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TRANSITION SKILLS FOR EARTH-BODY HEALING
Started Aug 19
Two Poems from Daron Mueller's Feb 19th Reading in Lyons
Started Mar 2
Coco Gordon's Page
Latest Activity
November 10, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm
It's two decades into energy descent. Climate change is in full swing, fossil fuels are scarce, and our world has become much more local. How do you see Denver thriving?
Please join us for this very special Transition Tuesday as we kick off a new ...
Garden Pot Luck Celebration at Crescent Grange
November 5, 2009 from 6:30pm to 9pm
Please join us to celebrate the success of the Broomfield Community Permaculture Garden in 2009 where we grew and harvested approximately one ton of food. Ed Black, please forward this information to your flock at the Presbyterian Church of Broomf...
Coco - I just had shoulder surgery and am not doing that well. I'll have to see how I'm feeling that day.
LOW COST SOLAR FOOD DEHYDRATORS THURSDAY SEPT 17 at Willow Way Wellness
September 17, 2009 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm
6:30 - 9:30 pm, $20
Jeff Graef will cover the benefits of
dehydration, the most low-cost,
energy efficient means of preserving
the garden harvest. Several methods
of dehydration will be presented, and
a model of a top-knotch solar food
dehydrator ...
LOW COST SOLAR FOOD DEHYDRATORS THURSDAY SEPT 17 at Willow Way Wellness
September 17, 2009 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm
6:30 - 9:30 pm, $20
Jeff Graef will cover the benefits of
dehydration, the most low-cost,
energy efficient means of preserving
the garden harvest. Several methods
of dehydration will be presented, and
a model of a top-knotch solar food
dehydrator ...
LOW COST SOLAR FOOD DEHYDRATORS THURSDAY SEPT 17 at Willow Way Wellness
September 17, 2009 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm
6:30 - 9:30 pm, $20
Jeff Graef will cover the benefits of
dehydration, the most low-cost,
energy efficient means of preserving
the garden harvest. Several methods
of dehydration will be presented, and
a model of a top-knotch solar food
dehydrator ...
See you in Hohenwald DON!
Why not stay on for the Tenth Bioregional Congress- October 3-10. & The day after there will be a Transition all day training. CBCX will be an experience you will never forget. I'm a designated captain to get folks to co...
Profile Information
- How are you currently involved in the Transition movement?
- Am an initiating member of Transition Town Lyons, certified in Permaculture with Bill Mollison and before that with Dawn Shiner. 25 year contribution to the Bioregional Congresses, 3 years contributing to NYC's Civic Alliance to bring Permaculture Life Cycle performance metrics to Ground Zero's rebuild, friendship with Thomas Berry, meeting Helena Norberg Hodge, Vandana Shiva, Kirk Sale, Hazel Henderson, working in Bella Abzug's early 90's WEDO in her 'Women for a healthy environmental NYC' group slipped me into the Transition Movement. I've written 11 books capsulizing early works of David Abram, Paul Hawken, Chellis Glendinning, Thomas Berry, Stephanie Mills, Sunryu Suzuki, David Korten..., published two assembling books in 1992 and 2003 on Visioning Pemaculture Systems, published 60 books with my Water Mark Press, TIKYSK Press and W Space press since 1987 of my maverick eco-based writings and art, giving entry to transition methods and principles. My publishing name has now morphed to Water Mark of Lyons PPP: papers, press and permaculture.
Transition has the ideal community/village/town/city scale and cooperative philosophy (us + them) that no prior initiative has been able to organize on large scale into practical from visioning mode. I'm committed to impart my Bioregional experience with ceremonial village scale of living into our local communities to give Transition the visibility to its ancestral base it draws from.
