HIDDEN-TECH PRESENTS: RESILIENT BUSINESSES SMALL BUSINESS SUMMITSaturday, November 13, 2010, 10:00am – 3:00pm, Holyoke Community College Kittredge Center, registration required ($25), coffee from Deans Beans, register by Weds for complementary lunch Join us as Small business owners and their potential support systems come together to discuss the needs, challenges, and practices for creating and sustaining Resilient Small Businesses. Based on the un-conference design, 16 roundtable...
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More at www.pvBikeWeek.com Pioneer Valley cities and towns, from Greenfield to Springfield are hosting fun events for bicyclists such as free breakfasts, bike tours, lectures, public music, community bike rides, and bike-themed film screenings. Some events will be giving away prizes. The week long program encourages people to try bicycling, whether commuting to work or school, or just running errands around town. Bicycling is a fun, efficient way to reduce your carbon footprint and get...
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Friday, May 14 Movie Showing: In Transition ALL WELCOME! Free 7:00 p.m.Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic St. Northampton,...
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TRAINING for TRANSITIONMay 15–16, 2010Montague, Western Massachusetts Transition United States (www.transitionus.org) is offering the two-day Training for Transition course as developed by the Transition Network in England (www.transitiontowns.org, www.transitionnetwork.org). The course is an in-depth experiential introduction to Transition for those considering bringing Transition to their community. It is recommended for local communities wishing to become an...
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April 22nd is Earth Day — 40th Anniversary – Some local events that happened for Earth Day in Western Mass: More events listed at Earth Day.net Wbgy Earth Week A reminder of what lead to Earth Day, 40 years...
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In conjunction with a number of Transition Town projects, EarthThrives is pleased to share what is happening locally and provide knowledge resources to that effort. The basics: What is the Transition Town Effort: more at http://transitionnetwork.org/ Transition Towns in Massachusetts Reading • The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience, by Rob Hopkins • Transition Primer (free at: http://transitionnetwork.org/Primer/TransitionInitiativesPrimer.pdf) Viewing • In Transition...
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Transition Town initiative is about asking this BIG question: “for all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain itself and thrive, how do we significantly increase resilience (to mitigate the effects of Peak Oil) and drastically reduce carbon emissions (to mitigate the effects of Climate Change)?”
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If you are not in the EECBG working group in the PV – go ahead (please)
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Check out Greening Greenfield
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Beyond Clean Energy Connections – using social networking Keeping the momentum going after this event is crucial — be involved in moving things forward at an increasing rate:“Think Global Act Local” only works when you know how to act. Clean Energy Connections is a yearly event that is part of the larger shift of focus in the valley and beyond ─ at EarthThrives.com, take what you saw and learned here and continue the effort when you get home. At:...
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