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Robert J. Dean and James Hargreaves are now friends
yesterday
Rosemary R. Miranda and Carol J. Brown joined Transition Texas
yesterday
yesterday
A discussion started by James Hargreaves was featured
As emailed to our members recently: Welcome everyone! Our last meeting was a great success, with more people bringing their energy and ideas to the project. Thank you to all those who came last week! Hopefully, with enough hard work and determinatio…
yesterday
As emailed to our members recently: Welcome everyone! Our last meeting was a great success, with more people bringing their energy and ideas to the project. Thank you to all those who came last week! Hopefully, with enough hard work and determinatio…
yesterday
Carol J. Brown added a group
on Monday
on Monday
Mark Juedeman added an event
February 9, 2010 from 6:30pm to 9pm
Planning committee meeting for the Local Business Conference on May 1. This committee is a subset of the Local Economy Action (Work) Group, other Local Economy Action Group members are welcome to attend, but please RSVP here if you intend to join u…
on Sunday
on Saturday
on Saturday
3 members updated their profile photos
on Saturday
James Hargreaves Working to make a Community Garden in New Braunfels a reality!
on Saturday
Discussion related to French Intensive beds, AKA Square foot gardening or large raised beds
on Saturday
Cyndy & David Owens and Mary Rini joined Transition Texas
on Saturday
Working together to establish Sustainable, Organic, Community-Centered Gardens that will feed, teach, inspire, and lead our community to act towards building resilience in our city, our neighborhood, and in our homes.
on Saturday
Marci Gaston updated their profile
on Saturday
Mary Rini updated their profile
on Saturday
Adam Grumbles updated their profile
on Saturday
David Reed updated an event
October 1, 2010 at 8am to October 10, 2010 at 7pm
Hey guys David here once again from New Jura Natural building, we are announcing our 10 day owner builder workshop at our community in Hempstead, Texas. We will be working on a hybrid cob/earthship, this will be utilizing both building techniques i…
on Friday
Tracy, I was just thinking last night about getting everyone together for a trip to Sunshine community gardens myself! Sadly, I will not be able to go tomorrow, but don't let that stop you from taking a group there, or seeing it for yourself! Perhap…
on Friday

Blog Posts

Barbara Wilkins

Speech Writing: How To Write A Good One?

Speech writing is in lots of ways similar writing a paper, apart from that there is no penalty for spelling and punctuation mistakes. You should not try to write words in your speech that you are not relaxed pronouncing or don't know the meaning of because it can lead to a less fluently delivered speech.

To be able to write a high-quality speech is a lot like making a good cake. Having the right elements is key for it's success. Every… Continue

Posted by Barbara Wilkins on January 14, 2010 at 12:57am

Dean

Citrus seedlings growing

After sprouting in a damp paper towel, I now have 20 seedlings growing in paper cups. A little mold showed up around the paper towel fragments that were attached to some of the seeds, so I removed as much paper towel as possible and backed off on the watering. There is less mold now, but I'm keeping an eye out. Here's a pic of 10 of the cups enjoying a sunny day on the window sill. The labeling "S#B#.#" stands for: S=source tree, B=batch, .#= individual. You can see S1B3.2 is chlorophyl deficien… Continue

Posted by Dean on December 20, 2009 at 3:35pm

Amanda

Offshore Wind Power Could Meet United States’ Electricity Demand from Mother Earth News

Offshore Wind Power Could Meet United States’ Electricity Demand
With 28 states in the continental U.S. bordering bodies of water, developing offshore wind resources is a promising option in clean energy.

April 8, 2009 From EERE Network News
Image GalleryAn offshore wind turbine in the Thames estuary off the east coast of England. Tapping offshore wind energy in shallow waters along U.S. coasts could generate 263.8 gigawatts of wind power, a new report says.


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Posted by Amanda on December 17, 2009 at 8:46am

Dean

Seriously local

My home owners association just set up a forums section on the website. It's brand new and not used heavily yet (8 posts so far). But I recently posted about getting in touch with fellow kitchen/fruit/vegetable/herb gardeners and got my first reply. This person is planning a small veggie garden for the spring (same as me!) and lives only a few hundred feet away. So, while Transition Houston is a good resource, my HOA is even more local.