Am in a steep curve to immerse my Local Governing bodies in Bioregional Permaculture Resilience. I've presented to Lyons' Planning commission (PCDC) and Board of Trustees (BOT), was appointed to the Sustainable Futures Commission (SFC) where Permaculture restoring town water systems is earmarked for a 5 year project, sit on the Boulder County Sustainable Energy Group, team teach the Willow Way PDC course for Permaculture certification, and meet individually with local and Transition people and groups. Our initiating team is in flux, elders, children and food groups after more than a year of encouraging attendance to many films, talks, open Space programs, and a summer-full of inner Transition Be-In's thanking of our gardens and confluence of rivers. We are now embarking on inviting new initiating members to train for new leadership roles, with a new interested group of younger folks who have the dynamic for Permaculture and town leadership.
- In what ways do you identify with the Transition movement? Why are you interested?
- I am a catalyst, Was in NYC to influence Bloomberg's New Model Sustainable City PlaNYC direction until 2004. Since 2006 I have instructed Permaculture one on one with Lyons town-folks. Transition popped in enthusiastically with a presentation by Michael Brownlee and has been helping our economic downturned environment seek more sustainable community roots. Am again a catalyst! As SuperSkyWoman in the art & poetry world, I am observant, objective, hovering, listening to others offer their own answers with their own seeds of skills and old knowledge.
- What background and skills do you bring to this community?
- Am Permaculture certified, currently sit on the Bioregional Biocouncil to bring the next Continental Bioregional Congress forward, doing outreach to improve water systems, soil improvement, water retention, growing my own food, starting up winter gardens at low cost, and experimenting making bisque pots as alternate to drip irrigation.
I am a master papermaker, am skilled to create a community cottage industry. I have trained other artists to create their own papermaking studios.
I am interested in starting a first 'Value Added', School with the help of Jerome Osentowski, who started the first CSA school in 1980, designing this idea on Lyons' future map, and am still helping along our one year public process to revamping the Lyons Comp Plan as more Sustainable in practice.
I had 17 years responsibility operating an industrial kitchen in the 60-70s, introducing the use of fresh farm produce. This food service knowledge may be needed in a future community centered kitchen.
Since late 70s have published my Water Mark Press, W-Space press, and TIKYSK Press poetry and artist-books, many made by hand in-house in small editions.
Am an internationsl practicing poet, land artist and art-performer, bringing the avant garde and ecological ways into all I do. I practice many inner healing skills and reiki, and help people with emergency healing techniques.
- How can you help the growth/acceptance/vitality of the Transition movement?
- I can fill ongoing changing roles, and be advisor in a number of Transition core groups.
- Your Favorite Books/Websites/Blogs/RSS Feeds for Information about the Transition Movement
- My daughter Deborah Gordon's new book TWO BILLION CARS (Oxford University Press), forward by A Schwartzneger.
Ask me for my you-tube video word.doc list & gladly will send.
I will be writing up a bibliography of recommended books.
My archives are open for anyone who wants to study the bibliography of Bioregionalism, Permaculture and all intersecting environmental community newspapers, magazines, books, papers, going back to the 70's. A large collection of books by numerous favorite authors.
My past favorite authors: Helena Norberg Hodge, Vandana Shiva, Stephanie Mills, Thomas Berry, Wendell Berry, Helen Henderson, Schumacher, Lovelock, Dolores La Chapelle, Starhawk, Chellis Glendinning, David Abram, Freeman House, Rachael Carson, Derrick Jensen, Susan Griffin, Deena Metzger, Michael J. Cohen, Jerome Rothenberg, Gary Snyder, Emily Carr, Suzuki, Satyananda Saraswati, Francis Ponge, Gaston Bachelard, Paula Gunn Allen, Len Horowitz, John Cage, William McDunnough, Louise L. Hay, & many more.
- Your Personal Website (if you have one)
- http://www.galerie.kultur.at/coco/base/core.htm">http://ttl-cocogo.ning.com/ http://www.galerie.kultur.at/coco/base/core.htm
- Official Voice Communication: Skype from http://skype.com/download Add LSquiresSkype to your Contacts.
