or to access things

we might not be able to get alone.

Community-based finances are

part of… Continue

If anyone is interested in reading what Transition Town Totnes has been up to, the newsletter was just released: http://totnes.transitionnetwork.org/central/bulletin/homeTot

It was a spectacular morning and the sunshine already very warm, as I bounced across Guelph University’s campus. My gaze was directed up towards the trees from which emanated a cacophony of birdsong. The robins and Northern cardinals seemed just as deliriously happy as me about this beautiful start to this Sunday, which followed a frigidly cool previous day.…



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Little did I know when visiting my sister in London, UK, over Easter that her neighbourhood was, in fact, a Transition "muller"! (i.e. not yet official but "mulling it over") Quite coincidentally, I found out about the Crouch End & Hornsey Transition Initiative (CHATI). Nice acronym. And I still can’t stop giggling about the name “Crouch End”...

The group started in early 2009,…

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The Toronto Renewable Energy Co-op (TREC) continues to put together cool projects! They recently launched Our Power - offering full assistance to Ontarians who want to put solar panels on their roofs.

If you count yourself among those who've thought about solar rooftops, you should check out the website.

A new member (Ann Marie) recently posted about a CSA with growers in the Kawartha region called the Kawartha Ecological Growers, that was already more than 50% sold, and it gave me the sudden urge to post about this great way to get food direct from the farm and support local farmers at the same time.



For those that don't know, CSA stands for community supported agriculture. CSA farmers receive a set fee (from you - the consumer)… Continue