Transition Towns - OKC
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Megan Parks
Feb 9, 2009, 11:28:37 PM2/9/09
to Make It Green Houston
Have you guys heard about Transition Town movement? It is a way for
communities to come together to create more resilient and sustainable
ways of living in an era of increasingly expensive energy. The
"Transition" to which the name refers is a transition towards more
diverse sources of energy. The movement recognizes that while oil &
gas is here to stay for many more decades, global demand is growing,
and global supplies are getting more expensive to produce. Prices are
going up and becoming more volatile. Many people think we may face
shortages of oil & gas in the coming years, as global supply peaks
(aka "peak oil"). http://transitionus.ning.com/
Oklahoma City is launching its own local Transition Town effort. Here
is their new website.
http://www.goinglocalokc.com/
While OKC is much smaller than Houston, there are lots of parallels
between our two cities. Oil & gas is the major employer. It's a
major city in a generally conservative leaning state. Summers are
very hot. Volatile oil prices affect not only people's home energy
costs, but also their jobs.
To a city like this, the concept of "Peak Oil" might seem pretty
wacky. It certainly does not get any main stream press.
Have any of you guys heard of Peak Oil or Transition Towns?
What are your thoughts about Peak Oil?
How would Houston fare if oil got very expensive very quickly?
Megan
communities to come together to create more resilient and sustainable
ways of living in an era of increasingly expensive energy. The
"Transition" to which the name refers is a transition towards more
diverse sources of energy. The movement recognizes that while oil &
gas is here to stay for many more decades, global demand is growing,
and global supplies are getting more expensive to produce. Prices are
going up and becoming more volatile. Many people think we may face
shortages of oil & gas in the coming years, as global supply peaks
(aka "peak oil"). http://transitionus.ning.com/
Oklahoma City is launching its own local Transition Town effort. Here
is their new website.
http://www.goinglocalokc.com/
While OKC is much smaller than Houston, there are lots of parallels
between our two cities. Oil & gas is the major employer. It's a
major city in a generally conservative leaning state. Summers are
very hot. Volatile oil prices affect not only people's home energy
costs, but also their jobs.
To a city like this, the concept of "Peak Oil" might seem pretty
wacky. It certainly does not get any main stream press.
Have any of you guys heard of Peak Oil or Transition Towns?
What are your thoughts about Peak Oil?
How would Houston fare if oil got very expensive very quickly?
Megan
Megan Parks
Feb 11, 2009, 8:59:31 PM2/11/09
to Make It Green Houston
Update: There is a Houston Transition Group, see
http://transitiontexas.ning.com/group/transitionhouston
How can our group, which is focused on working together on DIY
projects, create synergies with the Transition Houston group?
One thing Brian and I learned after 4 years of Houston Green Drinks is
that there are a LOT of people in Houston working on various
sustainability initiatives.
How would Houston look if these initiatives were more linked up?
Is that one of the key differences separating Houston from Austin
(with regard to the sustainability community)?
Interested in y'all's thoughts
On Feb 9, 10:28 pm, Megan Parks <megan.pa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Have you guys heard about Transition Town movement? It is a way for
> communities to come together to create more resilient and sustainable
> ways of living in an era of increasingly expensive energy. The
> "Transition" to which the name refers is a transition towards more
> diverse sources of energy. The movement recognizes that while oil &
> gas is here to stay for many more decades, global demand is growing,
> and global supplies are getting more expensive to produce. Prices are
> going up and becoming more volatile. Many people think we may face
> shortages of oil & gas in the coming years, as global supply peaks
> (aka "peak oil"). http://transitionus.ning.com/
>
> Oklahoma City is launching its own local Transition Town effort. Here
> is their new website.http://www.goinglocalokc.com/
http://transitiontexas.ning.com/group/transitionhouston
How can our group, which is focused on working together on DIY
projects, create synergies with the Transition Houston group?
One thing Brian and I learned after 4 years of Houston Green Drinks is
that there are a LOT of people in Houston working on various
sustainability initiatives.
How would Houston look if these initiatives were more linked up?
Is that one of the key differences separating Houston from Austin
(with regard to the sustainability community)?
Interested in y'all's thoughts
On Feb 9, 10:28 pm, Megan Parks <megan.pa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Have you guys heard about Transition Town movement? It is a way for
> communities to come together to create more resilient and sustainable
> ways of living in an era of increasingly expensive energy. The
> "Transition" to which the name refers is a transition towards more
> diverse sources of energy. The movement recognizes that while oil &
> gas is here to stay for many more decades, global demand is growing,
> and global supplies are getting more expensive to produce. Prices are
> going up and becoming more volatile. Many people think we may face
> shortages of oil & gas in the coming years, as global supply peaks
> (aka "peak oil"). http://transitionus.ning.com/
>
> Oklahoma City is launching its own local Transition Town effort. Here
Kristen March
Feb 12, 2009, 11:29:05 AM2/12/09
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I don't know. i think it can only help.
I think tonight could be a good chance to come together, see where interests and strengths lie, although it sounds like you may have already found that out. It seems if cities (or the people in them) can figure out how to apply the stuff in this workshop, that that's what is really need to transition this place, n nation!
If you don't know. Urban sustainability workshop is at Sedition books tonight at richmond and montrose. (Done by the rhizome collective in austin)
lets go!
> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:59:31 -0800
> Subject: Re: Transition Towns - OKC
> From: megan...@gmail.com
> To: make-it-gr...@googlegroups.com
I think tonight could be a good chance to come together, see where interests and strengths lie, although it sounds like you may have already found that out. It seems if cities (or the people in them) can figure out how to apply the stuff in this workshop, that that's what is really need to transition this place, n nation!
If you don't know. Urban sustainability workshop is at Sedition books tonight at richmond and montrose. (Done by the rhizome collective in austin)
lets go!
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