- cocogordon
Working on making a new website, + making movie projects from videos on my digital camera now on i-Movie.
http://harvestworks.org/creativec/index3.html
http://www.galerie.kultur.at/coco/base/core.htm
http://www.van.at/howl/cyb/cont01/cont01.htm
http://www.van.at/howl/device/set01/cont03.htm
http://www.kultur.at/howl/v/set02/v57.htm
http://www.galerie.kultur.at/coco/lt01/ssw03.htm
http://tell-a-mouse.be/sacrifice/terre/Terra.htm
http://www.tell-a-mouse.be/sacrifice/menu.htm Click on wild capture
http://tell-a-mouse.be/sacrifice/contribs/coco-g.htm
http://www.kultur.at/howl/mir/ click on enter, all contributions, open my files
http://www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/exhibitionhall/2002/edition05/cocoself.htm click on self representation, the numbers represent the years of my works -This german site is up for revision from year 2002-2008
http://www.nmartproject.net/artists/?p=914
http://www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/infodesk/september2002b.swf
http://www.planetaryhealer.net/meditation.html Coco Gordon
http://www.nationalwatercenter.org/celebrating_water_4.htm#Page%2038
article in Aquaterra-papermaking as a vast reservoir
http://printedmatter.org/news/news.cfm?article_id=172
http://www.deeplistening.org/site/catalog/Gordon
http://www.artingeneral.org/projects/262
http://www.eptrail.com/news/2008/aug/20/performance-artist/?printer=1/
http://www.pollution.net/news.php?news=8954809&newstitle=Performance+artist+Coco+Gordon+‘reconfigures’+thought+and+sound+waves
http://printedmatter.org/catalogue/search.cfm?email=&cookie1=9317261.8&search=resurrection&search_type=
http://rhizome.org/discuss/view/18484
http://www.franklinfurnace.org/goings_on/thismonth/go020306.html
http://www.franklinfurnace.org/goings_on/goings_on/04_03_10.html#go
http://www.franklinfurnace.org/goings_on/goings_on/08_01_28.html#13
http://www.franklinfurnace.org/goings_on/goings_on/04_10_12.html#22
http://www.ghostnets.com/events/press_release.htm
http://www.undo.net/cgi-bin/undo/pressrelease/fpressrelease.pl?id=962892874&day=963007200
http://www.livre-rare-book.com/Matieres/ad/16815p.html
http://www.pw.org/content/coco_gordon_2
http://www.galerie.kultur.at/coco/base/core.htm
http://www.van.at/howl/cyb/cont01/cont01.htm
http://www.van.at/howl/device/set01/cont03.htm
http://www.kultur.at/howl/v/set02/v57.htm
http://www.galerie.kultur.at/coco/lt01/ssw03.htm
http://tell-a-mouse.be/sacrifice/terre/Terra.htm
http://www.tell-a-mouse.be/sacrifice/menu.htm Click on wild capture
http://tell-a-mouse.be/sacrifice/contribs/coco-g.htm
http://www.kultur.at/howl/mir/ click on enter, all contributions, open my files
http://www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/exhibitionhall/2002/edition05/cocoself.htm click on self representation, the numbers represent the years of my works -This german site is up for revision from year 2002-2008
http://www.nmartproject.net/artists/?p=914
http://www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/infodesk/september2002b.swf
http://www.planetaryhealer.net/meditation.html Coco Gordon
http://www.nationalwatercenter.org/celebrating_water_4.htm#Page%2038
article in Aquaterra-papermaking as a vast reservoir
http://printedmatter.org/news/news.cfm?article_id=172
http://www.deeplistening.org/site/catalog/Gordon
http://www.artingeneral.org/projects/262
http://www.eptrail.com/news/2008/aug/20/performance-artist/?printer=1/
http://www.pollution.net/news.php?news=8954809&newstitle=Performance+artist+Coco+Gordon+‘reconfigures’+thought+and+sound+waves
http://printedmatter.org/catalogue/search.cfm?email=&cookie1=9317261.8&search=resurrection&search_type=
http://rhizome.org/discuss/view/18484
http://www.franklinfurnace.org/goings_on/thismonth/go020306.html
http://www.franklinfurnace.org/goings_on/goings_on/04_03_10.html#go
http://www.franklinfurnace.org/goings_on/goings_on/08_01_28.html#13
http://www.franklinfurnace.org/goings_on/goings_on/04_10_12.html#22
http://www.ghostnets.com/events/press_release.htm
http://www.undo.net/cgi-bin/undo/pressrelease/fpressrelease.pl?id=962892874&day=963007200
http://www.livre-rare-book.com/Matieres/ad/16815p.html
http://www.pw.org/content/coco_gordon_2
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Positive Upbeat Videos to Recommend: Transition and Permaculture
Adding to this in time, this is latest update, you can add your favorites in the reply & I can place them in proper slots.