Posted by Dean on December 2, 2009 at 8:52am — 1 Comment

Dean

Citrus seedlings transfered

Several tangerine and tangelo seeds have sprouted using the paper towel method. After an expert Houston gardener recommended I start seeds in soil, I looked up this article which explains how to do just that. I am transferring my sprouted seeds from damp paper towel to soil, but the information still pertains. I used a grocery store strawberry container (clear plastic with big drainage holes) and added… Continue

Posted by Dean on November 26, 2009 at 1:14pm — 1 Comment

 

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.

Members

  • Michael Tobis
  • Robert J. Dean
  • Larry Boyd Reynolds
  • Rosemary R. Miranda
  • Adam Grumbles
  • Carol J. Brown
  • Trevor
  • Mark Juedeman
  • David Reed
  • Cyndy & David Owens
  • James Hargreaves
  • Shawn
  • Marci Gaston
  • Mary Rini
  • Rena Manning
  • Tracy Celio
  • Amber Grumbles
  • Stephanie Jackson
  • Rhea Van Delist
  • Alfred Stremmel
  • Merriwether
  • Jess T.
  • Barbara Brown
  • Tressie Russell
  • John Martin
  • Leah Renold
  • Mona Metzger

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!

Forum

Tommy Tolson

Growth Isn't Possible

Started by Tommy Tolson in Inbox Jan 29.

Tommy Tolson

Call for more urgency (long post)

Started by Tommy Tolson in Inbox Jan 28.

Tommy Tolson

Transition Towns article in "Yes! Magazine" 2 Replies

Started by Tommy Tolson in Inbox. Last reply by Tommy Tolson Jan 22.

Tommy Tolson

T4T in Austin March 26-28, 2010

Started by Tommy Tolson in Inbox Jan 21.

Tommy Tolson

Biosphere Consciousness

Started by Tommy Tolson in Inbox Jan 12.

Tommy Tolson

Transition Report from Copenhagen

Started by Tommy Tolson in Inbox Dec. 17, 2009.

Tommy Tolson

Climate Change Science Update

Started by Tommy Tolson in Inbox Dec. 4, 2009.

BevWest

Solar Investments 3 Replies

Started by BevWest in Energy. Last reply by Tomi Phillips Nov. 29, 2009.

Barbara Brown

Virtuous Bankers? Really!?! 1 Reply

Started by Barbara Brown in Publications/Media. Last reply by CactusClef Nov. 13, 2009.

CactusClef

The End of Money and the Future of Civilization

Started by CactusClef in Economy Oct. 15, 2009.

CactusClef

Slow Money

Started by CactusClef in Economy Oct. 6, 2009.

Mark Juedeman

Training for Transition Class in Houston November 2009 2 Replies

Started by Mark Juedeman in Conferences. Last reply by Mark Juedeman Sep. 20, 2009.

Charlie L

Resilience Takes Form -- A Handbook for Transition 1 Reply

Started by Charlie L in Inbox. Last reply by Mark Juedeman Sep. 18, 2009.

CactusClef

Failure to Yield

Started by CactusClef in Inbox Sep. 14, 2009.

CactusClef

Slow Investing

Started by CactusClef in Inbox Sep. 14, 2009.

CactusClef

Fox in the henhouse

Started by CactusClef in Inbox Sep. 9, 2009.

CactusClef

Peak Water

Started by CactusClef in Economy Aug. 28, 2009.

Tommy Tolson

Training for Transition (T4T) in Austin, early 2010 5 Replies

Started by Tommy Tolson in Inbox. Last reply by Tommy Tolson Aug. 17, 2009.

Tommy Tolson

Can Transition Prevent Civilizational Collapse?

Started by Tommy Tolson in Inbox Aug. 13, 2009.

CactusClef

Chickens won't even eat it

Started by CactusClef in Food Aug. 11, 2009.

 
 

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