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Kathy Jacobson
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Light Electric Vehicles
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Transition Cleveland
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The Broadwell Hill Learning Center and Resiliency Initiative
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Hi Christian. Constantine had a couple of early comments on page 1 of the discussion. He wondered why he should be concerned about midwifery as a small business owner. It is interesting to think about the many ways we will need to relearn working ...
Hi, I'm very late in coming to this discussion; am very glad to see the depth and breadth. I do not find the "Constantine" post that is so often referred to?
FWIW, delivered my three children, two with midwife beside me, one with her on the way. ...
Hi folks!
How's it going?
An HF rig rolled in here! I'm going to designate some time to get my feed wet with it and give it a go. It looks like there are some frequencies that I can use with just my technician license but I want to look into what ...
Hi Iver,
ahhh...in the bush; sounds nice.
I'm going one step at a time as I immerse myself in our systems here again. I've been working way to hard and long at this computer over the past year and have lost touch a bit. Spent the entire day out ...
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- How are you currently involved in the Transition movement?
- I've been traveling a parallel path for over 30 yrs and am here now at this place of convergence!
I am an advocate for the Transition Model, have read a lot and am always seeking more with an open mind to new possibilities. I am very thankful that I was able to attend the December LA Training for Transition. I am primarily active on Transition Ohio these days but try to stop by to visit and glean info from folks on this list to pass along to others on a regular basis.
View my page on Transition Ohio
I am a life-long learner, practitioner, teacher, organizer and share the Broadwell Hill Learning Center with others for respite and reconnection while inviting people to tour and participate in the demonstration projects here. I am striving to strengthen my neighborhood connections while networking and collaborating with the larger community.
I am currently planning a March 28th Conversation Cafe in conjunction with Global Conversation Week and Ohio Severe Spring Weather Awareness Week. This event will incorporate a follow-up Transition Initiative event to help satisfy the desires people have for next step possibilities.
I strive to do my best, avoid assumptions, refrain from taking things personally and be impeccable with word and deed (Toltec Way of Wisdom). I practice ways to bridge the left/right sides of my brain and connect with all life while seeking and listening to inner guidance. I love to actively listen to people and participate in respectful dialogue within co-intelligent processes of teamwork.
I also like to experiment/utilize various communication/conversational literacy tools, organizational structure templates and decision making models toward building a strong foundation of common knowledge that helps save time, minimize redundancy while increasing efficiency and effectiveness.
I believe it is very important to gather as many supplies and tools as possible for this historic journey and learn which ones work best for any given situation.
We do not have time to allow our beloved egos to run the show, re-invent the wheel or grope around in the dark.
I therefore hope we will all make the effort and take the time to familarize ourselves with Transition Network materials so that we can embark on this adventure into unknown terroritory with good supply of common knowledge at our disposal. We may decide to vere off the well-worn path but at least we would be able to make informed decisions about it.
After all, we also need humility and open-mindedness to new ideas and visions if we're going to tap into the creative wisdom and learn to adapt within this highly complex and dynamic process of evolution.
- In what ways do you identify with the Transition movement? Why are you interested?
- I have been manifesting my visions and practicing the skills for a very long time. However, I am also a life-long learner and open to new ways of looking at things.
I am a positive goal-oriented person who knows I must also look at risk/threat assessments and plan/prepare/mitigate and practice working with others within an all hazard worse case scenarios systems approach.
It may seem to some like I am a survivalist seeking to live a lifestyle of self-sufficiency but I am driven to help develop systems of interdependence and localization toward greater overall resilience.
I know from experience that the top-down approach is not going to solve our problems. Our community leaders and political administrations know they need our participation but don't know how to go about changing the paradigm to make it happen.
I served as our county's public health preparedness/bioterrorism infrastructure coordinator and interacted with numerous governmental and social support agencies.
Health departments all around the country are tasked via large homeland security related grants to move from silos to systems, develop a robust and resilient public health infrastructure to ensuring the health and well-being of the citizenry with a worse-case scenario, all hazard systems approach.
The health department terminated my employment however the unemployment commission determined I had been discharged without just cause, due to the roots of whistleblower activities.
I have not ceased my efforts on the grassroots level and feel it is imperative that we, the people, rise up, get over our "us vs them" mentalities and start working with each other.
We are all in the same life boat. We all have a paddle available to us and lo and behold we are all here with paddles in hand striving to learn how to work together on behalf of each other, our children and all life.
I rejoice that the Transition Movement is now rolling out in the US and picking up steam!!!
I believe the transition movement with its permaculture roots and the dual driver approach (peak oil/climate change) offers us great potential! Let us not forget there are also other things to prepare for as well, like the pandemic flu. I believe the transition model can help us develop our skills at communication, decision making within complex dynamics and teamwork within a bottom-up/top down systems approach to all hazard planning, rebuilding community resiliency and creating a legacy for our children.
