transition

Those who are willing must choose transition now (Español)

Liora and Andy will make a live appearance to El Manzano via skype conference. Students of the Permaculture Design Course will have the opportunity to think and listen together with two of the plantes finest ecosocial regenerationists, and to explore the role of higher education and action learning in mobilising our people to engage in action for sustainability.

A First Meeting for Bioregional Coordination (Español)

By Carlos Lopez Odgers. On Saturday, Jan 23 2010, a large group gathered in the beautiful natural environment, that gives us the Laguna Grande in the district of San Pedro de la Paz in the city of Concepción, Biobio, Chile.

Forming the circle on the grass, some in bare feet, we met, heard and talked of our projects, all had one thing in common, progress should be together, without losing the richness of individuality, but with clear objectives.

The first is to maintain contact, organize and generate a platform that allows networking and information sharing. The second step is to meet again in March this year and to share proposals (for each group) to generate consensus on the way forward. What do we want for this new collaboration?

Those who endorsed this call were;

Getting Started in Permaculture (Español)

As we develop the Chilean branch of the Permaculture Research Institute, assiting people and communities to self organise for sustainability, we find ourselves working more and more in intensive design conversations. We are learning clearly that dreaming together is the first step, that by standing beside colleagues in conspiracy to design, we make sense together. Our consciousness is raised, and we can move on with a higher level of intention. What follows is a story from Enrique, participant in the a new community project Milenrama in the 5th region of Chile.

From Oil Dependance to Local Resilience

Helping the First World Reduce its Ecological Footprint

While Vandana Shiva was in Berlin recently promoting her book ‘Soil Not Oil’, Andreas Teuchert and Thomas Finger of Transition Berlin, who were filming the event, spontaneously asked her for her thoughts on what the Transition Towns movement could do that is of real use for people in the global south.

She said that “the most important pressure the people in the south face is the grabbing of their resources to feed a consumer machinery in the north.” She points out that while there are a number of products that the north can’t provide such as spices, coffee and cotton, fresh vegetables are the reason that poor peasants are losing their land.

´´...I heard the word Transition...´´

Here you will find a link to Youtube and the complete version in English of the new Transition movie. The Instituto Chileno de Permacultura is currently translating this and adding subtitles. 

ACCELERATED LEARNING PATHWAYS

Accelerated learning pathways, enabling people and communities to gather the values, knowledge and skills to make the great transition.

BIENVENIDO AL WIKI DEL MOVIMIENTO DE TRANSICIÓN

La Transición es la evolución de nuestra Sociedad desde un presente que depende de los combustibles fósiles, el consumo desaforado, la destrucción del Planeta y las desigualdades entre los pueblos, a otra realidad deseable basada en la localización de la producción, el uso de la energía y los bienes que se pueden obtener de manera sostenible de nuestro Planeta, la preeminencia de la colectividad,  la recuperación de las habilidades para la vida y la armonía con el resto de la Naturaleza.

It has been said that we are the most useless generation that ever walked the earth (Hopkins, 2008). Our cosy western lifestyles have led us to reliance on the supermarket, and food transported thousands of kilometres around the planet. As we have chased economic growth at all costs, we have rejected a lifestyle where we had to take care of our own needs, and many of the basic skills that go along with resilient simple living. We forgot once common knowledge, common sense, like how to cook and preserve, to grow our own food, build our own homes, how to fix things when they break, how to live in community.

A NEW INITIATIVE IN PUCÓN CHILE

By Jose Castro student of the Applied Permaculture Diploma

Únete a nosotros el 15 y 16 de agosto en Ashland, Oregon, para la primera versión de nuestro nuevo taller, “Entrenamiento para la Transición”. Con el fin de apoyar el importante trabajo de los asociados de la Universidad Gaia y otros en crear soluciones para los desafíos de la crisis energética, cambio climático, crisis económica y sobre-población, el Thrivability Institute de Ashland, Oregon, USA, ofrecerá este taller de dos días, como un curso accesible al público, justo antes de impartir el Programa de Orientación de la Universidad Gaia.  

Entrenamiento para la Transición será incluido además en los otros dos eventos mencionados en esta edición – Cumbre de Finanzas en Permacultura y el Congreso Bio-regional Continental.

GENERAR CONCIENCIA - Por Carolina Heidke

La principal herramienta para generar conciencia es el ejemplo y la educación, la comunidad El Manzano ha tomado la determinación de comenzar su proceso como Villa en Transición hacia un futuro sustentable. Es por ello que se esta implementando una Vivienda Ecológica Demostrativa que sirva de ejemplo con ideas innovadoras para replicar, como plataforma de cambio.

”Si quieres cambiar el MUNDO, comienza por CASA” es el desafío y compromiso de la comunidad con el medio ambiente.

Ver el video reporte aqui.

PIEZA CLAVE DEL DESARROLLO - Por Jorge Carrión

La comida es una pieza clave en el desarrollo y permanencia de la especie humana sobre la Pachamama; a menos que algún día seamos capaces de comernos las máquinas, el cemento, la angustia y la desesperación… o bien el etanol o el biodiesel, y poder seguir trabajando duro para alguna vez poder dejar de ser llamados tercermundistas. Es curioso el camino hacia el primer mundo, ya que mientras más “avanzamos” hacia él,  más nos alejamos de la esencia, de lo que nos permite seguir día a día, la lucha hacia algo que poco a poco cae por nuestro lado, mientras subimos esta escalera. La tranquilidad, la esperanza y la motivación que entrega la tierra por medio de sus alimentos. La vitalidad, la salud y la fuerza de para poder desarrollarnos nada más que como seres humanos.

NEW BOOK REVIEW

"While definitely focused on empowering the community rather than the policy makers, this book is much more than a folksy agenda for comfort in the crisis. It is a serious plan to reconstruct society in the light of ecological and energetic realities, informed by the best evidence about the vortex of forces influencing the global crisis. Chamberlin runs along a knife edge between the harsh realities facing the whole of humanity on the one hand, and hope and pragmatic vision on the other, outlining a pragmatic plan for a society-wide adaptation to the energy descent future. Let's see if we can run along that knife edge; we have nothing to lose."
—David Holmgren, Co-originator of the Permaculture concept, and author of Future Scenarios