Community conversations on peak oil this fall

Sears Hill bridge at night

Join us for our next conversation in this three part series, "Beyond Green: Why Local Food is Just the Beginning," Wednesday, November 2 at 7:00pm. As the economy stagnates, many local families continue to face rising costs, unemployment, and home foreclosures. Now, with energy prices rising again, drivers also have to pay more and more to fill up their tanks. The media tells us things are … [Read more...]

Rebuilding Downtowns With More Services

A better prescription for downtowns, and its not a bitter pill!

Yesterday I woke up precipitously ill, with strange enough symptoms that, in a rarity for me, I went to the doctor. As a general rule I take a broadly preventative approach to health care focused mainly on diet, exercise, and the use of traditional herbs and roots, along with yoga and meditation. I even gave birth at home using a midwife over fifteen years ago, when such a choice had even less … [Read more...]

Disconnect

The Mitsubishi Stubby..no, no, I'm kidding, the Mitsubishi i MiEV. Tee hee...

In surprising news out of the White House, The Washington Post reports today that President Obama targeted $2.4 billion for electric car investments in the form of domestic battery manufacturing. Though the article notes that electric car and battery production currently exceeds consumer demand, and will for the next several years, industry insiders believe future growth will eventually meet … [Read more...]

What Is Transition?

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 … [Read more...]