Community Eco-Expo

[ January 31, 2010; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Location: Congregation Beth Or
239 Welsh Road
Maple Glen, PA 19002
bethor@bethor.org
215-646-5806

The Eco-Expo will help you learn about the many ways large and small— you can help protect the environment. It will focus on resources here in our own neighborhoods and nearby people, goods and services you might not know about yet, but that will help YOU make [...]

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Transition Party at Arcadia University

[ October 22, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] This Thursday, 7-9PM Arcadia University, Stiteler Hall, Glenside, PA

Introduction to Transition Towns — a festive, fast-paced overview of peak oil, climate change, and our collective Cheltenham – Arcadia response to re-create local community— local: artisans, food, energy, goods, service. This makes our collaborative community more resilient in the face of oil crises [...]

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Transition Towns

[ October 17, 2009; 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] Is a High Performing Low Fossil Fuel Society Feasible?
How will it feed, house & power itself without Oil?
Will it be Business as Usual via Carbon based fuels OR
Can We Re-Energize a Clean & Sustainable Planet?

Please come and Participate in a Presentation of Transition Towns

Transition Communities design & use Energy Descent Plans to [...]

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Transition Workshop Followup

I recently attended a Transition Towns workshop at Arcadia University on July 17-18, 2009, although I was only able to stay for 1 day due to family commitments. I thought I would build a google map of all the attendees so that we would have a way of seeing where we all lived and be [...]

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An Introduction to Transition Towns

[ July 9, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The Quiet Riot has the great honor of performing “An Introduction to Transition Towns” at the Academy of Natural Sciences’ Town Square series/Sustainability Forum, Thursday evening, July 9, 2009. 6 PM Networking 6:30 PM performance—you’re invited!

Bill Mettler Cheltenham Twp. EAC www.quietriot.org

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Transition Town prep: Here’s What Happened on Food Security nite!

Dear Community:
The Transition Town model has been described as “more like a party than a protest march”. Transition Towns answer the Perfect Storm of Economic Instability, Peak Oil and Climate Change by inviting the creativity, resources and skills of the town’s citizens to rebirth local community: local food, local energy, local building materials, bikes… even [...]

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A visit to two schools ….

We have the joy of visiting many schools each year, but this particular day was fascinating.
The first school was seriously into recycling. Every classroom had a recycling bucket right outside their door. As I walked down the hall, we saw that each bucket was filled to the brim with disposable water bottles–20 bottles a bucket, 20 [...]

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