Welcome to Transition Houston!

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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.

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Garden Shack Cinema presents: Seeds of Freedom

Submitted by Mark Juedeman on Tue, 14/05/2013 - 7:53pm
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 8:00pm - 9:30pm

The Clear Lake Transition Community and Garden Shack Cinema invite you to come to a special screening of Seeds of Freedom, a film that charts the story of seed from its roots at the heart of traditional, diversity rich farming systems across the world, to being transformed into a powerful commodity, used to monopolize the global food system.

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Houston Green Film Series presents: Do the Math

Submitted by Mark Juedeman on Tue, 14/05/2013 - 7:44pm
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 6:30pm - 9:00pm

It’s simple math: we can emit 565 more gigatons of carbon dioxide and stay below 2°C of warming — anything more than that risks catastrophe for life on earth. The only problem? Burning the fossil fuel that corporations now have in their reserves would result in emitting 2,795 gigatons of carbon dioxide – five times the safe amount.

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May Heart and Soul Meeting

Submitted by Mark Juedeman on Tue, 14/05/2013 - 7:34pm
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm

The Heart and Soul Action Group meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at a home, from 6:30 to 8:30pm.

The next Heart and Soul Action Group meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 23, at 6:30 PM. The Heart and Soul group meets to share insights and experiences about our transitioning, chaotic world. All are welcome to attend, even if you haven't come before or read the book.

This month the group will be discussing Chapter 11 in the book Navigating the Coming Chaos, by Carolyn Baker.

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Transition Houston "Operating Manual"

Submitted by Mark Juedeman on Fri, 17/08/2012 - 9:03pm

Transition Houston needs a constitution, a written document that provides the intent and protocols that guide our decision making and organizational structure.  We have been largely operating on an oral tradition that has evolved over the several years that we have been together.  While that seems to have worked okay so far, having a document that spells everything out can help everyone to a common level of understanding about who we are and how we do things.