Be joyful though you have considered all the facts
(I’m thinking of this third post today as a Transitiony kind of post…) When I show people around the place, I finally (after five years) feel like it’s all coming together, and that’s because I have started thinking in terms of elements. Breaking the enormous task of creating a “sustainable place”  up into elements allows me …
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What does it mean when someone tells you “It can be done”? Does it mean anything more or different from “it can’t be done”? (*) When you hear someone say “it can be done,” you should immediately ask “and are we doing it?” That will accomplish two things. If the answer is yes, you’ve confirmed …
And now for something completely different… Here are two interesting thoughts I read today: Rees quotes Antonio Damasio (here, p.6): [For humanity to survive the sustainability crisis] we must rely on highly-evolved geneticallybased biological mechanisms, as well as on supra-instinctual survival strategies that have developed in society, are transmitted by culture, and require for their …
One of the projects I am working on is an ecological food garden for the new Hannah Williams Playground in my town. The playground and park were revamped last year and early this year, and the Department Of Public Works set aside a sunny patch of roughly 45′ x 20′  bordered by a more shaded strip …
There were Segway rides After our “sermons”  on Sunday morning, April 29, we ran across the street to the Town Building (I just loved that, that we could just cross the street and be there). Behind the building lies the grassy “courtyard”, intersected by paths. It was already bustling with people, exhibitors setting up their tables, …
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Sunday April 29 was a big day for me! In the morning, I and my Transition Wayland colleagues Andrea Case and Wen Stephenson spoke before the First Parish congregation. First Parish, as my fellow speaker Wen Stephenson said, is like the nerve center of Wayland. I call it home because I have been going to …
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Insight of the day: In this work you have to stay positive. Nothing is to be gained from becoming downhearted and negative. Nothing, not even your own personal satisfaction. And notice that I said “positive”. Not “hopeful”: that’s another thing. More on this later!
One of my most favorite projects with Transition Wayland is the BEElieve group. We sent out calls for beekeepers and bee enthusiasts in Wayland at the beginning of the year on our website and in the local media. Within two months, we had twenty people on the email list. We held our first meeting last …
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I’m, uhm, a little behind on my magazine subscriptions. I subscribe to only two: YES! magazine (quarterly) and Orion magazine (6/year), and still I can’t keep up. But today I finally got a chance to pick up the Spring 2011 issue of YES! And there I read the column by Colin Beavan, aka, No Impact …
We will remember within what walls we live, and understand that this level life has its summit…. and we have only to stand on the summit of our one hour to command an uninterrupted horizon. H.D. “Thorough” (as I now properly pronounce it), “A Walk to Wachusett” Last year, in April, we held a Transition …