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Robert Schultz
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Transition Television
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Your Money or Your Life…
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Collin: Rheingold is one of my hero's. He understood the implications of the Internet and so much more. And it was in the early 90's that he started the Well in San Francisco. Thanks for the TED referral.
Cindi and Heather,
I am trying to make some contacts with others from Transition Spokane. There are few groups doing helpful work, Community Minded Enterprises, One World Spokane, Down to Earth, PEACH, and others. I would like to get some discussion…
I think it is good for us to think about what our condition is informing us. I don't want to blast back to the past. I want a new future that is sustainable and includes technology. Yes, reskilling is necessary, but so is interactive and collaborati…
Lane,
I think we will go back to many traditional ways of living, but will keep some modern technology. I don't think we will be sending these messages via telegraph, for instance. Farmer's markets seem to be increasing in popularity, especially wit…
Robert: This is test. A video response to your post. It is in the VIDEO LIBRARY
I tried to enter the discussion yesterday at Green?? but it kept bouncing me out.
Notes and Quotes
"I have what I need, and I need what I have." - Christine Schultz (no wonder I married her)
An Introduction to AMASS - By Larry M. Aden
Larry's ideas are very similar to those of the Transition Movement.
NW Renewable Energy Group
Visit PickensPlan Visit TRANSITION U.S. SOCIAL NETWORK Visit Transition Spokane
Visit Transition Washington State
Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' "
Martin Luther King Jr., Speech at Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1963
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Martin Luther King Jr.
An Introduction to AMASS - By Larry M. Aden
Larry's ideas are very similar to those of the Transition Movement.
NW Renewable Energy Group
Visit PickensPlan Visit TRANSITION U.S. SOCIAL NETWORK Visit Transition Spokane
Visit Transition Washington State
Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' "
Martin Luther King Jr., Speech at Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1963
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Martin Luther King Jr.
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 4:19pm on December 12, 2009,
Heather K said… - Hi Robert! I appreciate what you have shared on our Transition Cascadia group and the spirit of your sharing. It is good to have you connecting with your seaside neighbors over the Cascade Mt towards the setting sun!
I have been blessed with walking & resting on the lands north of Spokane!
I have connected with Lane, the founder of the Cascadia site, to offer assistance in adding the ning site option of all of us members being able to create "Discussion/Forums", to communicate/organize our discussions & resource links, on Cascadia Transition when we choose. I hope you stay connected with us!
- At 2:11pm on November 19, 2009, Robert Schultz added a gift to their profile…
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- At 8:27pm on November 17, 2009,
Mike Morin said… - Robert,
I also got great benefit out of our intercourse ;-)
My best wishes to Spokane and the region. I've been through Spokane on a bus, like many to most places, at risk of understatement, it could use some help. Yes, a suburb of Spokane is Cheney, but oui won't hold that against thee all.
Digest the following and if you want to carry on further conversations feel free to e-mail me directly at peoplesequityunion@earthlink.net . :
Green Jobs, Equity, and Carbon
These Friends (Friends of the Earth) have it half correct. Cap and trade is a sham, a racket, an invention of Wall Street types.
We should implement carbon taxes and maybe caps, but we need to consider a workable transition so that we do not have power outages and freezing and starving people.
Wind and PVs are an illusion. Neither supplies the voltage and amperage needed to do the great amount of work that our society has grown accustomed to.
The key to a bountiful green (building) economy is the reversal of the thirty, fifty, one hundred year trend of sprawl development, particularly in the United States (that's what I know).
By rebuilding neighborhoods and reallocating goods and services to those renovated neighborhoods (made walkable, meaning that the great majority of people will be able to get what they need and reasonably want within walking distance to their homes).
Such a tremendous commitment and dedication of resources will be a boom for the building trades and will create the effect of reducing automobile usage by 80% in the next 20 to 40 years. Neighborhood, commercial, community and work/telecommute centers will be centrally placed in what are now alienating, automobile dependent, strictly residential areas, alleviating the problems associated with post-peak oil and climate change and bringing with it the neighborly qualities of life associated with communities and neighborhoods, that most individuals and families currently lack.
If we do this, we can take the opportunity to retrofit for weatherization, passive solar design (heating and cooling), electronic environmental controls, solar assisted hot water and drying systems, limited wind and PVs.
Also if done correctly, we can make changes in ownership arrangements that are much more fair and just, and work towards an equitable distribution of wealth among neighborhoods/villages.
Concerning FOEs suggestion of a publicly financed economy, we would optimally transition the "private sector" to a quasi-public one working in cooperation with public funding programs. The ideal would really be to phase out the government programs as much as possible.
In Peace, Friendship, Community, Cooperation, and Solidarity,
Mike Morin
Eugene, OR, USA
(541) 343-3808
- At 12:28pm on September 4, 2009,
Robert Schultz said…
- Please take a look at the letter from Renewable Energy Network regarding Climate Change legislation. This is something that supporters of the Transition Movement may be interested in signing. The letter to Congress supports; reduced CO2 emissions, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. It asks Congress NOT to support; fossil fuels, nuclear power, and environmental roll-backs.
Transition will happen, with or without government legislation, but supporting Climate Change legislation will help make the Transition smoother.
- At 1:58pm on August 26, 2009,
Les Squires said… - Welcome Robert. Good to see you here. ...Working to promote renewable energy. Will do what I can to help build American Energy Independence... -- Great! We look forward to sharing the task and the payoffs.
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- How are you currently involved in the Transition movement?
- Just found out about it.
- In what ways do you identify with the Transition movement? Why are you interested?
- Working to promote renewable energy. Will do what I can to help build American Energy Independence while protecting the environment.
- How can you help the growth/acceptance/vitality of the Transition movement? What can YOU teach us? What can your GROUP teach us?
- We need to end our Oil ADDICTION. America spends too much money importing oil. It's time to put our ingenuity to better use, finding alternatives, and changing our lifestyles to support sustainable local economies. Clean air and water are necessary to sustain life on this planet, massive amounts of energy are not.
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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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Pancakes and Transition
December 29, 2009 from 9am to 10am – The Empire Grill
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