Transition Texas

Groups

Transition Houston

50 members
Intentional Community

5 members

Transition Denton

2 members
Transition San Marcos

7 members

Transition Wimberley

7 members
Transition Dallas

3 members

Transition Houston: L...

19 members
Transition Houston: To...

7 members

Houston Permaculture

19 members
Sustainable Water

13 members

Local Economy

14 members
Transition Austin

77 members

Design~Build~Live

20 members
Ecovillage Discussions

14 members

Transition Austin Stee...

17 members
Transition Town South ...

12 members

Food

14 members
Austin Permaculture

24 members

Seed Saving

9 members
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Latest Activity

Barbara Brown commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

Small Sea Change, Big Infrastructure Impacts workshop 11/13 at ExxonMobil Exploration This free workshop will explore improved management of Gulf of Mexico regional infrastructure through better understanding of coastal hazards. The Gulf of Mexic...

3 hours ago

Shawn commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

I'll watch for it. I went to Huntsville today to tour Dan Phillips houses. Pat was there also. Good turnout. Great looking little hand made houses from recycled/ repurposed materials. www.phoenixcommotion.com.

7 hours ago

Tracy Barnett commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

Great little spot on Channel 39's Going Green With Yolanda Green on the Community Green Fest - Shawn, you got a little cameo appearance! (I didn't see Mark, but maybe I missed that part....) Airs again tomorrow 10a on CW 39.

9 hours ago

Shawn commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

There is a great movie out about Michael Reynolds called "Garbage Warrier." I noticed in his YouTube piece on Mark's link that he is doing a house in Texas in an area he calls a Pocket of Freedom. He means no building codes. Although that is techn...

18 hours ago

Pat Baranski commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

Mark, this is great. I didn't know about this at all. I've passed it on to my off the grid buddies. They may want to go help build the Earthship.

yesterday

Mark Juedeman commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

I was noodling around and found this earthship under construction in East Texas--I'm probably the last to know!

yesterday

Tracy Barnett commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

Yes Barbara, great piece! I'm sorry if I stole your thunder.... I was just excited to see your blog and I thought you were just being modest :-) I will look forward to following your RSS feed.

yesterday

Mark Juedeman commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

Barbara, That is a great post about Transition and Transition Houston, you've really captured what it is about. Thanks also for the great shout-out about our training!

yesterday

Tracy Barnett commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

Update on the Crude viewing: A group of about 25 organized by Lisa Lin is meeting at the Angelika tonight to see this amazing movie about the battle to bring oil companies to justice for contaminating the Amazon. check out the trailer here: http:...

yesterday

Barbara Brown commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

Thanks Tracy and Mak for mentioning my new blog. I'd been waiting until I finished an articles on Transitions before mentioning the blog. It's finished. Check it out http://tinyurl.com/yc7j2te. If you don't want to wait until I post links here, yo...

yesterday

Barbara Brown added an event

Transition Houston Monthly Meeting at Urban Harvest

December 7, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm

Meetings are the first Monday evening of each month at Urban Harvest

yesterday

Les Squires left a comment for RavenStar Outdoor Education

yesterday

RavenStar Outdoor Education is now a member of Transition Texas

Welcome Them!

yesterday

Barbara Brown commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

No more middle class? http://xr.com/5t1k Jo Biden's panel on Middle Class Families Government doesn't do anytthing for the middle class - you're too rich for hand outs and too poor for trickle down.

on Friday

Barbara Brown commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

People in green buildings more productive http://greeneconomypost.com/green-buildings-productivit-5850.htm

on Friday

Dean commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

I'm not much of an extrovert. Here are 2 reasons I attribute to the "success": (1) is my neighborhood: Braeburn Valley which has a VERY high number of people who have lived here since the neighborhood was created in the early sixties. These people...

on Thursday

Mark Juedeman commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

Dean, One of the questions we've had from the beginning of our Transition initiative here in Houston was how to engage our neighbors and strengthen ties within our local communities. It looks like you have been very successful--do you have any po...

on Thursday

Mark Juedeman commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

Tracy, thanks so much for posting this information about Barbara's blog--I didn't know about it! So much talent in our Transition community!

on Thursday

Dean commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

I met two more of my neighbors this past weekend. The first stopped me while I was walking my 2yo son and invited us to pick tangerines from the tree in his front yard. We did, and they were great! Now I'm trying to start some seedlings using the ...

on Thursday

Tracy Barnett commented on Mark Juedeman's group 'Transition Houston'

Some of you may not be aware of our friend Barbara Brown's excellent blog on The Examiner. She did a nice piece on Andres Duany's recent talk that I personally appreciated since I missed the talk. Here it is: http://tinyurl.com/ygurecw

on Thursday

Events

Training for Transition (in Houston)!

