Rob Hopkins' The Transition Handbook is available for sale online, or locally, at The Sacred Circle.
Funny to finally be tackling the question, What is Transition? after having been a part of this worldwide movement since last December, officially so since Transition Staunton Augusta became the 61st US group this past March.
In part because much of the work we do is self-evident in its intent, and covered in our About Us page, we did not feel a pressing need to remark on the more sweeping historic factors driving the imperatives behind the transition movement.
But consistently being a part of this movement, researching more and more, getting involved and talking to others both locally and in the online community, has now compelled us to address those factors in helping our own community learn more about why we’re doing this, and why we’re doing this now. Read more »
Joel Salatin holds one of his hens while talking about Polyface Farms.
Hardworking local farmer (and international farming superstar extraordinaire), Joel Salatin, of Polyface Farms, is the confirmed speaker for Transition Staunton Augusta’s first ever Locavore Fest this Labor Day weekend.
Salatin, whose farm and farming methods were profiled in Michael Pollan’s groundbreaking work, The Omnivore’s Dillema, a book that addresses food production and consumption sustainability, was also featured for his farming methods in the documentary films Food, Inc. and Fresh! An author himself, Salatin’s books include Holy Cows & Hog Heaven, and Everything I Want to do Is Illegal, among others. Read more »
Anne Armentrout in front of her art work for Transition Staunton Augusta.
Congratulation to Anne Armentrout, the artist referenced in an earlier blog post, for her 3rd place win in the Staunton Downtown Development Association’s Filling the Half-Empty Glass: A Storefront Art Initiative with her piece, In Your Hands, Triptych to the Third Power, Plus.
Armentrout worked in collaboration with Transition Staunton Augusta to create her triptych collage which she has since donated to TSA for use at events, festivals, and conferences. Thank you Anne for all you hard work and for the terrific artistic interpretation of the issues behind the Transition movement.
It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.
I hope our infamous Attorney General Ken “The Cooch” Cuccinelli doesn’t get any craz(ier) ideas from today’s blog title. I’m not referencing immigration law in comparing Virginia to Arizona, nor do I want the Old Dominion to sink into that negative canyon of thought.
No, it’s all about the heat.
It’s blisteringly hot in Virginia right now, with nary a raindrop in sight. And, where we normally have withering humidity that we, admittedly, complain about constantly, without it, we are not getting those daily sub-tropical late afternoon thunderstorms that cool the evenings and make life bearable.
Did Elijah come to town? Is this a harbinger of things to come? Will it stay this way until we stop worshiping the Baal of oil and the almighty freakin’ dollar? Or can we just blame it on global warming, cuz this ain’t no Virginia weather I know. Read more »
Fossil Fuels, General, Public Policy, The New Economy | lindsaycurren July 14, 2010 | 
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