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Workshop: Trees in the City
February 3, 2010 at 6:30pm to February 17, 2010 at 9pm – Casey Trees
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2nd Tuesday Film: Flow
February 9, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – Emergence Community Arts Collective
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Smart Growth: Urban Green: Innovative Parks for Resurgent Cities
February 11, 2010 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm – National Building Museum
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Out on a Limb: An Alternative Valentine's Day Experience
February 13, 2010 from 7pm to 9:30pm – 733 Euclid St. NW
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Metro DC and US Social F…
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Sustainable McMillan
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Guerilla Gardeners
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Herban Foragers
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Video Lists
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Intentional Community
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Food & Farming
22 members
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Brookland Sustainable Tr…
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Transition Bethesda
9 members
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Artists for a Green DC
21 members
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In Transition 1.0
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Forget that this task of planet-saving is not possible in the time required. Don’t be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see if it was impossible only after you are done. ~ Paul Hawken, Commencement Address May 2009
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See the Washington DC Area Foodshed Map in a larger map in Google. Find out more and how to contribute in our Food and Farming Group.
Rapid changes are taking place. Whether or not we accept peak oil, global warming, and climate change, increasing gas and food prices are an undeniable reality. Economic decline, financial meltdown, and the housing crisis have come together in a perfect storm that challenges us to make better choices. Responses range from survivalist homesteaders, earthship bioneers, and ecovillages to Transition towns and eco-cities.
The majority of the world's inhabitants live in urban areas. It would be impossible and disastrous for large numbers to seek refuge in the countryside. Cities therefore have to be made sustainable and not continue to be toxic to the biosphere. Many towns in Ireland, Britain, Australia and New Zealand have taken the initiative to transform themselves into Transition towns. Curitiba, Brazil is cited as being at the forefront of most sustainable cities. Cuba has been forced early into solutions by its own peak oil crisis when they lost Russian oil support. In the US, Portland, Oregon, San Francisco and Oakland in California, have begun the process of becoming ecocities.
The District of Columbia has a lot of catching up to do. While there are some admirable and necessary individual and municipal initiatives, they are too little, too late. The air quality in DC is one of the nation's worst despite extensive tree cover. The exigencies of our current national and global situation demand that urgent, drastic action be taken now. What is accomplished in DC, the capital of the US, will have far-reaching influence and tremendous impact in halting environmental decline.
Ecolocity is definitely about cross-fertilization; we don't know everything, nor have all the answers or can attempt everything. We will support anyone or group who we consider is doing good work. We don't wish to duplicate efforts, reinvent the wheel or compete. We're like connective tissue, trying to bind all the existing efforts together into a cohesive whole; or like stem cells which can morph into required structures and functions as the conditions require. Primarily we are interested in stimulating, catalyzing thinking leading to action that addresses specific issues rather than prolonged discussion, waiting on authorities and finding every reason why something cannot be done.
Our primary focus is making DC a Transition town, working with other groups to devise and implement an Energy Descent Action Plan to get DC more carbon-free by 2020. However, environmental considerations are not the only concerns. Human ecology is equally critical so we have to address the impact of decline on already vulnerable populations: the aged, homeless, unemployed and the infirm.
We intend to establish an intentional community in the District that will put into practice alternative solutions that can be spread to neighboring areas and ultimately be applied on a wider scale.
Forum
Potomacs Blog
Started by John Mulrow Feb 4.
Food and Farming Notes - December 8, 2009 4 Replies
Started by Shannon Brescher Shea. Last reply by Shannon Brescher Shea Feb 2.
Sustainable Sites Initiative - pilot project of US Green Building Council
Started by Erika Feb 2.
