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William Wilson
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Sustainable Chattanooga
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The Transition movement started as a response to the twin threats of global climate change and peak oil. The age of cheap energy is coming to an end. Managing this change is an unprecedented challenge on a global scale.
Transition Towns provide...
great idea, very easy to follow steps too. We built our own as well using barrels from a brewery distributor.
I built some for under $50 each and posted a how-to article about it. Click here.
We promote sustainable gardening, landscaping, construction and lifestyles. We are most active on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/lanaland?ref=profile#/lanaland?ref=profile), but also have a MySpace group.
Financial Permaculture 2009 at Hohenwald
September 22, 2009 to September 26, 2009
For more information, visit FinancialPermaculture.com.
Click here to register.
We are excited to announce the second annual Financial Permaculture Summit happening in Hohenwald, Tennessee from September 22-26, 2009. Following the ground breaking ...
Training for Transition with William Aal at Wabi Intentional Community of Ohio
October 3, 2009 to October 4, 2009
Transition Town Training: There will be a two day training on the principles of building resilient communities based on the work of Rob Hopkins in the Transitional Handbook at The Wabi community (Healing Heart Herbals) in Meigs County on Oct. 3rd ...
Is this still going on? I'll be moving to Knoxville June 20th and would love to sit down with some folks. It will be a little while before my schedule calms down, and a while before I can drive to Chattanooga, but I am eager to meet with some folk...
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 1:14pm on June 4, 2009,
tracie hellwinckel said…
- Hi William,
Chad and I focus our attention at the Knoxville Permaculture Guild (also on ning). Hope you can get involved.
- At 6:56am on June 1, 2009,
Chad Hellwinckel said…
- Hi William, Hope to see you at Knoxville Permaculture Guild events when you move here!
- At 5:52pm on May 30, 2009,
David said…
- great to have you here
Profile Information
- How are you currently involved in the Transition movement?
- Not currently involved but I am interested in getting involved in Knoxville.
- In what ways do you identify with the Transition movement? Why are you interested?
- I have always been interested in the environment, collapse, and survival. The transition movement seems to be a rational, practical combination of these.
I am very interested in all aspects of sustainability - local business and alternative economics, voluntary simplicity, and environmental sustainability. Although I tend to be an enviro first, I think that all these aspects are interlinking.
- How can you help the growth/acceptance/vitality of the Transition movement?
- I have been a lover of nature and self sufficiency since childhood. In my adult years I have volunteered with many environmental and political organizations. I played a major role in two local political campaigns for the Green Party of Knoxville and did Get Out the Vote work for ACORN in the 2004 presidential election.
I have also always been interested in small business and entrepreneurship, and I believe that a diversity of local businesses is important to the long term health of any community. I currently work for a small business, but I will be looking for work once I move to Knoxville.
Some of my nature writing has been published - two articles in Back Home magazine, which is dedicated to self sufficiency and sustainability, and several in the Hellbender Press, East Tennessee's Environmental Journal. I am working on more!
- Your Personal Website (if you have one)
- http://makotokan.org
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Talk to Me!
This is an open invitation to talk to me about the transition movement. The best communication is conversation! I want to meet and talk face to face or online. I'm on skype and several other platforms, so just let me know what works for you!
I Have Questions!
I'd love to have a conversation with someone about this, either through Skype, phone, or in person, but I can put some of the questions down here.
1. What kinds of things are going on in Tennessee? Is the Transition movement primarily working on practical skills? Are there any legislative efforts going on? What about other kinds of advocacy or promotion? Is anyone interested in an organized transition group? What would people like to see happen but don't have the time to do?
2. What kind of resources are out there? Is there funding out there for this sort of thing?
This is an open invitation to talk to me about the transition movement. The best communication is conversation! I want to meet and talk face to face or online. I'm on skype and several other platforms, so just let me know what works for you!
I Have Questions!
I'd love to have a conversation with someone about this, either through Skype, phone, or in person, but I can put some of the questions down here.
1. What kinds of things are going on in Tennessee? Is the Transition movement primarily working on practical skills? Are there any legislative efforts going on? What about other kinds of advocacy or promotion? Is anyone interested in an organized transition group? What would people like to see happen but don't have the time to do?
2. What kind of resources are out there? Is there funding out there for this sort of thing?
William Wilson's Blog
Why I Believe in Transition
The Transition movement started as a response to the twin threats of global climate change and peak oil. The age of cheap energy is coming to an end. Managing this change is an unprecedented challenge on a global scale.
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How to Build Rainbarrels
I built some for under $50 each and posted a how-to article about it. Click here.
Posted on July 13, 2009 at 8:07am — 1 Comment
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