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  • Citizen Input to Portland's Climate Action Plan

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    Portland, Oregon's Transition Town group (Transition PDX) is sponsoring a two-part Forum to discuss the City/County Climate Action Plan that is currently being drafted. If you look closely at the slide behind David Johnson, you will see a list of seven focus areas:Buildings and EnergyLand Use and MobilityConsumption and Solid [...]
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    Posted: June 21, 2009, 9:32am EDT
    by Liz Logan

  • social networking for beginners

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    For me, it started with peak oil... it led me to doing research on the internet, which led me to my Meetup group, which led me to blogging, which led me to a career change, which brought me back to networking, and to my trusty blog again...Last year, at the [...]
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    Posted: June 14, 2009, 12:45pm EDT
    by Liz Logan

  • To Market, To Market

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    I'll be presenting two workshops at the 2009 National Cohousing Conference, June 24-28 at the University of Washington, in Seattle. One of them, Group Process Skills for Committees, will be part of the Pre-Conference Tours and Workshops offering, which means I get four whole hours with folks and 40% of' [...]
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    Posted: May 26, 2009, 4:39pm EDT

  • What does a facilitator do?

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    In my last post, I mentioned some of the benefits of facilitation. In this post, I will offer a brief "inside look" at what kinds of things that a facilitator should be thinking about and paying attention to while they are working for you.When designing an agenda, a facilitator considers:Issues, [...]
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    Posted: February 25, 2009, 7:57pm EST

  • Benefits of Facilitation

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    I had the opportunity to write this up for a forming community that was wondering why they should spend $1,000 per day for a facilitator:Here’s what to expect before the meeting:· The facilitator interviews community members to find out what the issues are from various perspectives. If there is conflict, [...]
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    Posted: February 17, 2009, 9:40pm EST

  • Post Carbon Institute joins Transition United States

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    In their recent newsletter, the Post Carbon Institute said:We are excited to announce that Post Carbon Institute has launched a partnership with Transition United States to continue to inspire and support communities as they shift quickly away from dependence on fossil fuels. The challenges we now face as a result [...]
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    Posted: February 04, 2009, 9:36pm EST

  • turn the world around

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    This video was created for the AARP "U@50" video contest and placed second. It is called "Lost Generation."Link to YouTube [...]
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    Posted: January 26, 2009, 11:43am EST

  • Declaration of Independence

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    This is just a fly-by post to share a beautiful document. It is an evolving story, and I'll keep you posted. The Transition Declaration of Independence.The comments are worth a read as well.' [...]
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    Posted: January 18, 2009, 4:39am EST

  • Reflections on Intentional Communities

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    I had two opportunities to interact with intentional communities last month; one as an observer and one as a participant.I am taking a second round of facilitation training for communities, this time with Laird Schaub, who originated the two-year program. (Regular readers may remember that I did seven sessions with [...]
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    Posted: January 06, 2009, 8:56am EST

  • Starting a Transition Town Initiative

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    One of the things that I have been exploring is what would organizations, communities, and even life be like if we adopted the principles of Open Space Technology? There are four principles that apply to the break out sessions in an OST meeting:it starts when it startswhoever comes are the [...]
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    Posted: December 05, 2008, 7:32pm EST

  • transitioning to a new paradigm business

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    If you ask my husband what he does, he'll tell you he "drives nails." But what this really means is that he is a subcontractor for new home construction, doing production work. Or he did that until recently. Last year, there was a sharp drop in new homes being built. [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2008, 7:24pm EST

  • 19 months later: Back in the saddle

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    Hi everyone,After a 19-month sabbatical, I am rejoining the blogosphere. I look forward to discovering the new faces and voices in the green- and communities- arenas. I'm guessing that there will be more than I can keep up with, but I will make a stab at it!I think back to' [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2008, 6:05pm EST

