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Kristy
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- Boulder, CO
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BREAD BAKING WORKSHOP at Boulder Meadows Community Room
August 8, 2009 from 10am to 4pm
With Daniel Cook
Learn the basics of home-made naturally leavened artisan bread. The live cultures that are collected in our air are various and contribute to the complexity of flavor that can develop in bread that is made with time and love. Bakin…
FRESH THE MOVIE at Nomad Theater
July 26, 2009 from 1pm to 3pm
FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Among several main characters, FRESH features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, the recipient of MacArthur's 2008 Genius Award; sust…
LOCALLY BUILT: A TOUR OF STRAWBALE HOMES at Boulder Meadows Community Room
July 12, 2009 from 10am to 2pm
Two strawbale homeowners in Left Hand Canyon will be opening their doors to anyone interested in learning more about building with natural, locally-available materials. Both showcase natural plasters, adobe, passive solar design, and a variety of gr…
FRESH THE MOVIE at Nomad Theater
July 26, 2009 from 1pm to 3pm
FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Among several main characters, FRESH features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, the recipient of MacArthur's 2008 Genius Award; sust…
RISING TO THE OCCASION: TRANSITION AND THE ECONOMY at Boulder Meadows Community Room
July 12, 2009 from 6:30pm to 9pm
Join Transition Boulder for a look at how the Transition movement can help address the challenge of economic crisis, strengthening the local economy to become more resilient and self-reliant.
Together we will explore some of the critical issues tha…
LOCALLY BUILT: A TOUR OF STRAWBALE HOMES at Boulder Meadows Community Room
July 12, 2009 from 10am to 2pm
Two strawbale homeowners in Left Hand Canyon will be opening their doors to anyone interested in learning more about building with natural, locally-available materials. Both showcase natural plasters, adobe, passive solar design, and a variety of gr…
INTRO TO DEEPENING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP at Boulder Meadows Community Room
August 12, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm
With Don Hall
In this time of unprecedented environmental and economic crisis, we can no longer afford to keep repeating the patterns of the past. We need to make a quantum leap in our leadership. In this interactive workshop, we will explore how t…
Profile Information
- How are you currently involved in the Transition movement?
- Just getting started, hoping to write my dissertation on local economies- particularly how actual community design can foster or suppress a local economy and how local currencies effect this.
- In what ways do you identify with the Transition movement? Why are you interested?
- Community development/ local economies. I believe it is essential to move to a more sustainable lifestyle so that humans and all other living organisms can live happily ever after. . . aw. . .
- What background and skills do you bring to this community?
- YOGA! And a willingness to try just about anything. I have two years experience in Student Government and am very enthusiastic about cutting through red tape.
I recently Interned with David Wann at Harmony Village learning about subsistence farming and co-housing models.
I also have this fascination with cooking most of my really amazing vegetarian food from all local materials. . . it gets pretty challenging, but its always yummy. Check out some of my Bento Lunches at my website to see what I mean!
- How can you help the growth/acceptance/vitality of the Transition movement?
- I'm hoping to create communities for a living based off of the transition and permaculture principles. I also have a great deal of energy and hope to lend a helping hand when needed.
- Your Favorite Books/Websites/Blogs/RSS Feeds for Information about the Transition Movement
- http://www.simondale.net/house/index.htm
oh the shire!
- Your Personal Website (if you have one)
- http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristaybutts/
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Pot luck sounds great!
A potluck!-good food and good talk!-sounds like a plan Margaret! Can't wait until you're back! My best to you up in Boulder, hoping you feel better each day!
Sustainable Greenhouse Design at Denver Botanic Gardens
February 6, 2010 from 1pm to 5pm
Have you ever wondered if it could be done? Can you create a greenhouse that needs NO supplemental heating year round? – the answer is yes!! This greenhouse design, involving stored water as thermal mass and our bountiful Colorado sun, can be used w…
I can only speak to my own experience. For most of my life I took the lead from my father and his cohorts in developing my worldview. When he died (a personal catastrophe), I took a few years to examine every aspect of my life -- including my values…
Hi Paul,
Sorry for the delayed response. Life got way too busy in December. I'm out of town right now but will be back by January 1st. I'll call you to discuss what we did at the library and to see what we all can cultivate for 2010 in Colorado :)
Hi All. Good to be part of this group. I'm planning on coming to the watershed meeting in January. Pavlos, I'll rsvp soon.
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I read that book by Cavanaugh and Mander, it's right on. If you're interested, you might want to check out the Blueprint Boulder event coming up next Saturday the 8th. Details on the events page, or you can find it on my page. It's from 9-3 at the city building at Canyon and Broadway. Should be a great place to share your knowledge and ideas with other interested folks!
Thanks for joining Transition Boulder! I'm fascinated by community design and local economies as well, and I'd love some good reading recommendations! I have a neighbor who's trying to get interested people to get involved with one of the city's planning groups. If you'd like to find out some details and share some of your knowledge, please let me know!
I've always thought that "community design can foster or suppress a local economy." I'd love to see your dissertation wen you're done. Perhaps you could post it to the site. :-)
Have you been following the permaculture financial gig thats just ending today in TN with C A Fitts and Alan Bates... with so much collapsing it will be very imperative that we create new models. Perhaps like the Gifting Economy that Burning Man espouses for a week. Have you seen Eisenstein's article at realitysandwich.com on Money and the Crisis of Civilization or the film Zeitgeist Addendum that focuses on Money. Just saw your post and thought Id send a note along. If you find good books and references let us see them. Have you seen Independent America film. Its the best film that Ive seen that really focuses on the local economy. Go to hopedance and click the calendar and search for localization. ciao, bob
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