Thank you for all you are doing!
- How can you help the growth/acceptance/vitality of the Transition movement? What can YOU teach us? What can your GROUP teach us?
- I can continue to learn, practice, develop skills and offer forth any information and services that may be helpful.
I can develop relations with my neighbors and my larger community while expressing my desire to begin collectively building the systems needed for a post-carbon, limited resource, localized civilization.
I can strive to inspire individual action toward lifestyle change, the creation of neighborhood groups and transition initiatives within a networked system of teamwork.
I can plant a lot of seeds and throw a lot of pebbles into the pond of considerations. After all, one never knows which seeds may sprout or where the ripples may reach.
I can seek inner guidance, give great thanks, actively listen, learn and have a heck of a lot of fun on this adventure...Tally Ho!
- Your Favorite Books/Websites/Blogs/RSS Feeds for Information about the Transition Movement
- The Transition Network and Transition Culture pages and videos.
http://transitionohio.ning.com
http://transitionohio.ning.com/profile/KathyJacobsonRN
http://transitionohio.ning.com/group/BroadwellHill
- Your Personal Website (if you have one)
- http://www.broadwellhill.org
Kathy Jacobson's Videos
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350 = Survival
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350.org Bed In
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Kathy Jacobson's Blog
Transition United States Webinars
The first in an on-going series of on-line webinar/telephone conference call programs.
Transition Clinic: The nitty-gritty of getting Transition rolling in your community.
Date: October 29, 2009
View a recording of this event, 90 min.
You can also scan over Kathy Jacobson's rough notes of the event as an attached file within the… Continue
Transition Clinic: The nitty-gritty of getting Transition rolling in your community.
Date: October 29, 2009
View a recording of this event, 90 min.
You can also scan over Kathy Jacobson's rough notes of the event as an attached file within the… Continue
Posted on October 31, 2009 at 7:00am — 2 Comments
550, 450 , 350 , 280 What's with all the numbers???
550, 450 , 350 , 280 What's with all the numbers???
The conversations out on the hill around the 350.org International Climate Change Day are getting quite interesting.
The following graphic should convey what's going on, the trend, fairly well:
This graph is from:
U.S. Department of Commerce |… Continue
The conversations out on the hill around the 350.org International Climate Change Day are getting quite interesting.
The following graphic should convey what's going on, the trend, fairly well:
This graph is from:
U.S. Department of Commerce |… Continue
Posted on October 23, 2009 at 6:03pm —
No matter where you are and what you are doing...you can be a part of the International Climate Action Day!
There are events happening tomorrow around Athens, the State of Ohio, the country and the globe. No matter where you are and what you are doing...you can take a stand in your life and feel connected to the global action...if you are ready, if you want to...join the fun, take action and see what we can do when we,… Continue
Posted on October 23, 2009 at 8:23am —
Understanding the 350 ppm goal and terminology
The question came up at a workshop recently as to whether the 350 ppm goal was related to CO2 or CO2e which takes into consideration all greenhouse gases (GHG) with a calculated CO2 equivalent.
I realized that I wasn't entirely sure, that it seemed to me they would be talking straight CO2 since they weren't using the 350 ppm CO2e terminology. It perked my curiosity and I found the following statement/explanation on the 350.org Un… Continue
I realized that I wasn't entirely sure, that it seemed to me they would be talking straight CO2 since they weren't using the 350 ppm CO2e terminology. It perked my curiosity and I found the following statement/explanation on the 350.org Un… Continue
Posted on October 21, 2009 at 7:37am —
October 24 - International Climate Action Day - It All Stated With An Invitation!
It All Started With An Invitation...Share
As we enter the final countdown to Oct. 24th, the International Day of Climate Action, it's worth re-visiting the invitation that started it all...
Dear World—
This is an invitation to build a movement—to take one day and use it to stop the climate crisis.
We are a gr… Continue
Posted on October 19, 2009 at 10:03am —
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"Money is like blood," says NEF researcher David Boyle. "Local purchases recirculate it, but patronize mega-chains or online retailers," he says, and "it flows out like a wound."
"Holding each other in the highest future intention" ~ Theory U
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Mead
Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken!" ~ Charles Shulz
"Holding each other in the highest future intention" ~ Theory U
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Mead
Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken!" ~ Charles Shulz
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We're having a Climate Festival here in Cotati, CA. We'll have electric vehicles on display, postcards you can send to your reps, a community art project, face painting and solar cookies! So far, the weather forecast looks promising -- we're getting the rain out of the way now!
cheers!
It's the green one in the middle of the page.
It's gently raining here and we are eager to have the moisture as wells are still low and springs are running slow. Tonight the roads are covered with earthworms.
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