  • Step It Up 2007 -- Atlanta

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    Our Step It Up 2007 event in Atlanta was a huge success! It was held at Morehouse College--the school that Martin Luther King, Jr., Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, and filmmaker Spike Lee graduated from.We started out the day with a Teach-In. Electric Vehicle Club showcased their cool cars. The "Sparrow" [...]
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    Posted: April 16, 2007, 3:45pm EDT

  • Climate Change Action Day

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    Hi everyone,I'm sorry I've been MIA. I have a good excuse, thought, I got involved in a new project: Bill McKibben's National Day of Climate Action; the "Step It Up" campaign. The basic message is to Congress: to mandate that we reduce our carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. We' [...]
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    Posted: February 21, 2007, 9:30pm EST

  • New Year's Resolutions

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    Happy New Year everyone!This year I am setting some "SMART" goals, that is goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and tangible.Assess my starting point:Calculate my ecological footprint for 2006 (using calculators here, here and here.)Measure the killowatts my appliances consume using the Kill-a-Watt meter.Set targets for reducing my footprint [...]
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    Posted: December 31, 2006, 5:56pm EST

  • Gifts for the adults on your list (Cross posted on Groovy Green)

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    Groovy Green's 12 Days of Christmas"Green Gifts for the Adults on Your List"by Liz LoganOkay. It's December 17th. Hanukkah has started, Christmas is in eight days, which puts the Solstice at four days from now and Kwanza at nine. No matter how you slice it, you are running out of [...]
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    Posted: December 17, 2006, 7:51pm EST

  • How can we assess "sustainability?"

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    On Friday, December 1st I went to Southface's monthly breakfast roundtable and learned how organizations are designing and implementing sustainability principles.So what do I mean when I say something is "sustainable?" I like the definition which says it is a practice which could be continued indefinitely without any degradation to' [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2006, 7:18pm EST

  • Thanksgiving

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    Now that I've gotten through most of my grief about peak oil, I have discovered a quality of poignancy in my life. Almost every night, as I snuggle under the covers, I give thanks for my warm house, for my meds, and for the power that turns on the TV,' [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2006, 10:30am EST

  • Strategic Planning

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    Hi everyone,I have been in action mode, but I hope to start capturing what I am learning and sharing it here. I have a lot to tell about our big event, hosting Richard Heinberg October 11th, but the first thing I want to do with that is to write up [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2006, 8:11pm EST

  • Introducing Richard Heinberg: Atlanta October 11th, 2006

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    Welcome to Peak Oil: Challenges and Opportunities at the end of Cheap Petroleum--a presentation by Richard Heinberg. My name is Liz Logan, and I am the Organizer for Atlanta Beyond Oil.If you would have told me eighteen months ago that I would be standing here introducing Richard Heinberg, I would [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2006, 7:48pm EDT

  • Report on the Energy Transition Summit in CA

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    I have a report from someone who went to the recent Energy Transition Summit. She is relatively new to the information about peak oil, so looks at this event with fresh eyes. She writes: I learned from your blog that your group in Atlanta, GA is sponsoring a speech by [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2006, 10:05pm EDT

  • Heinberg on Peak Oil: Challenges and Opportunities at the End of Cheap Petroleum

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    Modern civilization is dependent on cheap, plentiful energy. But we now face a critical moment in human history: Peak Oil, where global petroleum production enters an irreversible decline, even as demand soars. Dwindling resources and increasing international competition for the remaining supplies have led many experts to issue disturbing warnings [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2006, 9:56pm EDT

  • Feeling-based learning

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    I am back from my training with the Genuine Contact program. It was one of those experiences that altered the way I percieve the world in fundamental ways. I changed the way I perceive myself, organizations and meetings. We worked with material that I had encountered before as I got [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2006, 7:25pm EDT

  • News

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    I have exciting news! Atlanta Beyond Oil (the new name for our Meetup group) will be hosting Richard Heinberg in Atlanta on Wednesday, October 11, 2006. I'll update you as we get the details nailed down.So that has been what I've been working on instead of blogging. And I won't' [...]
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    Posted: September 08, 2006, 9:13pm EDT

