http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/ Transition in Los Angeles Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:39:32 GMT legacyauthor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/348 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/348 Make 2010 your year to grow local food! There are several sites where you can meet Transition-oriented folks at gardening reskilling classes in the area: * In Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:36:18 GMT Edgar Saenz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/347 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/347 I'll go next. Hello . * Who are you - My name is Edgar Saenz. I was born in Texas where my family has lived since the 19th Century. I'm 47 - married - a Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:09:00 GMT legacyauthor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/346 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/346 With the new year, let's try a round of introductions on this TLA discussion loop: * Who are you, * Where is your home neighborhood, * What area of Transition Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:42:51 GMT legacyauthor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/345 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/345 The Transition Los Angeles City Hub webpage http://transitionlacityhub.blogspot.com/ and City Hub calendar http://transitionla.org/calendar.htm have loads of Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:26:47 GMT legacyauthor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/344 You probably thought scrapbooking was about the PAST. Not this time! Come join us as we create stories and imaginary newspaper articles from 2040, when Los Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:13:36 GMT Eric W. Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/343 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/343 this comes from one of my favorite news via email services called "speaking truth to power" run by Carolyn Baker. GOVERNMENT TO WARN, BRITAIN MUST PRODUCE MORE Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:39:15 GMT BruceW http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/342 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/342 A nice video piece on transition in a big city (London): http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/01/urban-communities-peak-oil.php Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:26:40 GMT helena waters http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/341 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/341 I love it! I can relate to all of it and I'm about to send it to my grand-daughter (and two daughters!) I will make sure we put the link on our Green Yoga Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:25:28 GMT Steve http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/340 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/340 ________________________________ A couple of things we did this year to reduce waste during the holidays. 1) Buy less stuff. We already have more stuff than Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:39:45 GMT J.P. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/339 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/339 My husband pointed this out to me. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/01/grandparents-experts-on-g_n_401018. html It's a cute photo essay, makes all the Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:03:52 GMT Don Dwiggins http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/338 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/338 I recently came across this article by Margaret Wheatley, and thought it might have some useful connections to the Transition movement: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:28:23 GMT Lillian Laskin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/337 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/337 Hi Eric, I hope all is well with you and that you are enjoying the holidays. The last time I heard from you, you said you really liked it up there. Is that Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:00:29 GMT Eric W. Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/336 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/336 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24250.htm [excerpt] /When it comes to guaranteeing stability and promoting democracy, the United States' record Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:41:27 GMT Eric W. Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/335 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/335 http://guymcpherson.com/2009/12/terminating-the-industrial-economy-a-ten-step-plan/ this is a great blog by a professor at UofAZ. this includes list of 10 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:50:31 GMT J.P. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/334 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TTLA/message/334 Hopkins has a very interesting post on his blog today about Copenhagen in which he posits: "How would it be if we all took a very different tack, if the