Transition Olympia

Locally addressing Climate Change, Peak Oil, and the Economy

Transition Olympia is an expanding group in the Olympia, WA area catalyzing local community, sustainability, resilience, and economy

Members

  • Amanda Stacey
  • Dani Madrone
  • Joseph Becker
  • Roger LaPrelle
  • Mica Thompson
  • Will Petrik
  • Ramsey Zimmerman
  • Joanne Lee
  • Charlie Calhoun
  • Grandma Misi
  • Sherri Goulet
  • gita moulton
  • Meesh Rheault Miller
  • Anna Gurol
  • Yvonne Wilhelmsen
  • Monica Hoover

Latest Activity

Mica Thompson is now a member of Transition Olympia
on Monday
Joanne Lee added a discussion
We Transitioners are starting to plan for a May Day event at The Evergreen State College to coordinate with the Synergy events for May. We are open to ideas and energy from you, our community. So far these are the elements that we have discussed:Spe…
March 11
Joseph Becker added an event
March 14, 2010 from 10am to 4pm
Building interior insulating window inserts that can stop a significant portion of heat loss and save on heating costs. Also learn the basics of reducing home heat loss. These double layered window inserts are transparent, fit snugly inside the wind…
March 9
Grandma Misi is attending Joanne Lee's event
Transition Olympia Salon for March at Mixx 96 Corner of State and Washington in Olympia
March 16, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm
Tuesday, March 16 from 7-9 pm   Mixx 96 Building a Local Economy for a Post-Carbon Era A panel discussion with - Larry Levine, Oly Bikes Marie Poland, Sustainable South Sound Lisa Smith, Executive DIrector Enterprise for Equity Peter Strobel, WELCO…
March 7
Will Petrik updated their profile photo
March 6
Will Petrik is attending Joanne Lee's event
March 14, 2010 from 3:30pm to 5:30pm
You are invited to a FREE educational Panel For a Sustainable Community brought to you by students from WashPIRG and the Environmental Resource Center. As you know, Olympia is one of the most progressive towns in the Pacific Northwest. Unique solut…
March 6
Joanne Lee added 3 events
March 6
Will Petrik is now a member of Transition Olympia
March 4

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Things To Do Here

Discuss issues in the Forum - Open a topic or respond to others' ideas and contribute your own. We invite all points of view, and ask that all be respectful.
Join or Start a Group - A Group shows interest in working on a specific issue related to Transition.
Chat - Chat with others online (see bottom right corner of your window).
Post Local Events - publicize your or your organizations' events here, that are part of the solution!
Read and Publish Blog Entries - Any member can create a Blog entry. We invite you to write about topics that you have a specific interest or expertise in.
Post Photos or Videos - Tell your story through pictures and video!

Events

Forum

Joanne Lee

May Day!!! Calling all transitioners . . .

Started by Joanne Lee Mar 12.

Karen Patrick

Who wants to Imagine With Me? 4 Replies

Started by Karen Patrick. Last reply by Grandma Misi Feb 17.

Lanae Aldrich

Dan Ariely and Predictably Irrational

Started by Lanae Aldrich Jan 26.

Ginger Andersen

Tonight

Started by Ginger Andersen Jan 19.

Cathy Tuttle

Welcome to Transition, Olympia 2 Replies

Started by Cathy Tuttle. Last reply by Cathy Tuttle Dec. 4, 2009.

Blog Posts

sushil yadav

Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment

The link between Mind and Social / Environmental-Issues.

The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in psychological problems besides destroying the environment. All issues are interlinked. Our Minds cannot be peaceful when attention-spans are down to nanoseconds, microseconds and milliseconds. Our Minds cannot be peaceful if we destroy Nature.

Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment.

Subject : In a fast society slow emotions… Continue

Posted by sushil yadav on January 12, 2010 at 8:40pm

Ramsey Zimmerman

Response to Climate Change Impact Response Meeting

I attended the Public Meeting on the State's Climate Change Impacts Response Strategy last night (November 30, 2009) and wanted to post some of my reactions and thoughts (not a summary of the meeting itself). So here they are!

1) Kudos to the organizers of the meeting, mainly the Department of Ecology with support from the University of Washington, and the Departments of Commerce, Natural Resources, Fish &am… Continue

Posted by Ramsey Zimmerman on December 1, 2009 at 10:11am

Lanae Aldrich

A Glance at Olympia's Sustainability Movement

Hello everyone,

For anyone who is interested, I wrote this paper for class - so it was not and will not be published anywhere - and thought I would share it with you all because I included a bit about Transitions and the October Salon. It's just a glance at the beginnings of the sustainability movement in Olympia.

Journalistic_Inquiry_Final.pdf

Cheers!

Posted by Lanae Aldrich on November 9, 2009 at 12:29pm — 1 Comment

Karen Patrick

2010 Budget Prioritization

I got this from Jennifer Kenny this morning..... enjoy....

Cheers.... Karen

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Here Is Your Chance to Provide Input on the City’s 2010 Budget - Online

Balancing a budget in this environment is a difficult challenge - one that necessitates tough choices between public services and programs. Here is your opportunity to prioritize Olympia's programs and services. The Constrained Prioritization online survey is a simple tool to allow citizen… Continue

Posted by Karen Patrick on October 29, 2009 at 10:17am

Ramsey Zimmerman

Personal Response to the Film "What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire"

I was already THERE … in that place that we in the Transition Movement find ourselves. The place where we know that “modern” society is headed for a train wreck. The place where we pace our cages and silently rattle our bars, KNOWING that we’re trapped in a world where we are killing life on this Earth and ourselves, one drive-thru at a time.

And yet, watching “What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire” shook me to my core again.… Continue

Posted by Ramsey Zimmerman on October 23, 2009 at 1:11pm — 1 Comment

 
 

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