Looking for articles on Transition

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Permalink Reply by Lore Rosenthal on December 24, 2011 at 1:25pm

Margo,

Thanks for starting this thread.  Here are some suggested articles.  The first is a MUST READ.  The others have either been sent to me or I have started to read them . . maybe you could help sift thru and decide which ones would be good discussion starters.  They are not directly on "Transition", but they deal with economics, climate change, the Occupy Movement, etc.

http://www.thenation.com/article/164497/capitalism-vs-climate

http://www.garalperovitz.com/2011/07/the-new-economy-movement-the-n...

http://freespeechforpeople.org/node/286

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/11/28/111128fa_fact_schwart...

http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/2011/12/19/the-occupy-movement-a...

http://news.mongabay.com/2011/1220-ryking_intreview_hoffman.html

http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/global-consensus-rise-and-occupy

Chris Martenson on the next 20 years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WBiTnBwSWc&feature=player_embedded

Permalink Reply by Lore Rosenthal on December 24, 2011 at 6:04pm

Here is one more!

http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/why-isnt-climate-change-on...

Permalink Reply by Margo Duesterhaus on January 5, 2012 at 8:38pm

Ruth Alice recommended the following:

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/a-conversation-...

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/rob-hopkins/2011-12-20/can-w...

I think my top 3 right now are the Naomi Klein article, the Chris Martenson video, and the interview with Rob Hopkins (first link above).  Although I am thinking that it might be good to have another article that talks more in depth about Transition.

What do other people think?

Permalink Reply by Lore Rosenthal on January 17, 2012 at 12:27am

I was going thru old papers and found another article.  This one is specifically on Transition.  I think this might be a very good one for March 3rd.

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/4792/

Permalink Reply by Lore Rosenthal on January 23, 2012 at 11:48am

sorry, I found another one, from Bill McKibben.  It is a bit dated (2008) but I think it raises the basic point regarding personal action versus community (and political) action.  Perhaps we should hand it out at each Wrap Up Meeting for our circles.  What do you think?

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/3650/

Permalink Reply by Lore Rosenthal on January 27, 2012 at 9:50am

I keep finding good articles.  This one is about Climate Change denial among Republicans

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2096055,00.html

I love the line: "climate denialism exists in part because there has been a long-term, well-financed effort on the part of conservative groups and corporations to distort global-warming science."

Permalink Reply by Margo Duesterhaus on January 27, 2012 at 12:17pm

Lore,

Thanks for posting all of these articles - so many good ones to choose from.  Right now I am leaning towards the Naomi Klein article and the one about Transition in Orion Magazine.  I like the Bill McKibben article too and agree that it is a good one for circle wrap-up.

We should probably nail down the ones for the March 3rd Coffee and Conversation so we can start letting people know (and they have time to do the reading). 

Does anyone else have a favorite?

Permalink Reply by Ellen Jacobs on January 28, 2012 at 9:38am

Hi, all,

Here is the link to Bill Kauth's book on creating communities.  He has a lifetime of experience and much wisdom to share.

http://www.sacredlifeboats.com/We_Need_Each_Other.pdf

We Need Each Other:

Building a Gift Community

By: Bill Kauth

Conscious Evolutionaries

Committed to Co-Creating the Culture

We’ve Been Longing For

Permalink Reply by Ellen Jacobs on January 30, 2012 at 7:26am

Here is a link to a NY Times blog discussion of the Naomi Klein article:

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/naomi-kleins-inconveni...

Permalink Reply by Lore Rosenthal on February 9, 2012 at 10:56pm

Larry Chang posted this on the Ecolocity FB group, but not sure you all saw it?

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679260/why-the-planet-doesn-t-care-abou...

Permalink Reply by ted schmeckpeper on February 16, 2012 at 9:35pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Towns

Permalink Reply by Margo Duesterhaus on March 3, 2012 at 3:53pm

The notes from Coffee and Conversation are attached.

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