Technosanity #19: Knives into Butter

Each action, each deed, is like falling knives striking melted butter. Each action divides the present into the future and past, forever rendering the possible from the achieved. Each action seems to cut away possibilities, yet there are always infinite possibilities. Each action divides the present yet the present always exists immutable. The universe is built on a foundation so strong it can take the continuing rain of an infinite number of knives and survive. How can this be?

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SolarAid

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SolarAid

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Two of the biggest threats facing humanity today are climate change and global poverty. SolarAid helps to combat both, simply by bringing clean, renewable power to the poorest people in the world. Our vision is to make solar energy as widely available as possible to the poorest people in developing countries, helping them bypass the need for dirty, fossil-fueled power and giving them access to all the educational, health and social services that we take for granted in the West.

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Green Science Channel

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Sustaining Dunbar

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Sustaining Dunbar

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building a creative, low carbon, locally resilient community here in East Lothian. It is for everyone living or working in the Dunbar and East Linton ward, and provides a network for people to get together with others who share similar interests and want to work together to build a sustainable community. Sustaining Dunbar is for everyone living (or working) in the Dunbar and East Linton ward of East Lothian. Sustaining Dunbar is whoever chooses to become involved. It provides a network to enable you to make contact with others who share similar interests and to get involved in whatever way you wish or are able.

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Transition Boulder County

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Transition Boulder County

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to inspire, to encourage, to network, to support and train communities as they consider, adopt, adapt and implement the transition model in order to establish a Transition Initiative. The transition model emboldens communities to look peak oil and climate change squarely in the eye and unleash the collective genius of their own people. The objectives of TRANSITION BOULDER COUNTY are: To raise public awareness of the issues associated with climate change and the peaking of global oil supplies, encouraging communities in the area to adopt the Transition Model in order to unleash the collective genius of the local community.

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Community Rising - Ketchum Transition Initiative

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Community Rising

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To create a resilient and vibrant community in Ketchum and Blaine County in the face of a rapidly changing world. A transition town initiative based in Ketchum ID.

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Green Heart Institute

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Green Heart Institute

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The Green Heart Institute provides knowledge, inspiration, analysis and solutions to people who desire to reduce their environmental impact and live a more satisfying life. A nonprofit that provides education, tools and resources to help individuals, groups, congregations, businesses, and entire communities reduce their environmental impact and truly enjoy their lives.

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Lyons Green Heart Community Initiative

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Lyons Green Heart Community Initiative

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Lyons is an eclectic little town tucked against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Its roots are grounded in the history of the very rock it rests upon, and it has blossomed to become an outdoor recreation destination and an arts and entertainment mecca. Local commitment to sustainability is growing as the Green Heart Community Initiative is bringing education and solutions to 300 families in town.

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Transition U.S.

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Transition U.S.

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Transition United States is a non-profit organization whose mission is to catalyze, inspire, encourage, network, support and train communities throughout the U.S. as they consider, adopt, adapt and implement Transition Initiatives.

We are working in partnership with the Transition Network in the UK to support and promote the emergence of the Transition Movement nationwide.

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Green Drinks International

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Green Drinks International

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Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up for a beer at informal sessions known as Green Drinks. We have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and business. Come along and you'll be made welcome. Just say, "are you green?" and we will look after you and introduce you to whoever is there. It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organising network.

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Eco Bob

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ECO Bob

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The name Ecobob is derived from the word ‘eco’, an abbreviation for ‘ecologically friendly’ and the acronym ‘bob’ which stands for ‘best of both’. Our philosophy is that it is possible to have ‘the best of both worlds’ in terms of living in harmony and balance with our environment while still enjoying the comforts of technology and modern living.

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Transition Towns New Zealand Aotearoa

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Transition Towns New Zealand Aotearoa

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Transition town movement groups in New Zealand

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Transition Town Workshop

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Transition Town Workshop

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Saturday Workshop from the Taupo Ecoshow with Richard Heinberg and James Samuel.
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Transition Cities - The Conference

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Transition Cities - The Conference

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Highlights of the first national Transition Cities conference held in Nottingham on November 27 and 28, 2008.

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The Big Event Rob Hopkins 1/5

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The Big Event Rob Hopkins 1/5

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Transition City Bristol, THE BIG EVENT, Sunday 25th November 2007. at the Council House, College Green. Can you imagine Bristol after oil? Rob Hopkins on Transition Town (more)

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Rob Hopkins Interview

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Rob Hopkins Interview

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Rob Hopkins, instigator or the Transition Town movement is interviewed by Adrienne Campbell on the day Transition Town Lewes is unleashed.

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The Lewes Pound

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The Lewes Pound

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The Lewes Pound is a complementary currency, redeemable for goods or services with local traders. It is not intended to replace regular money, but by using it, we can all help support local producers and traders and raise awareness of the importance of shopping locally.

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Permaculture Links - Britain

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Permaculture Links

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A links resource directory related to Permaculture, and focused on Britain.

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SustainWeb

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SustainWeb

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Sustainable Futures

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Sustainable Futures

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integrates public consultation, community engagement, learning processes and sustainable development. We enable planning teams, businesses and partnerships to effectively engage with local neighbourhoods, communities, stakeholders and decision makers.

