Sentences with phrase «of transition town»

As a pilot, this first taster of Growing Communities focuses on members of Transition Town Lewes in England — the same folks who brought us this rather catchy video and rap about our dependence on oil — and discusses everything from individuals keeping chickens in old playhouses in their backyards, through urban beekeepers in their local graveyard, to a collective artists studio that has transformed the land around it into a community garden.

The TAZ quotes psychologist Gerd Weßling of the Transition Town Bielefeld:

Installing solar panels as part of Transition Town Media's Solarize Greater Media initiative.

Hosted by Sarah McAdam, Transition Network and Hilary Jennings, co-founder of Transition Town Tooting.

Passionate about re-establishing our connection with the Earth, she supports the work of the Transition Town network in her hometown of Bedford, England.

That's how the concept of Transition Towns was born.

The majority of Transition Towns, in fact, have expanded or repurposed green space for local food production.

Peak Oil Educators Embark on World Tour On Tuesday I wrote about an article in the Times newspaper documenting the incredible spread of the Transition Towns movement, and anyone who has been

True, the talk of the end of industrial culture may not play well with those who see a darker side of Transition Towns, but it seems hard to argue against the fact that our current reliance on fossil fuels to feed and clothe ourselves leaves us incredibly vulnerable to future price shocks and disruption of supply.

Doing one of my regular check ins on Transition Culture, the blog of Transition Towns founder Rob Hopkins, I find that the NYT just ran a 5000 word article profiling the Transition Towns movement, and getting to meet the folks behind Transition Town Sandpoint, Idaho.

We've already covered the launch of the Transition Handbook last week, celebrating this significant next step in the story of Transition Towns — the community based response to peak oil and climate change that is sweeping the UK and beyond.

Doing one of my regular check ins on Transition Culture, the blog of Transition Towns founder Rob Hopkins, I find that the NYT just ran a 5000 word article

As witnessed by Rob Hopkins» response to Alex Steffens» critique of Transition Towns, this is a movement that is intent on building bridges and making friends.

It's been a little while since we've heard from Rob Hopkins of the Transition Towns movement, so we checked in on his Transition Culture blog to see what has been going on.

The Dark Side of Transition Towns: Worldchanging Slams Transition Movement The Massive Impact of Just One Community Transition Group

The viral spread of the Transition Towns movement has been an encouraging sign that communities are ready to tackle their fossil fuel dependence head on.

This latest is no exception, as Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Towns Movement, explores peak oil, the end of the oil age, and how resilience differs from sustainability.

Transition Towns Movement Explained Yes, I'll admit it - I'm a huge fan of the Transition Towns Movement.

The talk of impending peak oil and climate change might give fodder to those who talk about the dark side of transition towns, but the ultimate message is one of hope — namely that it's time to roll up your sleeves and get engaged with the challenges we face.

Powerdown Show Offers Fun Perspectives on Coming Challenges I am eternally grateful to Rob Hopkins of the Transition Towns movement.

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Such organizations as Friends of the Earth, The Permaculture Association, The Centre for Alternative Technology, The Soil Association, Garden Organic (previously the Henry Doubleday Research Association - HDRA), the many Wildlife Trusts and Conservation bodies and the recent Transition Towns Network try to address these issues.

In the event Old Town School goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users» personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred.

Gillen referred questions about Corbett's role to her transition executive director Brian Muellers, who said in an email: «The bipartisan transition team consisted of over thirty volunteer members with diverse political, economic and community based expertise in the Town of Hempstead and was in no way involved in what has become just the latest, sad chapter in the Town of Oyster Bay.

A small but important component of East Hampton Town's transition to renewable energy will be detailed at Town Hall during a meeting of the town board's energy sustainability advisory committee on Monday at 5 Town's transition to renewable energy will be detailed at Town Hall during a meeting of the town board's energy sustainability advisory committee on Monday at 5 Town Hall during a meeting of the town board's energy sustainability advisory committee on Monday at 5 town board's energy sustainability advisory committee on Monday at 5 p.m.

The Tompkins County Clerks Office has been awarded a $ 150 thousand dollar grant to help small towns and villages to transition to digital storage of important records.

I have been living and working in India for the past 43 years and have witnessed a transition in cities (even villages and small towns) toward more air pollution and also big dietary changes from whole grains and healthy unrefined oils to white flour, polished rice, excessive sugar and unlimited availability of milk (white revolution).

With everyone's schedules jam - packed and getting increasingly more hectic as the holidays approach, it makes sense to have a couple of go - to pieces that can easily transition from work meetings to a movie date, or from shopping to a night out on the town.

