Change is coming – Hold on tight
Seems like every week I get emails from yet another group that is “creating a network of local groups” for social change. Or expanding into a new reskilling class series. Or cultivating a citywide vision plan. Each of them valid…
8 Things you can do now, to prepare for summer heat
Some simple (energy-free) things you can do to help ease summer heat
The ProAction Cafe
When is the last time 20 people devoted 3 hours of their Saturday exclusively to you as a small business owner, and helping you achieve success? In a nutshell, that was last Saturday’s ProAction Cafe at Transition Mar Vista/Venice. And…
The Econ Puzzle’s Debut
This week marked the trimphant wrap-up of our Human Ecology class at Otis College of Art and Design. It was a great group of students this semester, and their enthusiasm shone through in their final projects. We celebrated with people…
New directions in Change-Making
Happy Earth Day! As you’ve undoubtedly heard a million times before, “Earth Day is every day.” And at ECM that’s certainly the case. That’s why today is a great day to highlight change-making projects that you can be a part…
Living with Climate Change
originally published by Transition Culture No water. That pretty much sums up living with climate change around here, in Los Angeles. California is currently experiencing “the worst drought in 500 years.” We had one minor “rain event” in October just before…
Collapse? Maybe not.
It’s all a matter of perspective. In a previous post I argued that economic contraction is necessary and in fact underway. Is this “Collapse” — that scary term that so many authors love to throw around? I find the C word to be counterproductive.…
Economic Descent, hopefully with skillful means
This post is in response to one by Rob Hopkins, which was in response to one byDavid Holmgren. In case I don’t use sufficiently ‘skillful means,’ please let me begin with stating: I am not advocating for intentionally creating an…
Why ECM is indifferent to traditional politics
Sometimes a few paragraphs from an article seem to bolt off the screen at you. A section from an article by Kurt Cobb summed up nicely why ECM isn’t into traditional politics. Why, since ECM’s inception, we have made every…
Powerdown: Let’s Talk About It
We’re caught in the squeeze right now. Climate change is advancing at an incredible speed. We know we should do something, but we lack the political will to do what it takes to hold it to 2°C. UN committees are now being…