Welcome to Transition Houston!

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/04/2010 - 2:21pm

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Transition Houston is an optimistic and energetic response to the dual challenges of climate change and peak oil at the local level. The Transition Movement supports the transition from oil dependency to local resilience by equipping communities with creative adaptations in areas such as food, energy, health, education, spirit and economy to generate a road map towards sustainable living.

Transition Houston serves to build on the wisdom of the existing resources in Houston’s diverse community to inspire, network and train localized communities to consider and adapt Rob Hopkins’ transition model. Together we can unite pools of ingenuity and skills to unleash the collective genius of our own people in finding self-determined solutions.

 Transition takes action by:

  • Raising awareness of peak oil and climate change and related issues.
  • Building resilience across a wide range of areas and scales, and doing all we can to ensure general environmental resilience.
  • Providing access to good information in ways which are playful, articulate, accessible and engaging, and which will enable people to feel enthused and empowered rather than powerless.
  • Empowering communities with tools to relocalize its resources and reskill its members.

Transition Houston meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. Please check the calendar for the location of the meeting.

For more information, please email us at transitionhouston@gmail.com or join our collaborative forum.

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Living Non-Violence Workshop

Submitted by Mark Juedeman on Tue, 17/01/2012 - 8:24am
Date: 
Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 8:30am - 1:00pm

Living Non-Violence Workshop

Transition Houston members Victoria Albright and Nell Warnes will look at the process that Gandhi and Martin Luther King used to build the foundations of their social movements. This work is closely related to the Heart & Soul of Transition, and will appeal to Transition Houston members who would like to form a Heart and Soul Action Group.

The workshop will be held in the McGehee Conf. Rm at Christ Church Cathedral.

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Houston Green Film Series presents Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi

Submitted by Mark Juedeman on Tue, 17/01/2012 - 7:59am
Date: 
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi is a fifty-seven minute film shot in eleven countries that celebrates traditional foods and the plants they grow from. The film introduces the varied people who save seeds and stand at the source of humanity's diverse food heritage. This is a David and Goliath story where resilience and persuasive logic triumph over seemingly invincible giant corporations.
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Tour de Coops + Tofupup Potluck

Submitted by Mark Juedeman on Tue, 17/01/2012 - 7:34am
Date: 
Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 10:00am - 2:00pm

Tour de Coops + Tofupup Potluck

3 - 30 minute coop tours of 3 very different backyard, homemade, chicken coops. Plus meet back at first coop and do a impromptu skillshare on how to use a fancy store bought *rocket stove and my tin can homemade one. I will provide hotdogs, tofupups (vegan hotdogs) buns and tea. You provide whatever else you want for lunch besides 'dogs 'pups & tea.

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1/3/2012 Transition Houston Hub Meeting Minutes

Submitted by Mark Juedeman on Tue, 10/01/2012 - 10:00pm

Theresa Keefe introduces resource mapping:  knowledge, skills, experience, things

  •   Group participation activity
  •   Three large sheets of paper to write and/or post-it note on
  •   Post what you have, what you know, what you can share, what you want compensation for
  •   Write down constraints

 

Amy Price on consensus decision making
  As used in Occupy Houston

Transition Old Sixth Ward Film Series: In Transition 1.0

Submitted by Mark Juedeman on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 10:34am
Date: 
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Transition Old Sixth Ward Film Series presents In Transition 1.0

Share food, watch movies, and chat with your neighbors!  Transition Old Sixth Ward will be showing films on the topics of alternative energy sources that can help relieve our dependence on fossil fuels, actions that you and your family can take to shrink your carbon footprint, and the Transition Movement.

We'll start each evening with "pot luck" snacks and hanging out with neighbors, and conclude with discussion.

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Green Life Aquaponics

Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/12/2011 - 5:13pm

In November of 2011, members of Transition Houston toured the Green Life Aquaponics facility in Spring, Texas.

If you're looking for a growing method that doesn't require weeding, watering or fertilizing, aquaponics may be for you!

350.org Event

Submitted by joyce on Sun, 16/10/2011 - 2:05pm

The Transition Houston Transportation Action Group (TAG!) has hosted speakers and attended events all year.  In September some of us attended the 350.org Houston Bike to Party and Bike to Build events.