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Permaculture Association (Britain)

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Permaculture Association (Britain)

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Permaculture is about creating sustainable human habitats by following nature's patterns. An ecological design system that inspires and empowers us to create our own solutions to local and global problems, it provides ways to design and create healthy productive places to work, rest and play.

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Steward Community Woodland

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Steward Community Woodland

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a permaculture project which aims to demonstrate the value of integrating conservation woodland management techniques with organic growing, traditional skills and crafts and low-impact sustainable living. Please read our introductory leaflet for a brief introduction to the project.

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Transition Falmouth

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Transition Falmouth

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Transition Falmouth is part of a movement addressing the two greatest issues of our time: a changing climate and declining oil production.

We are working to develop low energy solutions in all aspects of our lives. Transition Falmouth has set up a number of working groups including food, arts & crafts, transport, health & wellbeing, waste, built environment and economics.

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Transition Town Kinsale

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Transition Town Kinsale

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A voluntary community initiative in Kinsale Ireland working to help make the transition from a dependency on fossil fuels to a low carbon future.

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Transition Town Totnes

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Transition Town Totnes

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Totnes is the UK’s first Transition Initiative, that is, a community in a process of imagining and creating a future that addresses the twin challenges of diminishing oil and gas supplies and climate change, and creates the kind of community that we would all want to be part of.

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Transition Penwith

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Transition Penwith

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Transition Penwith seeks to facilitate creative and pro-active responses, with the ultimate aim to strategise and implement an Energy Descent Action Plan for a vibrant, low energy, low carbon Penwith.

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Transition Towns

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Transition Towns

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A Transition Initiative is a community working together to look Peak Oil and Climate Change squarely in the eye and address this BIG question: "for all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain itself and thrive, how do we significantly increase resilience (to mitigate the effects of Peak Oil) and drastically reduce carbon emissions (to mitigate the effects of Climate Change)?"

The process is a comprehensive and indepth rethinking of our we as humans live our society.

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Rob Hopkins - Rethinking Our Relationship To Land 01

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Rob Hopkins - Rethinking Our Relationship To Land 01

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Rob Hopkins - transition towns environment kernow conference 2007

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Rob Hopkins Local Resilience

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Rob Hopkins Local Resilience

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Rob Hopkins speaks about Totnes at the Transition Network Inaugural Conference

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Rob Hopkins at the Positive Energy Conference part 1

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Rob Hopkins at the Positive Energy Conference part 1

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Rob Hopkins, founder of the transition town movement, tells his inspirational story at the Postive Energy Conference in the Findhorn Ecovillage.

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International Forum on Globalisation Rob Hopkins - Transition Town

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International Forum on Globalisation Rob Hopkins - Transition Town

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International Forum on Globalisation Rob Hopkins - Transition Town

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Transition Tales Newsflash 2030

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Transition Tales Newsflash 2030

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Transition Town Totnes

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TOTNES POUND

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TOTNES POUND

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INTERVIEWS WITH VENDORS IN THE ENGLISH TOWN THAT PRINTED ITS OWN CURRENCY AS PART OF THE TRANSITION TOWN MOVEMENT.

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Transition People Totnes

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Transition People Totnes

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People of Totnes, Devon show that responding to the challenges of our time can be creative, energizing and life-enhancing!

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Transition Town Lewes

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Transition Town Lewes

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Grassroots Video from Transition Town Lewes! It's a 10-15 year plan to adapt to climate change and our over-dependence on fossil fuels. Find out what residents think and a bit of reality about oil.

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TRANSITION TOWNS: An Interview with Rob Hopkins

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TRANSITION TOWNS: An Interview with Rob Hopkins

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The founder of a growing movement shows us around 'Transition Town Totnes' in Devon and talks about peak oil, the origin of the Transition Towns concept and how to help your community develop an 'energy descent plan' and prepare to 'power down.'

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The Transition Town Twelve Steps Rob Hopkins

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The Transition Town Twelve Steps Rob Hopkins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-RBszJuUrI

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Rob Hopkins and the Transition Town 12 Steps. Transition Network Inaugural Conference 2007 Stroud

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Rob Hopkins' Transition Handbook

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Rob Hopkins' Transition Handbook

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Founder of the Transition Network spreading throughout the world, Rob Hopkins talks about Transition Town Totnes and moving towards a post-peak oil society. His book The Transition Handbook gives an account of the founding of Transition Town Totnes, and the global spread of Transition towns. He shows you how to start the Transition process in your community, and why it is important that communities are resilient to the coming decline of oil as an energy source. He also includes the facts about peak oil, and puts a persuasive argument for acting now, rather than later. See www.greenbooks.co.uk for 'The Transition Handbook: from Oil Dependency to Local Resilience'.

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MicroPlace

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MicroPlace

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MicroPlace’s mission is to help alleviate global poverty by enabling everyday people to make investments in the world’s working poor.

Microfinance institutions around the world have discovered an effective way to help the world’s working poor lift themselves out of poverty. These organizations need capital to expand and reach more of the working poor. At the same time, millions of everyday people here in the United States are looking for ways to make investments that yield a financial return while making a positive impact on the world. MicroPlace simply connects investors with microfinance institutions looking for funds.

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