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HOWARD ZINN –“THE MAN WHO CHANGED THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF A GENERATION” – is an American historian and professor emeritus in the Political Science Department at Boston University.
The author of more than 20 books, including -- A Peoples’ History of th…
A TRIBUTE TO THOMAS BERRY
Father Thomas Berry, a member of the Passionist order, died June 1, 2009 at the age of 94. The author of eight books and countless essays, Berry liked to be known as a cultural historian and “Earth scholar.”
The Dream of…
THE SHADOW OF MONEY
In highly stressed economic times, the challenge of funding your local transition project out of your family budget generates more stress within the family unit. I've talked with several transiton folk who have just taken the pa…
HELO OUT THERE, SISTERS AND BROTHERS. If Mirace Eliade, Thomas Berry and Joseph Campbell were alive today, if Abraham Lincoln, Sojourner Truth and MLK were alive today, if Isaiah, Ezekiel and Carl Jung were alive today, if Rilke, Yumi, Yeats and D.H…
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- How are you currently involved in the Transition movement?
- Member of Transition Denver Initiating Commitee
Advisor to Kipp Nash on NSA see his www.communityrootsboulder.com
Fundaising Writing How to Articles on House Parties, etci
- In what ways do you identify with the Transition movement? Why are you interested?
- Inclusive, inter-generation, trans/religious/post-partisan, local global, grow local, barter, GET SET FOR THE LONG EMERGENCY. It is moving in rapidly!
- How can you help the growth/acceptance/vitality of the Transition movement? What can YOU teach us? What can your GROUP teach us?
- Constancy, persistence, be a welcoming presence, talk less and listen more. What I can teach you depends on your needs and what you most want to learn.
My group can teach you about bonding and how to be the energizing bunny that just keeps going, keeps going
- Your Favorite Books/Websites/Blogs/RSS Feeds for Information about the Transition Movement
- Transition Handbook
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- More of the same, keep going! thanks
Forrest craver's Blog
ALTARS OF THE HOLY ONE
ALTARS OF THE HOLY ONE
Milky breath of the buffalo
On starry plains
Fireflies dance in the night
A woman groans with birth pangs
Of transformation
Tree people crucified
Yet still they stand
Flowers sing silent hallelujahs
Kaleidoscopes of color and scent
Tall grass prairie of our mother
Whispers her lullabies
Monarch butterflies traverse continents
Going home, gathering in one tree
… Continue
Milky breath of the buffalo
On starry plains
Fireflies dance in the night
A woman groans with birth pangs
Of transformation
Tree people crucified
Yet still they stand
Flowers sing silent hallelujahs
Kaleidoscopes of color and scent
Tall grass prairie of our mother
Whispers her lullabies
Monarch butterflies traverse continents
Going home, gathering in one tree
… Continue
Posted on December 2, 2009 at 5:41am —
HOWARD ZINN ''THE MAN WHO CHANGED THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF A GENERATION"
HOWARD ZINN –“THE MAN WHO CHANGED THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF A GENERATION” – is an American historian and professor emeritus in the Political Science Department at Boston University.
The author of more than 20 books, including -- A Peoples’ History of the United States, Zinn has been a stand out activist in… Continue
Posted on November 29, 2009 at 4:23am —
REMEMBERING ROBERT RODALE PIONEER ADVOCATE OF ORGANING FARMING AND FAMILY HEALTH
REMEMBERING ROBERT RODALE-- PIONEER ADVOCATE OF ORGANIC FARMING AND FAMILY HEALTH
Robert Rodale, an exponent of organic farming and the head of a publishing empire whose magazines offered the world the very best information in gardening, health and fitness, died in 1990 at the age of 60
“What can be… Continue
Robert Rodale, an exponent of organic farming and the head of a publishing empire whose magazines offered the world the very best information in gardening, health and fitness, died in 1990 at the age of 60
“What can be… Continue
Posted on November 23, 2009 at 6:00am —
A TRIBUTE TO MARILYN FERGUSON PROPHETIC VOICE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING
COLORADO “HOME GROWN HERO” AND PIONEER OF SOCIAL NETWORKING AND THE NEW AGE MOVEMENT: MARILYN FERGUSON
Marilyn Ferguson was born in 1938 in Grand Junction Colorado. She died on October 19, 2008.
An influential American author, editor and public speaker, she is best known for her 1980 book The Aquarian C… Continue
Marilyn Ferguson was born in 1938 in Grand Junction Colorado. She died on October 19, 2008.
An influential American author, editor and public speaker, she is best known for her 1980 book The Aquarian C… Continue
Posted on November 22, 2009 at 5:00pm —
A TRIBUTE TO THOMAS BERRY --THE DREAM OF THE EARTH AND THE GREAT WORK
A TRIBUTE TO THOMAS BERRY
Father Thomas Berry, a member of the Passionist order, died June 1, 2009 at the age of 94. The author of eight books and countless essays, Berry liked to be known as a cultural historian and “Earth scholar.”
The Dream of the Earth, published in 1998, fundamentally c… Continue
Posted on November 22, 2009 at 2:30am —
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- At 11:07am on March 12, 2009,
Les Squires said… - Welcome Forrest! Great to see you here on Transition U.S. and Transition Colorado. You highlighted in your profile "... Constancy, persistency, be a welcoming presence, talk less and listen more. What I can teach you depends on your needs and what you most want to learn...." -- Wonderful skill to keep in front of all of us! Good to see you're working in these areas. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you have questions about how to make these values get concrete!
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"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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