If you’re a regular reader, you know that I’ve been babbling on about the Transition initiative for several weeks now. I finally slogged through the last section of the book (which yes, does get a little slow) and tapped out my review. Then my computer exploded and ate it, so you all are stuck with…
Monthly Archives: February 2010
My Computer Died So I’m Posting About Bill Gates
This post was supposed to be a review of The Transition Handbook. This post was also supposed to be a giveaway. But then my computer exploded. (Yes, it was a PC. And it didn’t so much explode as whimper pitifully and fade to black.) Fortunately, I’m pretty good about backing up my computer on a…
Real Food Challenge Recap – Week 3
This week was definitely easier. Things that were totally new concepts are now becoming habits and I am starting to think about food differently. However, I found myself really craving fast food. I didn’t give in, but it was odd because I don’t normally find fast food terribly appealing. At one point I wandered into…
Transition: Relocalization
Last week I wrote a bit about resilience, what it means, and why people are talking about it so much these days. If you’re anything like me, you nodded, said “I get it, I get it…” and immediately moved on to the next obvious question: “What makes a community resilient?” According to the Transition approach,…
