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10 Paths and More to Green Citizenry
Marguerite Manteau-Rao, La Marguerite via Huffington Post
As I spend more and more time in green-dom, I realize there is not just a few, but many, many ways to become a green citizen. Problems arise when we are being forced into a one green-for-all carcan. These are some of the most common types I have observed so far:
1. The extreme greenies, the ones that walk their talk, and some more. I talked about them last week in my post on ‘More Extreme Environmentalists Needed’. They are at the forefront of the green movement, have been for years, and will continue to be, as the need for higher green standards becomes more acute.
2. The green moms, who cannot get enough of green tips to keep their little ones safe and organic. Last night, some of the green moms in my group were celebrated in a big rahrah event in Washington DC. The green mamas are taking off! All of a sudden, there are not enough of them to make the rounds of the networks. Who would have thought, even just a year ago?
3. The green intellectuals, who spend their time thinking about strategic solutions to the big environmental problems facing us. They thrive on biodiversity loss, deforestation, climate change, overpopulation, peak oil, water crisis, . . . The bigger the issues, the better.
(14 October 2008)
Originally posted at La Marguerite.
The Transition Network Structure Document is Finished!!
Rob Hopkins, Transition Culture
Fireworks and Dancing Elephants!
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Well it has been a long process, starting in Bristol in April, passing through many hands, being critiqued and pulled around, rewritten several times and now finally wrapped up at a meeting in Bristol a few weeks ago. It feels like it has been a major piece of thinking, drawing in many new and diverse ideas, and it has been a fascinating process to be part of. Now, here in its raw form (it will be properly designed and made available both as printed piece and pdf), we present it to you. You can download it here, or read it below. We hope you find it a useful document and that you take it to your hearts…
The Transition Network Ltd Who We Are And What We Do… (lightly edited online version)
Version 1.0 Rob Hopkins & Peter Lipman. Transition Network Ltd, 43 Fore Street, Totnes, Devon. TQ9 5HN
Contents
1. Introduction
2. A Definition of Terms
3. The Purpose and Principles of Transition
4. Identifying the Dazzling Array of Transition Initiatives
5. Becoming a Transition Initiative
6. What Does the Transition Network Ltd Look Like?
7. How Transition Network Ltd. supports these initiatives
8. Membership and Issues of Voting
9. A Snapshot of the Transition Movement in 2011.
10. Thankyou
(15 October 2008)
Breaking down fences makes good neighbors
Lisa Black, Chicago Tribune
Connie Peyer barely knew the family who lived across the street, so she was shocked when her neighbor came over, upset, saying her home had been burglarized in broad daylight and no one bothered to call police.
Neighbors had watched as men loaded a truck with a television and appliances.
“Everyone thought, ‘Oh, they’re moving out,’ ” Peyer said…
…”A community that cares for each other is something that you have to work at,” said Meryl Rivenson, human services director of Skokie—population, 63,300—one of the most ethnically diverse municipalities in the state…
(17 October 2008)
