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Les Squires and Chris Anderson are now friends
December 30, 2009
December 21, 2009
Chris Anderson is now a member of Transition Arizona
December 21, 2009
October 21, 2009
Chris Watson is now a member of Transition Arizona
October 21, 2009
C. Milton Dixon added an event
November 7, 2009 at 1pm to November 14, 2009 at 12pm
Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) Course - Focus: Rural / Suburban Course Instructors: Transition Town trainer Bill Wilson will be co-teaching this course with Wayne Weiseman, of the Permaculture Project and Vidya Chaitanya of Transition LA.…
September 17, 2009
C. Milton Dixon is now a member of Transition Arizona
September 15, 2009
Sue Thomas updated their profile
September 1, 2009

Blog Posts

MaryLou Benigno

Intentional Community / attn: Nayeema

It has been a roller coaster ride. I have been offficially rejected for a formal mortgage. It seems that they consider my school loan a liability even though it will not be due for more than a year. YET, they do not allow for the additional income I will have when I am finished with school.

I have been advised to seek out a 'rent to own' property. So, I am regrouping and also considering private lenders, too.. If there is anyone out there who would like to help with the search just let me know.… Continue

Posted by MaryLou Benigno on July 15, 2009 at 6:35pm

MaryLou Benigno

An invitation to community...

For the general membership: I am a non-traditional student in Sustainable Community Development. My focus is intentional community. I have a number of designs for potential ventures, the most elaborate of which is my earth berm project. Until the economy heals, unless some magical money appears, I have other transitional ideas that can happen right here in the Valley.

I am aggressively seeking a foreclosure large enough to accommodate a minimum of four people to grow food organica… Continue

Posted by MaryLou Benigno on June 16, 2009 at 11:33am — 2 Comments

TERRI LARSEN

Sustainable Tucson Hosts Transition Training

WOW. Sustainable Tucson graciously allowed me to attend the first day of Transition Town Training today. I won't be able to attend tomorrow as I have to teach my class in Community Building and Alternative Money Systems for the PPG tomorrow.

So today I joined approximately 25 enlightened souls that came from Nogales, Tubac, Tucson, and all around the surrounding area. There were individuals, someone that worked for the City of Tucson, farmers, retirees, activists, a psychic, students, yoga inst… Continue

Posted by TERRI LARSEN on April 4, 2009 at 8:47pm — 1 Comment

TERRI LARSEN

Resources for Transitions

http://titaniclifeboatacademy.org/index.html

http://commongoodbank.com/index.html
http://www.slate.com/id/2216238/ Good references for job statistics...

http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/cc/NMfHC/index.html
New Money for Healthy Communities - the recommended Guide… Continue

Posted by TERRI LARSEN on March 25, 2009 at 1:30pm

TERRI LARSEN

Transitioning in Pinal County, Arizona - The Tipping Point

The time has come. After depleting all our resources, both financially and physically, we have come to the tipping point between living unsustainably and living in conscious awareness of our consumption and exhaust. The receptiveness is finally here to provide for us an opportunity to change minds and lives through the Transition movement.

Late in 2008 I was fortunate to meet Bryan Martyn at a US Green Building Council Arizona Chapter luncheon. He was introduced as a candidate for Pinal County… Continue

Posted by TERRI LARSEN on March 25, 2009 at 12:30pm — 5 Comments

 

WHO WE ARE...

TRANSITION ARIZONA is a networking site for those who seek local-scale green-oriented implementation of Transition models for local communities.

This site, and many like it, are being developed through grassroots participation, and is continually evolving. It is a spontaneously arising effort to synergistically connect transition workers with each other and to identify and nurture the development of useful and necessary local Transition Initiatives, solutions, and practices.

The Transition Movement embraces several other familiar monikers: Local Self Reliance, Appropriate Technology, Decentralization, Localization, Relocalization, Post Carbon, Post Petroleum, Beyond Oil.

This emerging Transition Culture will empower communities to squarely face the issues surrounding peak oil and climate change, and unleash the collective genius of their own citizens to find innovative solutions to these momentous challenges:
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)?

Transition Initiatives make no claim to have all the answers, but by building on the wisdom of the past and accessing the pool of ingenuity, skills and determination in our communities, the solutions can readily emerge. Now is the time for us to take stock and start re-creating our future in ways that are not based on cheap, plentiful and polluting oil but on localized food, sustainable energy sources, resilient local economies and an enlivened sense of community well-being.


Members

  • les Squires
  • Linda Cannelis
  • Anne Goldfeld
  • Ward B Davis
  • Chris Anderson
  • Les Squires
  • Dennis Cannelis
  • TCarmichael
  • Sarah Meggison
  • Chris B
  • Linda Ellinor
  • Jim
  • Nayeema Eusuf
  • Ruby Sheffer
  • Nick
  • Peggy
  • L. C. Blumberg
  • Jeff Rodriguez
  • Christian Nys
  • Ben Lizardi
  • Sandy Tippett
  • Christina Ogden
  • Bill Sheppard
  • Lisa Rayner
  • Northwest Earth Institute
  • Susan Frank
  • TERRI LARSEN

Things You Can Do Today

  • Contact Members above by clicking on their photo. Every photo is one-click access to any person you want to contact anywhere in our community. Welcome them, remembering that each person and each group carries a unique spark capable of warming and enhancing our whole community.
  • Greet each other! -- Click periodically on MEMBERS on the menu above to make sure every newcomer is properly greeted. Volunteer to show them around and answer their questions.

Events

Forum

Northwest Earth Institute

Join the EcoChallenge!!

Started by Northwest Earth Institute Jul. 22, 2009.

Andrew Martin Schreiber

Understanding peoples reactions to transition concepts through Range Voting

Started by Andrew Martin Schreiber Jul. 20, 2009.

Andrew Martin Schreiber

conducting a Community Assesment for the benefit of Transition

Started by Andrew Martin Schreiber Jul. 20, 2009.

 
 

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