This is an upbeat list of u-tube videos requested by those present at the Thursday Dec 4th Transition Boulder County 12 steps meeting. It serves as a perfect starter for those who ask us for an entry into Transition, that can explain Permaculture in its relation with Transition, self reliance and resiliency. I added classic Transition, peak oil videos, Bioregional, skil… Continue
This is an upbeat list of u-tube videos requested by those present at the Thursday Dec 4th Transition Boulder County 12 steps meeting. It serves as a perfect starter for those who ask us for an entry into Transition, that can explain Permaculture in its relation with Transition, self reliance and resiliency. I added classic Transition, peak oil videos, Bioregional, skil… Continue
Posted on April 20, 2009 at 12:36am — 1 Comment
Join me at the Tenth Continental Bioregional Congress at The Farm in Summertown, TN. October 3rd-10th, 2009
Date of the next Continental Bioregional Congress at The Farm in Summertown, TN. October 3rd-10th, 2009 is confirmed.
http://www.bioregional-congress.org/CBCX/CBCX.html
This is a unique opportunity to connect with the roots of Transition and become friends with the younger and the elder generations participating in Reinhabitation of all our Home places, within a week of the best in Ceremonial Village living, consensus facilitation, plenary deliberations, local food, creativity, immersion of wha… Continue
http://www.bioregional-congress.org/CBCX/CBCX.html
This is a unique opportunity to connect with the roots of Transition and become friends with the younger and the elder generations participating in Reinhabitation of all our Home places, within a week of the best in Ceremonial Village living, consensus facilitation, plenary deliberations, local food, creativity, immersion of wha… Continue
Posted on February 19, 2009 at 12:11pm — 2 Comments
Transforming Dead Ends into Food Gardens: Answer to "Too late? Why scientists say we should expect the worst"
We've all long learned in Permaculture how to build a lush garden with sheet mulch on concrete and on tables in a street's dead end.
Hold this Image.
Insert Transition solutions to dead ends: Become Food Safe and Resilient, design our local Energy Descent Plans, our Plans for Catastrophe, Great Unleashings, roll out new currencies.
Put a Transition mark on every dead end. Go to the stopping places in articles you read. In this article by David Adam, Dec 9, 2008, Too late? Why scientists say w… Continue
Hold this Image.
Insert Transition solutions to dead ends: Become Food Safe and Resilient, design our local Energy Descent Plans, our Plans for Catastrophe, Great Unleashings, roll out new currencies.
Put a Transition mark on every dead end. Go to the stopping places in articles you read. In this article by David Adam, Dec 9, 2008, Too late? Why scientists say w… Continue
Posted on February 19, 2009 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment
Flowforms drawn in the Transition Event Moment
I've started uploading the flowforms drawn while transition events are in process. I particularly like to connect one's thought to another's thought, nesting them to see the interconnections and dependencies, what comes out of what, where can it go, does it lie low or rise high.
