Transition Texas - For a resilient, desirable future

Transition Texas

For a resilient, desirable future

Networking the Transition movement in Texas

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Transition Houston

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Container Gardens

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Seed Saving

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Food

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Animal Husbandry

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Transition San Marcos

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Intentional Community

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Transition Austin

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Hansen's Solution

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INTRODUCTION TO RAINWATER HARVESTING

Rainwater harvesting and stormwater recycling are essentially similar processes,

but rainwater harvesting usually involves collecting water from cleaner surfaces,

such as roofs, while stormwater typically is ground level runoff. Both require

collecting, storing, and conserving rain specifically for later use.

Collecting and storing rainwater is not a new idea. While the origin of rainwater

catchment systems is not known precisely, historical evidence…

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Posted by Jack Holmgreen on August 8, 2011 at 1:24pm

Sierra Club Hosts Laura Spanjian

Reminder: Houston Sustainability Director, Laura Spanjian, will be speaking at the monthly Sierra Club meeting Thurs., 5/12 at 7pm at St. Stephen's Episcopal church hall. (see www.houston.sierraclub.org). Please come hear her updates; show our expectation for City leadership in environmental protection.

Posted by Mary Emily Schultz on May 11, 2011 at 9:58pm

Transition Big Bend

I am a biologist leaving academia in N Texas this fall to move to our home-base in south Big Bend area and living off-grid. If anyone here is in that area, I would be very interested in helping form a Transition group for people living in Big Bend area.

Feel free to contact me.

Posted by TexasShadow on April 23, 2011 at 10:19am — 2 Comments

FOOD FIGHT Vegan versus Vegetarian - A response to the article in my Inbox

There is a wide chasm between Vegan and Vegetarian. I know many Vegans who are either unhealthy or had to give it up for health reasons. I'm a Vegetarian (eggs and cheese) who has won tennis tournaments on my diet, competed in iron man events and gone the course just like my meat-atarian brothers and sisters. Soy comes under attack constantly from all quarters, especially Dr. Mercola. It seems everyone ignores my personal evidence that soy used to be a good source of healthy…

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Posted by Jon Scott Gentry on March 19, 2011 at 7:21pm

Permanent Culture

Life eluded reductionist science, flat refused to yield to reductionist analysis, the OS of pre-ecological science. Thus science leaves "life" undefined. I learned this in a Philosophy of Science class at the University of Houston/Downtown that grew so esoteric we finished the semester with a Biology professor, the teacher (a recent PhD still thrilled by the experience of learning), and me. Life inhabits a space…

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Posted by Tommy Tolson on March 15, 2011 at 5:18pm — 1 Comment

Reserves of world's biggest oil exporter have been overstated by nearly 40%

WikiLeaks: Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices

Posted by Jose Figueroa on February 9, 2011 at 5:59pm

Climate change: there is no plan B

I've attached a PDF of a "Guardian" article that intelligently tells the gist of what needs to happen at Durban and why.

Climate%20Change%3A%20there%20is%20no%20plan%20B.pdf

It directly points to the efficacy of the campaign I suggested in the post I sent everyone tonight.

President Obama is not inclined to forge a legally binding agreement at Durban.

If he decides to be so inclined, it can happen.

We have what's needed to implement the agreement.

Solid information article.

Smiles.

Tommy

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Mark Juedeman left a comment for Edward Wong

Edward, one other thing...the Permaculture Guild of Houston also has a FB page, and we'd welcome your joining us there too as it appears that you have a significant interest in permaculture!

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Mark Juedeman left a comment for Edward Wong

Hello Edward, glad to see you here on Transition Texas! As you live in the Houston region you may be interested in connecting with Transition Houston, the hub for Transition activity in this area. We are moving away from this ning…

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Hello Keith, and welcome to Transition Texas! You may be interested in connecting with Transition Houston, since you live in the Houston region. We don't post here as much as we used to, since we are moving to…

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Hey Megan! Welcome to Transition Texas! I see you live in the Houston region, so you may be interested in connecting with Transition Houston. Our activity level on ning has decreased as we are transitioning to posting more…

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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.

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!