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Blog Posts

End childhood obesity and hunger in Colorado - community gardens together can help

Posted by barbara moore on February 8, 2010 at 7:51am

Economic Survival

Posted by Brad Jarvis on February 2, 2010 at 9:46pm

New Post on my Gardening for Nature Blog: How Green does your Community Garden Grow

Posted by Kathy Green on February 2, 2010 at 2:04pm

Provost Academy Colorado Hosts Two Open Houses

Posted by Crystal Thomas on February 1, 2010 at 3:00pm

Garden design resources: Planting Calendar and Polyculture Web

Posted by Adam Brock on January 31, 2010 at 6:30pm

Specific Things You Can Do Today. . .

Visit our new online publication, Transition Times--information, insight and inspiration for The Long Emergency!
Check out Transition Colorado's new Twitter page, and connect!
Contact any Member above by clicking on a photo. Every photo is one-click access to any person you want to contact anywhere in our community. Welcome them, particularly if you were the person who invited them.
TRANSITION ONLINE SEARCHES -- Top of Column Three -- Find what you need across all social networking sites, world-wide. Try "Container Garden", "party", or your name. Where in the world is Beau Horgan? Create your own custom search: Track changes specific to your interests.
CLICK HERE for a list of Transition Resources (books, films, websites).
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
Hands! A Time and Place to Reflect -- Let's take a moment to reflect about our collective experiences so far as a new community. . . Record your reflections here. Come back often.
Visit Miltonics Video Collection -- 1200 item video library on every Transition subject. Thanks to Milton Dixon. If you don't see your favorite here, tell Milton!
Invite others to join Transition Colorado -- paste in emails one per line and a brief message why you would value their joining us.
Post Your Open Space Discussion Starters -- For any open space or similar event. This is the place for notes.
Upload your best photo -- ask the guy with the camera if you need assistance photoshopping. We can crop, fix, enhance!
Review Your Profile Questions -- Your answers comprise your Transition Resume. Your keywords make you findable on this site and in Google in general.
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!
Private Skype Tutorials -- Schedule a private session specifically focused on improving communications in your group, local or international.
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NEW AND NOTEWORTHY TRANSITION HEADLINES Draft

Eating Recovery Center Offers Empowering New Year’s Resolution Alternatives

Dieting is America’s Most Dangerous New Year’s Resolution

CleanLaunch Hires Director of Finance

Eating Recovery Center Expands Treatment Capacity

Holiday Anxieties Can Trigger Relapse for Individuals with Eating Disorders

Eating Recovery Center Awarded Accreditation from the Joint Commission

Eating Recovery Center Offers Insurance Guidance as U.S. Mental Health Parity Law Takes Effect

Black Eyed Peas “Youth Voices” PSA Empowers Youth Through Digital Arts

Demand for Treatment of Severe Eating Disorders on the Rise

Aerobics Flash Mobs Energize Colorado

Latest Activity -- Who's Doing What in Colorado

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"Conscious Eating: How Food Choices Affect Your Health and the Natural World" at The Mercury Cafe

February 9, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm

What you choose to eat is the single most important thing you do for--or against--the environment. As Wendell Berry has written, "Eaters must understand that eating takes place inescapably in the world, that it is inescapably an agricultural act, an…

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Energy Consumption in Denver - Changing Behavior

Dear All,I'm a student in the the new Sustainability Minor program and University of Colorado at Denver (UCD). As part of the Sustainability II class, our professors have requested we come up with professional talking presentations that could be giv…

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Reclaiming the Sacred in Your Life at Crescent Grange

March 13, 2010 from 1pm to 3:30pm

Experiential workshop for integrating body, mind and spirit reconnecting with your center using breathwork, guided meditation, drum journey and meaningful ritual and journaling. Class size is limited to 20 RSVP to hold your space by calling 303-945-…

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David Braden replied to David Braden's discussion 'Details of a Post-Industrial Community Self-Organization' in the group Transition Westminster/Arvada/Broomfield

It is my pleasure to share these ideas with you. I hope that you can make use of them in your own valuable efforts for a better planet. David

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David Braden replied to David Olivero's discussion 'Why it's OK to talk politics' in the group Transition Westminster/Arvada/Broomfield

I don't want to sound like I think I have all the answers - because I don't . . . But I think of it this way . . . Evolution exhibits a pattern of long periods of slow change within a persistent pattern punctuated by periodic dramatic change creat…

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David Olivero replied to David Olivero's discussion 'Why it's OK to talk politics' in the group Transition Westminster/Arvada/Broomfield

I like the points you make, David. It certainly seems like new way of living that nurtures and builds resources into the system is something that all can rally around, especially once tangible examples are readily apparent. But still something cree…

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David Braden replied to David Olivero's discussion 'Why it's OK to talk politics' in the group Transition Westminster/Arvada/Broomfield

Yes, I know what you mean, Margaret. The thing is that the people selling round-up do believe that they are doing the right thing for the world, and their company, and their families. And if we are truly egalitarian - everyone gets to make their ow…

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About This Website...

