Sentences with phrase «transition town media»
Since then, Myles and her fellow Transition Town Media members have helped to make it one of the most robust and successful Transition Initiatives in the United States.
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It is through celebrating this diversity that Transition Town Media has developed such wide - ranging projects.
Julie DiRemigio says that the FreeStore drew her to Transition Town Media even before she knew what a Transition Town was.
Many of the more prominent buildings in their downtown area had already been outfitted with solar panels when Transition Town Media began.
When Aleisa Myles attended a talk on permaculture in 2010, hosted by Transition Town Media, she immediately knew that she had found an initiative she could get behind.
Installing solar panels as part of Transition Town Media's Solarize Greater Media initiative.
One of the keys to Transition Town Media's success lies in listening to the community they serve and to those who step forward, inspired to get involved.
«There was, and has been, throughout Transition Town Media's many events and projects, a sense of possibility and aliveness in people taking bold ideas and putting them into action right in our town for the benefit of all,» explains Myles.
However, to build a truly community - wide movement, Transition Town Media also needed to reach out beyond policy - makers to engage other individuals and institutions.
While she was mostly interested in keeping things out of their local landfill, DiRemigio says that the FreeStore, which is located in the annex of a local Methodist church, has also made Transition Town Media much more widely known throughout their local community.
Yet even with such a large community of dedicated volunteers, in the FreeStore and other Transition Town Media initiatives, some challenges have inevitably arisen.
Not exact matches
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Nevertheless, the group has become a highly - respected institution in the community, with some people moving to Media mainly because it is a Transition Town.
«Serendipitously,» Steuber recalls, «the local environmental group I had joined a few years back had formed a book group to read The Transition Handbook and decided they wanted to start a Transition Town in Media.»
What with national newspapers talking about survivalism and community resillience, and radio soaps joining the Transition Towns initiative, it really seems like the mainstream media in the UK are
What with national newspapers talking about survivalism and community resillience, and radio soaps joining the Transition Towns initiative, it really seems like the mainstream media in the UK are embracing the idea that peak oil, fossil fuels and climate change are very real, and very immediate, threats to our way of life.