Transition Pennsylvania

Community Resilience, Self-Reliance, Renewable Energy & Cooperation

A networking coalition providing Transition Initiatives based on local production, renewable energy, efficiency & resilient communities.

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Karen E Green is now a member of Transition Pennsylvania
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communities of faith in south central Pennsylvania advocating on a grassroots level to reduce the ecological footprint of individuals, organizations and municipalities.
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Blog Posts

Susan Norris

350.org/Transiton meeting scheduled

We will be meeting at The Unitarian Church of Harrisburg (on Clover Lane) on Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00 pm.

We will focus on actions we can take to move Harrisburg area residents and governing bodies to plan for a post-peak oil lifestyle.

One thing that was mentioned was working with Harrisburg City Council on enforcing the composting laws that were put on the books in 1992. We all need to attend the City Council meetings and keep after them to actually make sure those laws are enforced. Rat… Continue

Posted by Susan Norris on November 5, 2009 at 2:20pm

Susan Norris

Thoughts on the Climate Conference in Carlisle, PA (Tuesday, October 27)

None of the four speakers last night mentioned Peak Oil! None of them had any sense of urgency regarding impending oil peak or climate collapse. Only Anne Crowley, in her closing remarks, said that we are out of time. She urged us all to write to our Senators to beg for a real climate bill.

But I think that our government is broken: they cannot move quickly enough to effect change in a timely manner. Scientists have been talking to Congress for decades, and still Congress is the handmaid of Ind… Continue

Posted by Susan Norris on October 28, 2009 at 11:10am

Susan Norris

350.org and Harrisburg

What a wonderful group of people who attended the 350.org rally in Harrisburg on October 24th! Thank you all for being there.

We all realize the need to move Harrisburg to a low-carbon lifestyle. Now we need to get information to the general public... information on Peak Oil, Climate Change and Economic Collapse.

Please become a member of my blog, leave comments... we can work together for a better world.

Posted by Susan Norris on October 27, 2009 at 12:02pm

Kathy Jacobson, RN

William Aal, a trainer with Transition United States, is visiting southeast Ohio---Monday, August 3 presentation

William Aal, a trainer with Transition United States, is visiting southeast Ohio!

William Aal is a member of the Transition United States training community. He is also a member, along with 159 other folks, of Transition Ohio (TO). TO offers many links to information regardi… Continue

Posted by Kathy Jacobson, RN on July 29, 2009 at 11:56am

Susan Norris

Jevons Paradox

"In economics, the Jevons Paradox (sometimes called the Jevons effect) is the proposition that technological progress that increases the efficiency with which a resource is used, tends to increase (rather than decrease) the rate of consumption of that resource." Some examples:

• How many people do you know, who bought a Prius, drive more because they get such good gas mileage?

• Older homes are not energy-efficient, and in 1950, averaged 1,000 square feet or less. Today, the average hom… Continue

Posted by Susan Norris on June 13, 2009 at 11:47am

 

Who We Are...

TRANSITION PENNSYLVANIA is a networking site for those who seek local-scale green-oriented implementation of Transition models for local communities.

This site, and many like it, are being developed through grassroots participation, and is continually evolving. It is a spontaneously arising effort to synergistically connect transition workers with each other and to identify and nurture the development of useful and necessary local Transition Initiatives, solutions, and practices.

The Transition Movement embraces several other familiar monikers: Local Self Reliance, Appropriate Technology, Decentralization, Localization, Relocalization, Post Carbon, Post Petroleum, Beyond Oil.

This emerging Transition Culture will empower communities to squarely face the issues surrounding peak oil and climate change, and unleash the collective genius of their own citizens to find innovative solutions to these momentous challenges:
For all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain itself and thrive, how are we going to:
  • drastically reduce carbon emissions (in response to climate change);
  • significantly rebuild resilience (in response to peak oil);
  • and greatly strengthen our local economy (in response to economic instability)?

Transition Initiatives make no claim to have all the answers, but by building on the wisdom of the past and accessing the pool of ingenuity, skills and determination in our communities, the solutions can readily emerge. Now is the time for us to take stock and start re-creating our future in ways that are not based on cheap, plentiful and polluting oil but on localized food, sustainable energy sources, resilient local economies and an enlivened sense of community well-being.


Members

  • Kristen Jasionowski
  • Brian B
  • Karen E Green
  • Jim C.
  • Steve Todd
  • Alicia Kanth
  • Les Squires
  • Rachel Mark
  • Bruce Wilson
  • Cory
  • Rachel Johnson
  • Susan Norris
  • Tony Robalik
  • Priscilla Sharp
  • Joshua Brock
  • Bill Sharp
  • sean bonsall
  • Lori
  • Lonni Blake
  • Green Gardener
  • Carol Lisker Kennedy
  • Northwest Earth Institute
  • Gary Benzon
  • Carol Krutz
  • Kevin Sean
  • Lee Clarke
  • Don Hull

Things You Can Do Today...

  • Contact Members above by clicking on their photo. Every photo is one-click access to any person you want to contact anywhere in our community. Welcome them, remembering that each person and each group carries a unique spark capable of warming and enhancing our whole community.
  • Greet each other! -- Click periodically on MEMBERS on the menu above to make sure every newcomer is properly greeted. Volunteer to show them around and answer their questions.

Events

Forum

Northwest Earth Institute

Join the EcoChallenge!!

Started by Northwest Earth Institute Jul 22.

Joshua Brock

Reskilling - has anyone proposed any courses on canning and preserving? 1 Reply

Started by Joshua Brock. Last reply by Jim C. Jul 14.

Northwest Earth Institute

Programs for Transformative Dialogue - Learn How to Be the Change

Started by Northwest Earth Institute Jun 17.

 
 

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