ALL MEMBERS PLEASE READ & REPLY: Ning will soon eliminate all "free network" options ~~ Please email Monica (a website mgr) to weigh in with your opinion on whether this network stay operational ie. Do you as a member here feel you would be willing to pay a small yearly membership fee < $5.00 fee for membership here to keep this virtual space available as is for all Ypsilanti members? Or would you simply leave the network rather than pay a fee? This fee would possibly decrease as Transition grows and more members join...
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The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, .. our heads above the water. See who is in there with you and celebrate. Hopi elders
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Rep. Pam Byrnes interviews Nathan Ayers on Transition Ann Arbor--Pt 1 of 3
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Good Neighbors make Great Communities

"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself" Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ferndale Time Bank Our first group project was this Sunday from 10am-1pm.

We spent a couple hours in our neighbor Darcie's yard, weeding, trimming, raking, moving patio furniture, etc. Afterwards, we enjoyed a terrific potluck lunch! Looks like a fun time doesn't it? Jealous? Don't be, You too could have a time bank in your neighborhood!

After. Weeds are gone. Flowers are planted.

TimeBanking Training
Save the Date Register NOW!

TimeBank coordinators are coming in from around
the country to get people involved in TimeBanking.

TIMEBANKING TRAINING

Saturday & Sunday,
June 26 and 27th, 2010 - 9am - 5pm,
(registration: 8-9 am)
contact MonicaTRANSITION ANN ARBOR is a networking and learning site for those seeking small-scale green-oriented local implementation of Transition models for communities. It is an affiliate community group of Transition USA and Transition Michigan. These sites are evolving through grassroots participation, an effort intended to synergistically connect transition workers with each other, while identifying, preserving, nurturing, and creating pragmatic, necessary, and local Transition Initiatives, solutions, practices, and customs. The Transition Movement is a campaign which houses several other familiar monikers: Local Self Reliance, Self Determination, Appropriate Technology, Decentralization, Localization, Relocalization, Post Carbon, Post Petroleum, Energy Independence, Beyond Oil, Voluntary Simplicity, Think Globally - Act Locally.

This emerging Transition Culture seeks to empower communities to confront the critical eco-challenges surrounding peak oil and climate change by unleashing their citizen's collective genius to cultivate innovative solutions through diverse projects, initiatives, education, networking, and collaborative coalitions :

How can we address these changing aspects of life, while sustainably satisfying our community needs, and still thrive?

* drastically reduce carbon emissions (in response to climate change);
* significantly rebuild resilience (in response to peak oil);
* and greatly strengthen our local economy (in response to economic instability)

Transition Culture makes no claim to have all the answers, but by building on our cumulative wisdom and accessing the pool of ingenuity, skills, and determination in our communities, the solutions can more readily emerge. Now is the time to start re-creating our future in ways which are not based on cheap, plentiful and polluting oil, but on local food production, decentralized renewable energy, resilient local economies, and a profound sense of community well-being.