TRANSITION COLORADO is an informal networking site for those interested in exploring and/or implementing the Transition model in Colorado communities. This site is being created through grassroots participation, and is continually evolving. It is a spontaneously arising effort to connect interested "transitioners" with each other and to encourage and support the development of local Transition Initiatives.

To find out more about the Transition movement in the US., or to arrange for a Transition speaker or training in your area, please see www.TransitionUS.org. To contact the Transition Network U.S., click here. If you are interested in starting a Transition Initiative in your Colorado community, please contact Michael Brownlee. To learn more about the Transition Movement worldwide, please see www.TransitionTowns.org and www.TransitionNetwork.org.

ABOUT TRANSITION

The Transition approach empowers communities to squarely face the challenges of peak oil and climate change, and to unleash the collective genius of their own people to find the answers to this momentous question:

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)?

The Transition Movement emerged in the UK from of the work of Rob Hopkins (see his blog at www.TransitionCulture.org), and is spreading virally to many nations. See the current list of official Transition Initiatives here, and "mullers" here (communities in communication with the Transition Network considering the possibility of kicking off their own Transition Initiative).

DISCLAIMERS

This is not an official website of the international Transition Network or the Transition Network U.S. Opinions expressed here are those of individual participants. Participation in this networking site is no substitute for active engagement in Transition in your community.

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Events -- Use Events on the Menu for More Options

August 5

Wednesday

Free Acupuncture for Veterans

August 5, 2009 at 6pm to September 1, 2010 at 8pm – ITEA - The Institute for Taoist Education and Acupuncture

February 2

Tuesday

Fair & Just Economics Study Group - Feb 2010

February 2, 2010 at 7pm to March 2, 2010 at 7pm – Unitarian Church Boulder

February 7

Sunday

Moving Mountains

February 7, 2010 at 6pm to March 12, 2010 at 7pm – From Anywhere! Your home, office, favorite vacation spot, etc.

Today

2010 Broomfield Garden Orientation

February 10, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – The Crescent Grange
THE GREAT WAVES OF CHANGE

February 10, 2010 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm – Boulder Book Store
James Balog at the Colorado School of Mines

February 10, 2010 from 7:30pm to 9pm – Green Center at the School of Mines

February 13

Saturday

Beekeeping Essentials

February 13, 2010 from 9am to 11pm – Denver Botanic Gardens
Building to Be the Change

February 13, 2010 from 11:30am to 9pm – First Plymouth Congregational Church
2010 Broomfield Garden Orientation

February 13, 2010 from 2pm to 4pm – The Crescent Grange

February 16

Tuesday

Small Business PR Workshop Hosted By Green Spaces and Lynott & Associates PR: Tuesday, February 16

February 16, 2010 from 5:30pm to 7pm – Green Spaces Colorado

Forum

Inbox -- To Be Categorized

All incoming new discussions are routed to this Inbox. Later, as categories emerge, items will be moved from the Inbox to the appropriate classification.

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Sample Brochures/Fliers -- Let's Share Our Polished Creations

Have you created email fliers, Constant Contact newsletter, brochures, or other publicity materials? Post them here and share the wealth! If you are needing to create a brochure, come here and steal the wealth!

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Grant Writing

Discussions focused on who and what types of grants members are interested in writing.

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Transition US Newsletters

Periodic newsletters of interest to all transitioners.

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Open Space Discussion Starters

Pose a question, make a suggestion, or otherwise incite members to rally around your subject. Included here are items generated through Open Space activities.

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Local Green Business Directory

Local businesses supporting Transition values. Each business is invited to describe their business, including how their business aspires to embody Transition values. Customers and suppliers are welcome to record their own feedback by replying to the company, and to each other.

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Home Energy Efficiency

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Gardening

Best practices regarding building, planting and using local gardens.

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Facilitation Technologies

Resources and discussions to facilitate group processes.

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Journaling/Journals/Personal and Group Notes

Journaling is one of the easiest and most powerful ways to accelerate personal development and by journaling as a group, one of the most powerful ways to document "things Transition". Individually and groupwise, we gain insights we would most likely miss.

6 discussions