[Peace] The Transition Movement and Transition Champaign County - Monday at 7:30

[Brussel Morton K.]

For more background on this movement, see

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/magazine/19town-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine

--mkb

Some have criticized it as an unrealistic pipe dream, since it leaves  
out the fact that modern society is now largely urban "fed largely by  
mechanized, energy-intensive, artificially fertilized agriculture."  
What do the people do in the megalopolises of New York, London, Rio,  
Tokyo, … which depend on concentrated sources of cheap energy?


On Apr 19, 2009, at 4:55 PM, Mark Mallon wrote:

> *The Transition Movement and Transition Champaign County
>
> Presentation and Discussion with Gary Cziko*
> *
> When: Monday, April 20th, 7:30pm
> Where: Urbana Free Library Auditorium (in the basement)*
>
> Sponsored by Prairie Greens
>
> The Transition Movement began in Totnes, England in 2005 as a  
> community response to the challenges and opportunities provided by  
> Peak Oil and Climate Change. With the goal of reducing dependence on  
> fossil fuels and enhacing local resilience, the movement has since  
> spread worldwide with Transition efforts now in all 50 United  
> States. TransitionChampaignCounty.org, a social network created to  
> facilitate and coordinate community efforts in sustainability, was  
> begun in December 2008 and now has over 160 members.
>
> This informal presentation/discussion will consist of three parts.  
> First a brief historical overview of the Transition Movement will be  
> provided. Second, a tour of the TransitionChampaignCounty.org <http://TransitionChampaignCounty.org 
> > website will be presented, including many of its resources and  
> tools that can help coordinate sustainability efforts in the county.  
> Finally, we will discuss ways in which we can better use and  
> coordinate our considerable human, natural, and technological  
> resources to meet the challenges and opportunities of Peak Oil and  
> Climate Change and improve the sustainability, resilience and  
> security of Champaign County for present and future generations.
>
> Gary Cziko is Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology and is  
> involved with several local sustainability efforts. He is a member  
> of both Urbana's Sustainability Advisory Commission and Urbana's  
> Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, secretary of Champaign  
> County Bikes, and creator and administration of  
> TransitionChampaignCounty.org.
>
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>
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> Sponsored by the Prairie Green Party
>
> A different topic every third Monday of the month - same time and  
> location.  Membership meetings
> are on the first Monday of the month at 7:30pm in the Family Room of  
> the Independent Media Center
> at 202 S Broadway in Urbana.  Learn more and join the party and www.prairiegreens.org 
>  <http://www.prairiegreens.org> <http://www.prairiegreens.org>.
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