Transition Oregon

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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Elsa Nethercot is now a member of Transition Oregon
yesterday
January 27
Les Squires updated their profile
January 27
Hiya, Please be aware that we at Natural Building Network (www.nbnetwork.org) would welcome a general coalition which brings us more of a chance for our members to meet each-other, as well as transitioners, on the ground, in their local areas. This…
January 26
Max Jensen added a discussion
In line with 'brightneighbor' comment left for Les earlier, then here's a similar wish: As part of the board of Natural Building Network (www.nbnetwork.org), I got clearance to try to establish a cooperation between the transition movement and us. O…
January 26
January 26
Max Jensen added a blog post
Here's the final version of the thesis which some of you contributed to during my fall study trip to Ashland, Willits, Ukiah etc.: http://permalot.org/files/u2/MVJ_Thesis.pdf (10 Mb!) And the summary: What would happen to the specific Czech rural…
January 26
Max Jensen updated their profile
January 26

Blog Posts

Max Jensen

Thesis about potential of Transitioning in non-favourable rural area

Here's the final version of the thesis which some of you contributed to during my fall study trip to Ashland, Willits, Ukiah etc.: http://permalot.org/files/u2/MVJ_Thesis.pdf (10 Mb!)

And the summary:

What would happen to the specific Czech rural area of Bouzovsko, if suddenly - or gradually in a 15-year time span - a drastic shortage of fossil fuels occurred?

The aim of the Transition Initiatives is to prepare for such a possibility t… Continue

Posted by Max Jensen on January 26, 2010 at 10:50am

Mike Green

The Oregon Green Expo

Is Transition Town involved in the Oregon Green Expo?

Continue

Posted by Mike Green on May 21, 2009 at 12:49pm

Mike Green

Connect Ashland

ConnectAshland.com is a ning platform (like this site) that is checked daily by the Ashland Daily Tidings for user generated content to put into the Daily Tidings newspaper and on our Web site at dailytidings.com. There is a Sustainable Ashland group at ConnectAshland.com and also a Sustainable Ashland section of the Daily Tiding… Continue

Posted by Mike Green on May 21, 2009 at 12:30pm

Sandi Brockway

How to begin regional networking and coalition building

Start networking with people in your area using some of the TOOLS I setup for Michigan and Tennessee. Please note, too, the CLASSIFIEDS from LiveWire, which is a FREE addon. Wiser earth map, Idealist.org are useful tools. Also, on the US transition site I setup a pe… Continue

Posted by Sandi Brockway on May 17, 2009 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

Steve Bowman

Something upbeat about Obama and the 1st 100 days

It's easy to get lost in all the media talk about Obama's 1st 100 days, the good, the bad etc., so here's an analysis that I find very positive.

Joseph Romm: The Green FDR , from the Huffington Post.

This is part of, what I think is the key issue for all humankind, not just the USA. We will have to wait and see how some of this plays out, but I find it a great start.

Posted by Steve Bowman on May 4, 2009 at 5:11pm

 

Who We Are...

TRANSITION OREGON 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

  • Max E Glenn
  • Elsa Nethercot
  • Ron Spisso
  • Linda Hetzler
  • Max Jensen
  • Les Squires
  • LizM
  • Les Squires for TransitionOregon
  • Matthew Ronald Beausoleil
  • Mary Saunders
  • Eric Myers
  • Tomas Follett
  • Andrew Martin Schreiber
  • Nani Faye
  • Sharon
  • Don Hall
  • Tom Hatley
  • Clay Martin
  • Vicky Prince
  • Theodor
  • Ri Stewart
  • Shiloh Boss
  • Mike Morin
  • Milo Graamans
  • Kelly
  • Marsha Wilcox
  • Cory

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.

Forum

Max Jensen

Cooperation with Natural Building Network

Started by Max Jensen Jan 26.

Weckbaugh

Recession and Oil Investment

Started by Weckbaugh Nov. 23, 2009.

Max Jensen

Barter: Couch for knowledge!

Started by Max Jensen Oct. 1, 2009.

 
 

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