  • Conversations with other Peakers

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    Our Atlanta Oil Awareness Meetup Group has been having interesting conversations about coming up with our new name, and in the process we are realizing we need to clarify our goals and purpose. Here is my latest contribution to the dialogue: (Plus its an easy post while I am out [...]
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    Posted: August 26, 2006, 11:45pm EDT

  • Atlanta Oil Awareness

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    I have been working on several projects for my Atlanta Oil Awareness Meetup Group. I will tell you more about them when we have things a little more solid. But one of the things we are doing is producing a tabletop display. My friend from eleven design is doing our [...]
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    Posted: August 17, 2006, 10:10pm EDT

  • Update

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    Well I am back from my out-of-town adventures, but I will be leaving again soon. Great Aunt Lou is ready to sell her house, so Mom, Dad, Aunt and I are going back to Chicago to help her dispose of her stuff.A week after that I will be going to [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2006, 10:22pm EDT

  • Eldercare, Part Two

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    Whew! I am back home, and we got Great Aunt Lou placed in an assisted living retirement community. As miserable as she was at home, she didn't want to go. I meant "the end of the road" for her, and she had a very difficult time confronting this. I can't [...]
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    Posted: July 22, 2006, 10:13pm EDT

  • Eldercare

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    My great aunt is 92 and doesn't have any kids of her own, so helping her out falls upon my mom, her sister, and me. All four of us live in different states, so we are in the process of sorting out who can do what. Right now I am [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2006, 7:00pm EDT

  • Comparing the Scenarios about Peak Oil

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    I've had this link in my "future blog topics" file for a while. OilScenarios.info presents the range of assumptions about our oil situation and their corresponding predictions about our future.This site provides a general introduction to the peak oil debate by providing an overview of five general scenarios for the' [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2006, 9:36pm EDT

  • Sustainability Open Space Asheville

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    June 26th Chris Weaver opened the space for a new network to form for those who felt called to come together to discuss sustainability from the Asheville, NC area. He sponsored an Open Spaces Technology workshop with the theme of "Transforming ourselves and our Culture to Dynamic Sustainability." In an open [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2006, 6:08pm EDT

  • Open Space Technology

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    Next week I will be in training again, this time to learn how to facilitate Open Space workshops. Open Space Technology is great for large diverse groups who have complex problems to solve. It allows people to set their own agendas, take responsibility for the areas they feel passionate about, [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2006, 1:41pm EDT

  • Groovy Green

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    Groovy Green is a new on-line magazine that started covering Ithica, NY and has expanded to discuss broader green concerns. They are particularly supportive of their readership taking action. This is the time for taking action in our lives. We will be expanding our focus to include ways that you can [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2006, 10:03pm EDT

  • An Inconvenient Truth

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    Wow--I just came back from the opening night of An Inconvenient Truth in Atlanta. Our showing was sold out, and from the looks of things, so were other showings. I commend the theatre for having booths in their lobby from local organizations. I snuck my Oil Awareness Meetup Group's fliers [...]
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    Posted: June 09, 2006, 11:29pm EDT

  • The Power of Community DVD

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    My parents and I watched Community Solution's The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil tonight. We liked it, but before I review it I need to set up the background. I'm visiting my folks in between Summits and Workshops and the last few nights we have been talking about [...]
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    Posted: June 01, 2006, 12:41am EDT

  • Post Carbon Relocalization Network Meeting

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    On Saturday May 20th the Bay Area Outposts of the Post Carbon Institute got together to share what they have been doing. The mission of Post Carbon Institute is to assist communities in the effort to Relocalize and adapt to an energy constrained world. One way they do this is [...]
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    Posted: May 30, 2006, 12:15am EDT

  • Report on the Energy Vulnerability Summit

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    I am inspired. The Energy Vulnerabilty Summit in Petaluma. CA was perhaps the first time in history when local government officials have gotten together to learn about and discuss peak oil. It was, by all accounts, very successful. Here is my diary of the day: Up at 5:00 AM: For some [...]
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    Posted: May 20, 2006, 12:47am EDT
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