The dark palette features an array of lush plums and rich chocolates, perfect for a daring day at work that transition to drinks on the town.

It's the perfect transition top from the office with a pair of dressy culottes, to a leather skirt in the evening for a night out on the town.

These dresses perfectly transition from the wedding day to a night on the town, and easily bring to mind the style and flair of the Big Apple.

Can't wait for the next time he goes out of town and I get to the story's end to find out that my sister is a lesbian or my brother has transitioned to an Albanian vegetarian.

He fills the gloomy town with colorfully abstract peasants and hard - bitten villagers, films the Talbot Manor like a haunted house, pumps fog through every nighttime scene, silhouettes his figures in the night with carefully calibrated backlights and sweeps through every transition with striking images that look more like TV commercials than portents of horror.

The premise on its own sounds intriguing: a woman joins some men for antics in town but things get out of hand when they transition from a party to a robbery.

After making a surprisingly chilling force of evil in Billy Bob Thornton's Sling Blade, Yoakam, who also co-wrote, makes a disastrous transition to lead status as Val Casey, the marshal of a small western town in the early 1900s.

Apart from a strong supporting role as an FBI agent in Ben Affleck's excellent The Town, Jon Hamm hasn't made the expected transition from the TV success of Mad Men to real film stardom.

As an employee of Career Transition Counseling, Ryan makes his living flying from town to town firing people so that their bosses don't have to.

We find that moving to a middle school causes a substantial drop in student test scores (relative to that of students who remain in K — 8 schools) the first year in which the transition takes place, not just in New York City but also in the big cities, suburbs, and small - town and rural areas of Florida.

Crossovers have become a natural transition from the truck based SUVs of the last 20 years, because most drivers finally realized that driving around town in an expensive vehicle built off a truck platform wasn't as much fun as it looked.

2003 marked a period of transition of the Lincoln model line, as both the Town Car and LS underwent mid-cycle updates (with the Town Car receiving a full chassis redesign), with Lincoln introducing the second generation of the Navigator.

The 5.6 - liter V8 provides sufficient muscle to cope with in - town traffic or freeway overtaking and, while the QX56's tall profile and curb weight of nearly three tons can elicit considerable body roll during really brisk cornering or transition maneuvers (as would be reasonably expected of such a vehicle during such driving), its standard and driver - selectable Vehicle Dynamics Control (VDC) package provides reassurance, particularly during slippery conditions.

: — RRB - Seaside town, flawed but loyal girlfriends, major life transitions, family struggles, a bit of mermaid lore, inspiration from The Little Mermaid (both Disney's adaptation and the original Hans Christian Andersen tale), and of course — falling in love!

In the years since, she has successfully transitioned to writing fiction — Susan is now the author of the Alpine Grove Romantic Comedies series that features residents of the small town of Alpine Grove and their various quirky dogs and cats.

Cranford presents a sensitive and moving portrait of a Victorian town, captured at a crucial moment of transition in English society.

Actress Andie MacDowell, whose first hit was Steven Soderbergh's Sex, Lies and Videotape, transitions to the heartwarming, as Judge Olivia Lockhart in the upcoming Hallmark series, Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove, based on the series of best sellers set in a small town in Washington state.

Part of transitioning to a new town means getting used to the local traffic patterns on your drive to and from work.

Tom's strategy, which he would recommend to all investors, but especially to those that are just starting out, is that every time you perform a fix - and - flip, take the $ 20,000 to $ 30,000 profit and go out to the fringe areas of the town that you live in (where it starts to transition from suburban to rural).

Seamless transitions in and out buildings would be something We'd like to see, as ridding of the short loading times between transitions would add to the feel of the town constantly being alive.

Castle of Heart provides bright fields, foggy mountains, and massive castles and towns as the backdrops to each level and the game transitions well between docked and handheld mode, providing crisp visuals that easily convey what you're supposed to focus on.

2017 saw the final step of the transition into full publisher mode... Victor Vran Overkill Edition, The Town of Light, Surf World Series, Max: The Curse of Brotherhood, Vostoc Inc., and Tiny Troopers Joint Ops XL... direct retail distribution, an online shop, collector's editions, Nintendo Switch... every territory available, every format possible, every medium allowed!

While those aspects have been common in all Bethesda games, Fallout 4 introduces a lot of new features: Seamless transition between in and outdoors, massive customization options (you can even build your own town), etc... and still saw a nice graphical improvement!