Transition Rhode Island - Community Resilience, Self-Reliance, Renewable Energy & Cooperation

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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David R An interest in transitioning towards greater ecological and economic sustainability

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David R An interest in transitions towards greater ecological and economic sustainability

January 23

David R updated their profile photo

January 23

David R is now a member of Transition Rhode Island

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Complementary Healthcare

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Truck sharing club

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Blog Posts

Great article on Transition

Excellent article on peak oil and Transition. The economic crisis has bought us a little time for peak oil planning, perhaps two to three years. The question is: how do we make the best of that time? Transition Initiatives for Rhode Island towns, anyone?

Best,
David

Posted by David Floyd on June 23, 2009 at 10:59am

Happy Birthday to David Floyd!

Thank you, David, for all you do to enrich our lives and that of our Mother Earth!

And, speaking of which, Happy Mother's Day to her!

Posted by Patricia Curry on May 10, 2009 at 11:50am — 2 Comments

At the community garden today

Hello all, I just wanted to say I have been itching to go dig in the dirt at South County Community Garden at Broad Rock all week and have been too busy. I did manage a peek after dinner out with the family. I noticed that David and Margie dropped off some interesting apple trees and raspberry bushes and they were varieties I had never seen before. I followed a link to Fedco Seeds, and I have to say I was floored by the selection of heirloom trees, seeds and bulbs. Definetely worth checking out.… Continue

Posted by Christine Herron on May 8, 2009 at 5:55pm — 2 Comments

Excellent New York Times coverage on the Transition movement

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/magazine/19town-t.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=transition%20sandpoint%20ID&st=cse

The 4/19 Sunday Magazine. Outlines Transition's genesis in the U.K., as well as its beginnings here in the U.S.. (There are more than 150 'Transition Towns' worldwide). Describes Sandpoint, Idaho's burgeoning initiative (yes, Idaho) & its preliminary steps in engaging/mobilizing community. Tells of Rob Hoskins' "emphasis on hopefulness over fear" and his effort to bring in t… Continue

Posted by Patricia Curry on April 24, 2009 at 2:13pm — 1 Comment

Happy Earth Day, everyone

My favorite "love song for a blue planet" by the late Michael Hedges.

Posted by David Floyd on April 22, 2009 at 6:25am

Who We Are...

TRANSITION RHODE ISLAND is a networking site for those who seek local-scale green-oriented implementation of Transition models for local communities.
This site, it's sister site, PostCarbon Rhode Island, and others like them, are being developed through grassroots participation, and are continually evolving. Transition United States 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 in Rhode Island, the nation and the world 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.

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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.

Register Your Local Transition Networking Group -- Let us know who you are and what you're doing that you consider Transition.
HopeDance Film Library -- more than 500 films that deal with sustainability, spirituality, social justice, 911, peak oil, drama, farming, gardening, permaculture collected over 7 years
Browse Miltonics Video Collection -- 1200 item video library on everything Transition. Thanks Milton Dixon/Transition Illinois. If you don't see your favorite here, tell Dixon!
Drop in for a visit to Colorado US -- prototype for all 50 U.S. States -- demonstrates what TRANSITION RHODE ISLAND will soon become.
Invite others to join. -- paste in their emails one per line and a brief message encouraging them to join.
Update your Transition Resume -- Keep your Resume up-to-date. It's your way to make yourself findable when people are searching.
Upload your best photo -- click on the guy with the camera if you need assistance photoshopping your photo. We can crop, fix, enhance!
Install skype from http://skype.com/download -- conference calls, workgroups and tutorials. A centerpiece in our community building. Add LSquiresSkype to your Contacts and he'll greet you at the door!