November 21, 2009 at 8:30am to November 22, 2009 at 5:30pm – Sheldon Lake State Park and Environmental Education Center
Transition Houston Monthly Meeting

December 7, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm – Urban Harvest
State of the World Forum, 2020 Climate Leadership Campaign

February 28, 2010 at 6pm to March 3, 2010 at 7pm – Washington DC

Blog Posts

Raw milk

Hi! I am new so may not have the 'hang' of posting yet. I just wanted to share my understanding on the raw milk issue. My understanding is that in Texas people are allowed to buy raw milk as long as they go to the farm where it is 'produced'. The dairy need not be graded in that case. It has been a few years since I got that information. At the time I was thinking of getting my goat milk graded. It was way beyond my abilities to meet the regulations so I just make cheese, yoghurt and puddings fo… Continue

Posted by Meredith Lancaster on November 1, 2009 at 8:16pm

Cuba an example of energy decent

This BBC article shows how Cuba has handled having its oil supply cut off, including an increase in urban gardening.

Posted by Dean on August 30, 2009 at 9:48am — 1 Comment

OLD WAY OF ECO FRIENDLY ENHANCEMENT FOR ALL GROWING !!!

Greetings folks, after over a year of labor and expense I am now ready to proceed forward to the public our new product(actually old process) of a totally organic and non-toxic, safe for all soil enhancer-stimulator, FISH JUICE! Though the website is a rough draft I would appreciate all comments and any suggestions to make this worthy of sharing with all! After a year of planning and research we finally got to the point where I could have Amanda Sutters type out and get this together, along with… Continue

Posted by LiLHawk on July 11, 2009 at 12:41pm

Cine Las Americas (Environmental Films Showing)

Cine Las Americas is kicking of. Among the 100+ films they
have, there are four documentaries focusing on the environment

All but "Crude" are free. The producer for The Music Tree will be
present for the screening

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13 pueblos en defensa del agua, el aire y la tierra
In the future, wars will be fought over water, but in Mexico the war
has already begun. This documentary contemplates Mexico’s destiny,
telling the story of the struggle of its indigenous people to preserve
their natural resour… Continue

Posted by Rich Vázquez on April 24, 2009 at 10:19pm

Democracy Now on Climate Change!

* Member of UN Environment Panel Warns Greenhouse Emissions Rising at Alarming, Unexpected Rate * We speak to Chris Field, a leading member of the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, about his warning that the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is rising more rapidly than expected in recent years. Field says the current trajectory of climate change is now much worse than the IPCC had originally projected. On Wednesday, Field told a Senate panel droughts cause… Continue

Posted by Amanda on February 27, 2009 at 1:11pm

Who we are...

TRANSITION TEXAS is a networking site supporting the TRANSITION MOVEMENT. This site, and many like it, are being developed through grassroots participation, and is continually evolving. It is a spontaneously arising effort to synergistically connect transition workers with each other and to identify and nurture the development of useful and necessary local Transition Initiatives and practices.

The Transition Movement is a campaign that houses several other familiar slogans: Local Self Reliance, Appropriate Technology, Decentralization, Localization, Relocalization, Post Carbon, Post Petroleum, Beyond Oil.

This emerging Transition Culture will empower communities to squarely face the issues surrounding peak oil and climate change, and unleash the collective genius of their own citizens to find innovative solutions to these momentous challenges:

For all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain itself and thrive, how are we going to:

drastically reduce carbon emissions (in response to climate change);

significantly rebuild resilience (in response to peak oil);

and greatly strengthen our local economy (in response to economic instability)?

Transition Initiatives make no claim to have all the answers, but by building on the wisdom of the past and accessing the pool of ingenuity, skills and determination in our communities, the solutions can readily emerge. Now is the time for us to take stock and start re-creating our future in ways that are not based on cheap, plentiful and polluting oil but on localized food, sustainable energy sources, resilient local economies and an enlivened sense of community well-being.

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Things You Can Do Right Away

Contact any Member above by clicking on a photo. Every photo is one-click access to any person you want to contact anywhere in our community. Welcome them, particularly if you were the person who invited them.
HopeDance Film Library -- more than 500 films that deal with sustainability, spirituality, social justice, peak oil, drama, farming, gardening, permaculture collected over 7 years
Visit Miltonics Video Collection -- 1200 item video library on every Transition subject. Thanks to Milton Dixon. If you don't see your favorite here, tell Milton!
Invite others to join Transition Texas -- paste in emails one per line and a brief message why you would value their joining us.
Add Your Event -- Keep us informed about the face-to-face meetings
Start a Discussion -- Pick your topic. Invite others to join in.
Create a Blog for Your Cause -- Publish opinions, visions, analyses, wisdom.
Upload your best photo -- ask the guy with the camera if you need assistance photoshopping. We can crop, fix, enhance!
Review Your Profile Questions -- Your answers comprise your Transition Resume. Your keywords make you findable on this site and in Google in general.
Install skype from http://skype.com/download -- conference calls, workgroups and tutorials. A centerpiece in our community building. Add LSquiresSkype to your Contacts and he'll greet you at the door!