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Transition PDX
"Inherent within the challenges of peak oil and climate change is an extraordinary opportunity to reinvent, rethink, and rebuild the world around us." - Rob Hopkins, The Transition Handbook.
It begins when a small group comes together with a shared concern: how can our community respond to the challenges and opportunities of peak oil, climate change and economic stagnation?
How We Work
These are the principles that guide the way TPDX works. These continue to develop and evolve:
- We work together because we know that together we are greater than the sum of our parts. We work in a collaborative way because we get better results for less effort.
- We don't need permission to act. There is no hierarchy. Leadership for TPDX is shared by everyone. In representing TPDX, individuals agree to abide by and uphold all TPDX principles and take responsibility for their own decisions, actions and results.
- We trust that those who step forward have good intentions and will make good decisions. We give autonomy and support to those who wish to be part of TPDX.
- We are open to working with everyone. We welcome diversity and see it as a strength. We avoid categories of "them and us".
- We acknowledge other initiatives and seek to find ways to collaborate and further the aims of TPDX.
- Individually and as a group we identify what needs to be done and people volunteer for tasks when they already have the skills or want to develop the skills. We help and support each others' learning.We don't have a blueprint. We believe in multiple paths, ideas and possibilities. We think questions are as important as answers. It's fine to make mistakes and learn from them.
- We work with a natural momentum, driven by our passion and positive approach.
- We are transparent in everything we do.
Energy Descent Action Plan
An Energy Descent Action Plan is a guide to reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and reducing our carbon footprint over the next 20 years, during which we expect many changes associated with declining oil supplies and some of the impacts of climate change to become more apparent. In this EDAP we have built a picture of this future scenario based on visions of a better future. What we have tried in the process to invite the community to dream how the future could be, and to then work out the practical pathways by which we actually get there.
Here are two links about the EDAP in general
Regarding creating an EDAP in our area, here are some existing planing efforts of note
Transition Woodstock: Make your own earth boxes/”self-contained gardening systems”
Transition Woodstock Area will present a workshop on making earth boxes, also called ”self-contained gardening systems.” In this workshop, led by Barbara and Robert vanCreveld, you will learn to build an inexpensive (under $10) equivalent to the earth boxes that sell online for over $30 plus shipping. These boxes give great yields, and are the answer to the late springs and short growing seasons we’ve had the last couple of years, especially for tomatoes and peppers as they provide the warm environment and consistent watering that these crops require. For information on how many plants each box will accommodate for different crops, see the planting guide on the original Earth Box site.
Bring power drills and saws if you have them. Here are the materials needed for each planter:
