[HCCN] Fwd: Transition Training announcement

[Larry Dansinger]

Especially for those interested in the Transition Town movement.  
Please pass along to others in your group or area.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Claire Gelinas <singearth at ymail.com>
> Date: April 3, 2011 1:36:26 PM EDT
> Subject: Transition Training announcement

> Can you pass this on to as many people as possible, and ask them to  
> pass it on to others?
>
> Training for Transition
>
> is coming to Norway, Maine.
>
> JOIN US!  April 30 – May 1, First Universalist Church, Norway, Maine
>
>
> This training is provided by Transition U.S. trainers & hosted by  
> Transition Oxford Hills.  We've got sliding scale registration,  
> local community housing, and we are SO EXCITED to be doing this!
>
> The two day workshop will introduce and practice skills from the  
> successful “Transition Town” model of local response to global  
> challenges. Learn how to start a transition group in your  
> community; how to build awareness of peak oil and climate change;  
> and how to engage people from all walks of life in neighborhood or  
> community projects.
>
> This is a very full two days of learning. From the practical  
> (organizing Open Space sessions and planning awareness activities)  
> to the theoretical (principles of resilience and theories of  
> change), you will leave the session better equipped to offer  
> leadership in the place you call home.
>
> Who Should Attend:  The workshop is for anyone interested in  
> strengthening a community wide response to fossil fuel dependence,  
> climate change and a faltering economy. This includes the leaders  
> of formal transition initiatives, and people who are just starting  
> to think about these issues.  The Transition philosophy is to begin  
> where you are as a community, encourage a positive vision for the  
> future, build on your assets and resources, and let it go where it  
> wants!
>
> The Transition Movement began in 2005 in Totnes, U.K. The movement  
> has spread very quickly around the globe.  Learn about the global  
> Transition Town movement at the Transition Network or visit  
> Transition US to find out what is happening in the United States.
>
>
> This is a great opportunity to get in-depth training to help out  
> your community, whether that is in Western Maine or elsewhere in  
> Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts. For more  
> information, read the attached registration form or contact  
> transitionoxfordhills at yahoo.com.
>
> "The energy climax [is] a spectacular but dangerous mountain peak  
> that we have succeeded in climbing ... The climb involved heroic  
> effort, great sacrifice, but also exhilaration and new views and  
> possibilities at every step.
>
> The descent will be more hazardous than the climb, and we may have  
> to camp on a series of plateaus to rest and sit out storms. Having  
> been on the mountain so long, we can barely remember the home in a  
> far-off valley that we fled as it was progressively destroyed by  
> forces we did not understand. But we know that each step brings us  
> closer to a sheltered valley where we can make a new home."  -  
> David Holmgren (2002) Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond  
> Sustainability
>
>

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