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Expressions of interest

Submitted by Natalie on 27 September 2012 - 10:41am | updated 08 Oct 2012 | Blog entry

Hi all,

this is a deliberately very loose post - I want to see what happens.

The short version:

I'm looking for expressions of interest to participate in / co-lead any of the following ventures:

1, Establishment of a national Transition office / coordinator / leadership team

2. Securing funding for the above

3. Offering transition based advisory services to Councils, Businesses, Community groups, Individuals » Read more

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The Heart of Human Evolution… Where We’ve Come From & Where We‘re Going!

Submitted by kimgyr on 8 April 2012 - 1:31pm | Blog entry

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Will New Zealand be the first developed country to evolve a steady-state economy?

Submitted by AndrewTTK on 14 January 2012 - 8:51pm | Blog entry

Absolutely great article about the possibilities for New Zealand.

http://fleeingvesuvius.org/2012/01/11/will-new-zealand-be-the-first-developed-country-to-evolve-a-steady-state-economy/

As long as we can get the New Zealand politicians to read and understand these concepts.

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"Resilience by Design" 11th Australasian Permaculture Convergence

Submitted by Ecoshow on 14 December 2011 - 6:20pm | Story

Hope you are all well as we head into the last month of the year.

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Psychology for a Better World

Submitted by nikiharre on 10 November 2011 - 3:18pm | Local news

I have just released a book Psychology for a Better World: Strategies to Inspire Sustainability. It includes lots of refererences to my experiences with Transition Pt Chevalier.

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Dick Smith, Sustainability and Steady-State Economics.

Submitted by Kevthefarmer on 5 June 2011 - 7:31pm | updated 05 Jun 2011 | Blog entry

Much time and energy is expended by those concerned with transition initiatives iinto ways of addressing resource depletion. The most obvious one is actually moving to a way of living that we call "sustainable", which we usually define as using resources no faster than they can be replaced by natural ecosystems. That much abused word has spawned a hundred oxymorons courtesy of the sophistry of PR drones in every industry and field of commerce. » Read more

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Transition Engineering

Submitted by Susan Krumdieck on 18 May 2011 - 4:48am | Blog entry

IET Prestige Lecture 2010 Podcast:

http://podcasts.otago.ac.nz/nzc4sc/files/2010/05/Susan-Krumdieck-enginee... » Read more

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Zeitgeist Moving Forward World Premiere

Submitted by Azza on 3 January 2011 - 8:04pm | Blog entry

Official Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYLLFpNn4lM&feature=related

The third in a series of movies, Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, by director Peter Joseph, is a feature length documentary work which will present a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society. » Read more

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