All Blog Posts (15)

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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Added by William Wilson on August 16, 2009 at 7:14pm — No Comments

How to Build Rainbarrels

I built some for under $50 each and posted a how-to article about it. Click here. Continue

Added by William Wilson on July 13, 2009 at 8:07am — 1 Comment

Do the most good (a Sustainable Chattanooga series): Make your own household cleaners

Below are links to recipes, including general cleaners, window cleaners and degreasers. I have not compared all the recipes from these links. I got mine from various magazines and online sources, but would love hear any reviews and comparisons. I’m currently trying the recipes from the book, "Clean House, Clean Planet." Recipes for making your own cleaners: http://www.eartheasy.com/live_nontoxic_solutions. http://www.googobits.com/articles/707-make-your-own-non-toxic-house... Moms looking to… Continue

Added by Lana Sutton on July 6, 2009 at 12:45pm — No Comments

Latest Events for Legalizing Hens in Knoxville

Here is a link to Hopes for Hens Taking Flight in Knoxville. Continue

Added by tracie hellwinckel on April 21, 2009 at 6:31am — No Comments

CLASSIFIEDS needs your help

Does anyone here need ADMIN status to edit, add, design the new CLASSIFIEDS? I have done nothing but install the program. See the T CA and T MI sites for how it can be implemented. See how I did the Craigslist listing at Michigan site. That can be done here for someone interested in fleshing out a functioning regional inclusive economy. Continue

Added by Sandi Brockway on March 31, 2009 at 10:43pm — No Comments

Winter Doesn't Stop This Gardener

Friend, neighbor and author Terry Shaw wrote about us in his weekly News Sentinel article...Winter Doesn't Stop This Gardener Enjoy. Continue

Added by tracie hellwinckel on March 4, 2009 at 5:23am — No Comments

The Garden Stoop

You can read my many gardening articles and other ponderings at The Garden Stoop. Enjoy. Continue

Added by tracie hellwinckel on March 3, 2009 at 5:28am — 1 Comment

Help Stop Monsanto's Threats to Food Safety

Monsanto is trying to push through bills in Congress that threaten our organic food sources. Contact our leaders (using the link below), and let them know we believe in organic, sustainable, and highly diverse food sources. We are not interested in letting Monsanto sue small farmers out of existence, or using their influence to force farmers to use their genetically modified seeds and pesticides: http://www. votesmart. org/ Dear _____________________: I am deeply concerned about the direction… Continue

Added by Lana Sutton on February 20, 2009 at 4:19pm — No Comments

Action Alert, courtesy of Jeffrey Hunter of Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition

ACTION ALERT! Public Lands Omnibus Bill to Come Before House of Representatives Take Action! Public Lands Omnibus Bill to Come Before House of Representatives Your representative in Congress has an early opportunity to express their support for the environment by voting yes on the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act. This will designate over two million acres of wilderness in nine states, create a new 26 million acre National Landscape Conservation System, protect over a thousand miles of free-… Continue

Added by Lana Sutton on February 12, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Interesting Map Tool

The company showed an interest in customizing something for us. When adding your group or yourself, please note there is a scroll down choice for INDIVIDUAL, EVENT, and ORGANIZATION, use the later for groups or websites. There is another eco mapping nonprofit that also showed interest in customizing a map for us.

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Added by Sandi Brockway on February 7, 2009 at 3:02am — No Comments

Transition Towns movement: Premature Triumphalism?

Following is an article by John Michael Greer Premature Triumphalism In last week’s post, I mentioned in passing that a presentation at the 5th Annual Peak Oil and Community Solutions Conference at the beginning of the month had left me with hard questions about the Transition Town movement. A good fraction of the comments I received in response to that post centered on that one brief reference. This probably shouldn’t have surpri… Continue

Added by Sandi Brockway on December 22, 2008 at 3:43am — 2 Comments

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Sunday, December 21, 2008 A friend and I went to see The Day the Earth Stood Still last week and I found it a remarkable remake of a 1951 original film that never lost its relevancy. This one, being released the week after the 14th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change, is as timely as The China Syndrome.

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Added by Albert Bates on December 21, 2008 at 11:12pm — 2 Comments

Links for Research, Networking, and Coalition Building

I tried to make sure they were mostly TENNESSEE results. The Google CUSTOM SEARCH has been designed to help narrow your searches down to only progressive links related to our work, not perfect, but it will be a lot better than just using google. There are millions of groups out their doing transition work. The key will be to building stronger coalitions on regional levels, and many of those could be already networked nationally or internationally. If you do any work from this list, let ev… Continue

Added by Sandi Brockway on November 20, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

ADVERTISE WITH BADGES, BANNERS, & VIDEO

On the Main page you will see a small badge, GET MORE BADGES. You can create advertising banners and videos to place on your websites or in your emails, or give to friends. Continue

Added by Sandi Brockway on November 19, 2008 at 11:45pm — No Comments

ADD APPLICATIONS in MY PAGE: USEFUL TOOLS

SEARCH MAP, TEXT BOX and RSS might be 3 useful utility programs you can add to MY PAGE for your personal use. All the others seem useless. On my old site there is http://www.global-villages.info/RSS.html where you will find about 50 RSS to pick from. This was done about 3 years ago, so some are defunct, and some are about Katrina. The RSS personal feeder will mount five if these if you want to build a good news feed for yourselves. If you ha… Continue

Added by Sandi Brockway on November 19, 2008 at 11:26pm — No Comments