It is useful to see how conversations, discussions, open space brainstorming, decisions are moment by moment affected by each other's tellings, drawn visually or many time just as lists, on a large board, or on small st… Continue
It is useful to see how conversations, discussions, open space brainstorming, decisions are moment by moment affected by each other's tellings, drawn visually or many time just as lists, on a large board, or on small st… Continue
Posted on December 15, 2008 at 1:00pm —
Hazel Henderson: Redesigning Money Systems to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
This post is dear to my heart. I remember an exchange with Hazel Henderson high up overlooking the East River near the UN in 1998. We met via a common friend and exchanged our books. She gave me her Creating Alternative Futures: The end of Economics, Kumarian Press 1996, I gave her my Permaculture Getting to Know You: SuperSkyWoman Dialogues with the People TIKYSK Press 1998. Her inscription in my book reads, To Coco Go who knows all this! I loved your "taste of Permaculture" and meeting you. We… Continue
Posted on December 14, 2008 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment
Comment Wall (61 comments)
- At 4:10pm on August 17, 2009,
Arthur Brock said… - Hey Coco... The Local Capital Summit was rescheduled from May 20th to August 31st in just a couple weeks. You RSVP'd that you couldn't make it on the prior date. How 'bout the new one?
http://transitioncolorado.ning.com/events/local-capital-summit
- At 8:59am on June 22, 2009,
Les Squires said… - Spammer Katie Dodsen has been removed.
- At 4:33pm on June 20, 2009,
Les Squires said…
- Click on the spammer's photo and then click on BAN on that person's profile.
- At 5:28am on June 20, 2009,
Les Squires said…
- The spammer has been deleted and banned. Thx for your note.
- At 11:55pm on June 19, 2009,
Deirdre Kent said… - Nice to have you comment.
are you aware that I am the author of Healthy Money Healthy Planet - developing sustainability through new money systems? I am particularly thrilled to see David Korten now putting emphasis on an unstainable money system. Most of the green economist worldwide have now understood this and we can only progress once we know what is pushing the growth imperative. And the variety of community currencies that can be invented is endless. Good luck in your search and your action.
- At 9:06am on June 19, 2009,
Lorie DiSaia said… - Coco...I really had a tough adjustment moving to Colorado but now I am ready to help Colorado understand that our "blue gold" needs to be carefully
maintained. How do I get started? Lorie DiSaia
- At 8:49am on June 19, 2009,
Monique Elwell said… - Thank you. We've started the grass fed meat coop. It's small, but local. Right now we have beef, lamb, chicken and eggs on order. See: http://www.ButchersDaughter.wordpress.com. Right now we're looking for people in Northwest Denver to join so they can walk, ride or take short car trips over.
- At 12:55pm on May 8, 2009,
Kenzie Davison said… - Hey Coco~ I haven't seen you in so long! I wanted to remind you that if you're going to sign-up for the Herb Garden class that Claire Zimmerman is teaching on June 6th, you should do it before May 15th to get the early bird discount. I hope I get to see you soon, Kenz
- At 12:43pm on May 8, 2009,
Les Squires said…
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Johnson's Sharpening will begin attending the market this Saturday, November 28, 2009 so bring your dull knives, tools and swords.
As most of you already know, we have been collecting materials over at the Grange in preparation for our 2010 gardening season. We are now ready to collect newspapers and cardboard. There are a couple of pallets over there that can be used to hold...
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For most, holiday meals suggest togetherness, tradition and time with family and friends. For someone in recovery from an eating disorder, however, the elevated focus on food can trigger anxiety, stress, and in severe cases, relapse.
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If you get enough first time buyers together, each person can take up to 10K out of their IRA to use for a down payment. It's a start...
"Papers" film screening and community discussion, Dec. 5th at Boulder High School
December 5, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm
“Papers” Film Screens in Boulder, CO December 5th,
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