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Photo by Janet Woodward, Ainslie Wood / Westdale Community Association
The world is changing:
the age of oil is ending,
the climate is changing (warming, here in Texas),
and the economic system is teetering.
Will we live that change as a planned, even joyous transition,
or will we stand here and let it hit us like an oncoming train?
We of Transition Austin choose to get ready, and to
thrive in the new world that's coming.
Our Mission:
Sparking Austin's Transition to ecological and social resilience
amid global economic and environmental crises
through education, organizing, and community building.
Our Task:
To raise awareness among Austin's people about
the reality of peak oil and global climate change,
and to teach & model effective ways for all of us to get
through those crises
in ways that enhance the quality of life of the people of Austin.
what's going on with Transition Austin.
Go to the e-list's home page at Yahoo,
log in with your Yahoo ID (or create one if you don't have one yet),
and click the "Join This Group!" button.
At this time, donations to Transition Austin are not
tax-deductible for Federal income tax purposes.
Honeybees are critical to our lives; without them, most of the food crops we grow will not pollinate, and so will not bear fruit (or bean, or kernel, or ...). Timeline of a Bee Massacre: EPA Still Allowing Hive-Killing Pesticide talks about why the EPA is still allowing the Bayer Corporation's neonicotinoid pesticide to be sold, even though it's killing our honeybees. Be sure to take the two links at the bottom.
There's a lot of information and opinions out there about how to get through the coming hard times. How To Prepare For The Difficult Years Ahead is a recent article along that line. It's an easy read, and pretty comprehensive - worth paying attention to.
See this page for older articles.
The January 2012 edition of the Transition US Newsletter can be found here, and the February 2012 edition of the global Transition Network Newsletter can be found here. We recommend both!
The next Transition Austin Hub meeting will be on Thursday, February 9, 7:00-9:00 PM. It will be held in the Lars Stanley Studio at 1901 E. M. Franklin Avenue. The agenda is accessible from the Transition Austin Hub "Meetings" page, via a link at the bottom of that page. Agendas are posted a week before each meeting, and minutes are posted there shortly after each meeting.
The Transition Thursday Pot-Lucks are held on the fourth Thursday of each month. They begin at 7:00 PM, at Jim O's (Jim O'Brien's) place, 5003 Wasson Road, in South Austin. These are times to just kick back, enjoy supper, and talk about anything you want to. The next one will be held on Thursday, February 23.
Transition Austin hosts an Introduction to Transition presentation and discussion at 7 PM on the first Wednesday of each month, at the Carver Branch Library. The next one will be on Wednesday, March 7. Tell your friends - there's always more to learn!
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presentation about Transition to your group,
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about things we ought to put in the "News" section above,
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