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See the OCCN forum post:

http://transitionottawa.ning.com/group/occn/forum/topics/demo-website-and-related-links

Join the group if you're at all interested!

http://transitionottawa.ning.com/group/occn

Thanks!

Ron

I don't think any of us were expecting 70 people to show up. What a great buzz of talk and a wonderful spread of delicious food!

Following Justvoices choir, singing very relevant, fun, songs during our desert, we were given glimpses into many of the Transition Ottawa projects that are ongoing - Resilient kitchen, Urban wildcrafting, Peak Oil group - now transforming into the Transition Ottawa Meetup, 3i Summit, Distributing orchard produce, Jane's walks, and the emerging…

We're delighted to offer two Work Exchange positions for our Ecological Design and Gardening: Introduction to Permaculture course in Ottawa, May 25 to 27. The Permaculture Institute of Eastern Ontario (PIEO) is offering these positions to help make our courses more financially accessible to students and in an effort to bring benefit to the larger community. Work Exchange students will be selected based on a combination of financial need and…

Hello Everyone! 

I am putting together an online resource for people to view various green homes in Ottawa.  People can post their own stories, pictures and videos or they can volunteer to be video interviewed by myself to be posted on the site.  Here's the URL: http://ottawagreenhomes.webs.com/

The definition of 'green' is broad so various technologies and practices can be presented.  If you have a green home or…

I have recently created a new website for the Ottawa Folk Music Network: a hub for community, participatory & traditional singing & playing.

This group has recently formed up, and many of you may be interested in checking out how you can be involved. Please check out the site at: http://ottawafolkmusicnetwork.wordpress.com/

For now you may post to this website through me by sending me an email at maura dot…

Our latest No Plastic Project post offers a photo gallery of inspiration for reducing plastic and stooping to pick up litter. Find it at www.noplasticproject.ca

Thanks to Transition Ottawa, I had a funny conversation when Weedman called my house last week.  Here is the link to the transcription of the call: 

http://transitiontoresilience.blogspot.com/2012/02/weed-man-me.html

Pamela

Most people gravitate toward others who share the same beliefs. Did you ever notice that? If you are into energy work (like I am), you might even take it up a notch and surmise that people are attracted to others who vibrate at the same energy level or frequency. If you are not into energy work, you…

We need this in the National Capital.

"We need to re-democratise the monetary system, to have a set of alternatives for issuing credit outside the banking oligarchy. Alternative currencies can play a vital role in that – particularly in conjunction with the exciting developments in ICT [information and communication technologies] which enable consumers and producers to exchange with each other across a larger area and based upon values other than globalisation and economies of…

http://transitiontoresilience.blogspot.com/2011/12/happy-resilient-christmas.html?showComment=1324286073388#!/2011/12/happy-resilient-christmas.html

The latest post on the No Plastic Project blog is a quick primer on bioplastics, biodegradable plastics, and compostable plastics, in case - like me - you'd been wondering exactly what these labels mean and just how eco- and health-friendly these products are.

We've updated the No Plastic Project blog with an article on the health effects of plastics. I hope you'll visit the blog, and share the information around!

I know that many Transitioners are also cyclists. Ottawa is moving slowly toward become more bike-friendly, but it's still a scary world out there.

In the wake of the death last month of yet another cyclist in Ottawa and now, more recently in Toronto, the following post may be of interest. 

This Toronto blogger advises that "dwelling on the 'could have beens' is of no help to the victim, her family, or anyone else. It’s a fool’s errand. Rather, you have to learn to be a…

The November 15 Environment Committee meeting at City Hall will receive three Plans coming out of the Choosing Our Future process.

One of these Plans is said to include the community greenhouse gas reduction targets for Ottawa.

Ottawans concerned about climate change should tell their Councillor that…

I went down Sunday afternoon to the Occupy Ottawa event being held at Confederation Park. There were, I'd guess, about 300-400 people there: young, old, from many walks of life. The mood was non-confrontational, even festive, but the signs many held up and the words that were spoken tell the story of disaffection and frustration with the way things are.

Much of the initial discussion was centered around process: how decision making was going to take…

Today, I landed on the David Suzuki website and discovered the Declaration of Interdependence, which I signed because I wholeheartedly agreed with the…

Enbridge is proposing a pipeline that would carry more than half a million barrels of crude oil daily from the tar sands to Kitimak on the coast of BC. 80% of the BC population is against this pipeline, including over 60 First Nations.

The pipeline would be a channel for Canada to export oil to China, calling for massive expansion of the already…