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Space: It’s Still a Frontier
By ALLISON ARIEFF
Abandoned by traditional development, under-utilized areas identified by Local Code are precisely those in need of ecological and social attention. A… Continue
Posted by Ecolocitizen on February 5, 2010 at 3:18pm
Conference connects issues of faith and economics
Feb. 03, 2010
By Alice Popovici
http://ncronline.org/news/justice/panelists-connect-issues-faith-and-economics
NEW YORK
Franciscan Sr. Kathie Uhler has for months been working on a series of panel presentations to the United Nations that will show the damage exploitative mining has had on the indigenous populations of countries like Peru, Papua New Guinea… Continue
Posted by Dave on February 4, 2010 at 1:16pm
In Portland, Going Green and Growing Vertical in a Bid for Energy Savings
Published: New York Times, January 30, 2010
An architectural rendering of the trellises designed to shade the western facade of the main federal building in Portland, Ore.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Urban gardening used to seem subversive. People planted tomatoes in public parks, strung their hops to rooftops to make homebrew and reclaimed empty lots as community farms, never mind th… Continue
Posted by Ecolocitizen on February 1, 2010 at 8:37pm
Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment
The link between Mind and Social / Environmental-Issues.
The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponen… Continue
Posted by sushil yadav on February 1, 2010 at 12:03am
"Save Brinjal" - National day of Fast - Jan 30, 2010
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Thousands of people all over India and the world are joining the National Day of Fast on Jan 30th - Gandhiji's anniversary. From Kerala to Delhi and Bengal to Gujarat in Inda, and Baton Rouge to Boston in the US (see list of events/locations below), they are opposing the introduction of genetically modified (GM) Bt Brinjal into the Indian markets. GM foods like Bt brinjal pose a large threat to health,… Continue
Posted by Roshani Kothari on January 27, 2010 at 11:39am
Notes
Home-scale Permaculture Courses
… ContinueCreated by Ecolocitizen Jan 10, 2010 at 8:18pm. Last updated by Ecolocitizen Jan 11.
Transition Handbook online
Download or read The Transition Handbook online.
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Created by Ecolocitizen Aug 13, 2009 at 8:38pm. Last updated by Ecolocitizen Aug. 14, 2009.
Great idea!
A reader of the Washington Post writes:
You've Got Mulch?
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
The July 25 front-page story "
Created by Ecolocitizen Jul 28, 2009 at 11:21am. Last updated by Ecolocitizen Jul. 28, 2009.
Change We Knead Now
Call for nonviolent civil action.
Sit and bake bread for WORLD PEACE starting July 4, 2009 in Lafayette Park outside the White House in Washington D.C.
Everyone is invited to join us outside the White House in su
… ContinueCreated by Ecolocitizen Jul 9, 2009 at 12:28pm. Last updated by Ecolocitizen Jul. 9, 2009.
Vanguard Ranch CSA shares available
You can buy a season’s worth of fresh produce and receive a weekly “share” for $40 per week. There are more than 30 different types produce to choose from. Each share will be approximately the size of a conventional grocery paper bag. Satisfaction is guaranteed.
Deliveries will extend for 16 weeks. ECAC will be a delivery point, a… Continue
Created by Ecolocitizen Jun 12, 2009 at 9:30am. Last updated by Ecolocitizen Jun. 12, 2009.
Transition Movie this weekend
The film ‘In Transition’ is now available for viewing, Friday 12th and Saturday 13th June 2009 only. The version being screened is not the final version, it still has a sequence to add and some tidying up to do, but is almost there (you will need Quicktime on your computer)…. For more information on the film’s release click… Continue
Created by Ecolocitizen Jun 11, 2009 at 11:10pm. Last updated by Ecolocitizen Jun. 12, 2009.
Street Tree Planting
UFA [Urban Forestry Admin
… ContinueCreated by Ecolocitizen Jun 2, 2009 at 2:37pm. Last updated by Ecolocitizen Jun. 2, 2009.
Great Reskilling: Preserving Time in a Bottle (or a Jar)
SAVOR LATER Eugenia Bone preserves asparagus.
Created by Ecolocitizen May 27, 2009 at 11:19am. Last updated by Ecolocitizen May. 27, 2009.
New Transition book
The Transition Timeline: For a Local, Resilient Future (Paperback)
by Shaun Chamberlin (Author),… ContinueCreated by Ecolocitizen May 6, 2009 at 11:12am. Last updated by Ecolocitizen May. 6, 2009.
Karma Kitchen DC
Imagine a restaurant where there are no prices on the menu and where the check reads $0.00 with only this footnote:
“Your meal was a gift from someone who came before you. We hope you will pay-it-forward however you wish.”
That is the concept behind
… ContinueCreated by Ecolocitizen Mar 27, 2009 at 12:50pm. Last updated by Ecolocitizen Mar. 27, 2009.
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