Re: Transition Summit in upstate NY

[Sarah Klepner]

There's a train to Rhinecliff (10 miles from Omega) from Penn Station Tues evening ($27 one way).  It's quite nice of them to make this event free (including lodging).. 

Definitely seems important to connect with transition folks from other areas. If someone wants to go but doesn't have $100 to spend on travel, I can cover travel expenses for one more.    

  

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Sarah Klepner <sarah....@gmail.com> wrote:

FYI (more info to follow)

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From: Andrew Willner <andrew....@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 8, 2013 at 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [transition-monmouth-info] Social Action/Permaculture film follow up
To: Sarah Klepner <sarah....@gmail.com>

It looks like I am going to the Mid Atlantic Transition meeting at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck NY on the 22nd of May.  I am probably going to take the train on Tuesday evening, but wondered if anyone else from Monmouth was going?  Thanks Andy

On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Sarah Klepner <sarah....@gmail.com> wrote:

Greetings,

Thanks to all who came to last week's screening of Permaculture: the Growing Edge and to Sean Walsh for facilitating a lively discussion afterwards! More get-togethers are in the works (see below)..  

As was mentioned at the film, Transition Monmouth is a local group seeking to raise awareness of sustainable alternatives, including those offered by permaculture.  A couple of volunteers stepped forward at the film to help develop a time bank, an economically sustainable alternative. Thank you William and Bruce!  More volunteers are welcome..

One of our summer activities will be a Reskilling Series at the Eatontown farmers' market in Wampum Park (Rt 35 and West Street) on Sundays 11 am to 3 pm,  starting June 23. Reskilling is about learning how to make instead of buy, to repair instead of throw away- a key part of developing resilience.  We are planning to have a range of demonstrations, from homemade soap and textile arts, to local foraging and herbal medicine.  If you would like to help with the series, whether through doing a presentation or behind the scenes, please reply to this email   (one of our main needs is a 10-week loan of folding tables and chairs).   

For those who would like to continue discussing the meaning of permaculture and how it can be implemented here, etc- there are several ways to be in touch with others in the area.

 Facebook page: Greater Red Bank Transition Mullers aka Transition Monmouth.

List Serve:  Transition Red Bank: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/transition-red-bank   - this is a list serve started by people who got together during winter 2012 for vegan potlucks and discussion of the transition handbook. Kinda inactive right now but feel free to post-if a few people join, it can be revived..

We also have a google page (started and maintained by Wanna Smith): https://sites.google.com/site/transitionmonmouth/home, which has an assortment of useful info. 

 Transitionus.org and transitionnetwork.org are some general sites.

For another in-person gathering, Wendy Weiner, aka the Front Yard Farmer, a permaculturist in Marlboro, and one of Transition Monmouth's steering committee members, invites everyone over for a potluck and tour of her place later this month- she suggests a Monday or Wednesday evening- what are people's preferences?

thanks very much,

Sarah

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