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Intentional community, permaculture, urban farming, local food, clean energy, biotecture, recycling, localization, green economy, Transition
Events
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Zachari and Luci sing at the Button Farm
November 8, 2009 from 2pm to 4pm – The Button Farm
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Urban Schoolyard Greening
November 12, 2009 at 4pm to November 17, 2009 at 8pm – Common Good City Farm
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Wonderland Happy Hour
November 17, 2009 from 5pm to 8pm – Wonderland Ballroom
Groups
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Guerilla Gardeners
12 members
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Herban Foragers
8 members
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Video Lists
1 member
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Intentional Community
4 members
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Food & Farming
20 members
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Brookland Sustainable ...
11 members
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Transition Bethesda
9 members
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Artists for a Green DC
19 members
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Herbology
9 members
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Community Exchange
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Videos
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CSR Minute: October 13, 2009
Added by 3BL Media
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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
Energy Bulletin
Water - Nov 6
-Scientists Reveals Secrets Of Drought Resistance
-Speaker says water limitations not recognized
-A Drought-Stricken Land Offers Help With Water
-A Victory for the 'Water Underground'
-EROWI - energy return of water invested
Renewables & efficiency - Nov 6
-A Plan to Power 100 Percent of the Planet with Renewables
-Farms going green to save and survive
-Solar power from Sahara a step closer
-Nearly 200 Organizations and Companies Urge Senate to Adopt Key Energy-Efficiency Provision in Climate Bill
-Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewable Power Generation
Climate & environment - Nov 6
-Coping With Climate Change: Which Societies Will Do Best?
-GM's Money Trees
-The Carnivore’s Dilemma
-USDA Research: Does No-Till Really Capture More Carbon?
-Why growing virgin vegetable oil to burn is crazy
-Pachauri Still Sees a Chance for Success in Copenhagen Talks
-The Inferno
Food & agriculture - Nov 6
-Jonathan Safran Foer's 'Eating Animals' Book Will Fundamentally Change the Way You Think About Food
-Back to the Land: The New Green Revolution
-Farm Aid
-Georgia growers filling organic niche market
-Discussing the future of urban agriculture in KC
Growing in Community
I think the question of land access may end up being the central political issue of the coming century. In both the rich world and the poor world, we’ve systematically deprived people of easy access to land. We have driven up the price of land in the rich world by encouraging sprawl, and thus forced out agrarian populations that previous fed cities. We have pushed people into cities in the name of globalization and industrialization, and claimed their land for speculation.
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Urgent action required of you
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
Organizing and Community Building Notes - October 27, 2009
Started by Shannon Brescher Shea Nov 1.
Transition meeting - October 20, 2009
Started by Shannon Brescher Shea Nov 1.
Green Festival Participation 1 Reply
Started by Shannon Brescher Shea. Last reply by Rev Marjani Dele Oct 24.
Organizing and Community Building Notes - September 22, 2009
Started by Shannon Brescher Shea Oct 19.
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DC Permibus Tour
The mobile permaculture demonstration (Permibus tour) is a 10-20 minute permaculture primer during which we walk folks through our bus systems; that includes bio-fuels, solar power, greywater, humanure composting, hydroponic garden, permaculture curtains, and composting (including chickens and worms). As we walk folks through the tour of the bus, sharing the… Continue
Posted by Ecolocitizen on November 3, 2009 at 1:39pm
The Dead Garden
Garden of neglect
My
Garden of regret
Divert eyes
Window’s view
Dull stringy
Weedy things
Hardly watered
Barely chatted
No tender care
Fertilizer _bits of air
Father would cry
So should I
For all that grew_
Cucumber and dew
My
Garden of spring
Became summer’s fall
Promises winter’s pall
Skip holidays
No cuddle days
Just jars of thought
Veggies brought
Come spring
Plan anew
Strive to survive
Rhetoric of jive
ay
10/22/09
Posted by Ayende Youmans on October 22, 2009 at 10:17pm
Public Gardens
was just on NPR discussing his book
'Public Gardens'
the basic tenet is as stated _ but these gardens would be open and accessible to the public in general and not fenced in.
see link
http://www.islandpress.com/bookstore/details.php?prod_id=1915#
Posted by Ayende Youmans on October 21, 2009 at 12:25pm
Help spread the word about the openings in the Maitri House intentional community:Green, Intentional, Family-Inclusive Cooperative House in Takoma Park, MD
About us: We are 4 families and 5 single people, with 6 children, 2 dogs, and 1 cat among us. We constantly strive to devote attention and caring to our relationships with one another and live our lives as a form of social change. Many of us are also activists in the larger world.
Move in time: Nov 1.
Motivation: We believe t… Continue
Posted by Tarek Maassarani on October 19, 2009 at 7:58am
ECAC's and Ecolocity's Sylvia Robinson featured in WashPost
Pleasant Plains resident Sylvia Robinson fulfilled a dream of creating a thriving community center. (By Ann Cameron Siegal For The Washington Post)
In the 1700s, Pleasant Plains was the name of a large colonial estate stretching from present-day 16th Street NW to Howard University and owned by the Holmead family. Over time, chunks were parceled out, eventually becoming the neighborhoods of Mount Pl… Continue
Posted by Ecolocitizen on October 17, 2009 at 7:24pm
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Transition Handbook online
Download or read The Transition Handbook online.
Created by Ecolocitizen Aug 13, 2009 at 8:38pm. Last updated by Ecolocitizen Aug 14.
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.
Heathcote Permaculture course
POSTPONED - New date to be announced
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Created by Ecolocitizen Jun 5, 2009 at 4:24pm. Last updated by Ecolocitizen Jul 14.
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.
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.
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.
Street Tree Planting
UFA [Urban Forestry Admin
… ContinueCreated by Ecolocitizen Jun 2, 2009 at 2:37pm. Last updated by Ecolocitizen Jun 2.
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.
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.
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.
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