"Hi group,
I don't know how well related this is to a microlending discussion, but I was looking at the City of Bloomington website for the Housing and Neighborhood Development (HAND) department and noticed that they had small matching grants…"
Growing Community Resilience for an Abundant Post-Petroleum Future
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Latest Activity -- Who's Doing What in Bloomington...
Shodo Spring left a comment for Alan Davidson"Hi Alan,
Thanks for your thoughts. I'm very excited about the entrepreneurship work, and will look forward to hearing what's happening. Hopefully we can meet soon."
Alan Davidson left a comment for Shodo Spring"Hi Shodo,
(continued from previous comment)
I know now that I can make a contribution as an information gathering person and locator of resource materials relevant to the group efforts online at this site, even if I am a few hundred miles away at…"
Alan Davidson left a comment for Shodo Spring"Hi Shodo,
Thank you for the great work you are doing to get microloans and the financial process going for local entrepeneurs. I was immediately reminded of the article on the blog page from Rob Hoskins on the importance of social entrepeneurs in…"
Shodo Spring left a comment for Alan Davidson"Hello, Alan.
You have joined the group that I was in - I'm really happy. Does this mean we sat in a circle together and I didn't figure out it was you? I think this (available money) is one of the keys to helping it all happen.
I'll…"
Alan Davidson commented on Mylo Roze's group Ecopreneurial Incubator Network"Hello Everyone,
I was just browsing online and found some information that might be relevant to this group.
I ran across some interesting websites on CDFI's Community Development Financial Institutions.
In 1994 the U.S. Treasury Dept.…"
Alan Davidson joined Mylo Roze's group
Ecopreneurial Incubator Network
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Alan Davidson is attending Keith Johnson's event
The Great Unleashing - A Community Solution to Energy Descent at Bloomington City Hall Council Chambers
April 24, 2010 from 9:30am to 5:30pm
The GREAT UNLEASHING is an Open Space event (see http://transitionbloomington.org/Unleashing/unleashing.htm) that will engage Bloomington in a collective and committed response, and will kick-off the process of creating a 10-20 year energy descent action plan.THE GREAT UNLEASHING will be a one-day town meeting, celebration and extravaganza that will motivate, excite, educate and engage our community in…See More
Shodo Spring left a comment for Alan Davidson"I also look forward to meeting you. Unfortunately I will be leaving Bloomington this summer. Let's make sure we can connect, and I'll be happy to introduce you to various local Buddhist groups and people."
Alan Davidson left a comment for Shodo Spring"Hello Shodo,
Thank you for your gracious welcome. I am looking forward to participating in the Transition movement in Bloomington and especially the launch in April. I am very happy to see a Buddhist presence in Bloomington. My wife and I have sat…"
Shodo Spring left a comment for Alan Davidson"Alan, welcome to Transition. Hope you make it to the permaculture training, hope you manage to move here. This is a wonderful community for people like us."
Profile Information
- How are you currently involved in Transition to a post-petroleum lifestlyle?
- Still in the information gathering stage. I have read the book about the Natural Step program which is big up here in Wisconsin, not so much activity with Transition Towns. I have a basic grasp of the transition concept, peak oil and sustainability. Hope to participate in the Bloomington launch in April.
- How do you identify with the Transition movement? Why are you interested?
- Long time interest in organic gardening and sustainable energy. I look around at the typical American lifestyle and it doesn't make sense. Why would we choose to live this way?
Organic, renewable, sustainable, fair trade, health.... these words make sense to me. I am particularly interested in permaculture and want to take the permaculture design training in Bloomington this year. I also have an interest in developing sustainable communities in Central America and there are a number of groups in El Salvador, Nicaragua and other countries who have created very successful programs and demonstration projects using permaculture techniques. Bloomington has a sister city relationship with a town in Nicaragua and I would like to become involved in some kind of sustainable community work through this connection.
- How can you help the growth / acceptance / vitality of local Transition efforts? What can YOU teach us? What can your Group teach us?
- I have a degree in Geography. I love maps, and gathering and synthesizing information into an easily understandable form. Many of the sustainability issues we face today have to do with the location and spatial arrangement of resources within and around our communities and our ability to access those resources in order to create a strong local infrastructure. I could easily see myself working with a transition group to identify and create maps of local community resources, and also for basic planning and strategizing for community organizing.
I also have taken basic and intermediate solar installation training with the Midwest Renewable Energy Association and would like to get connected with people interested in renewable energy.
As a geographer, one of my biggest conceptual challenges regarding sustainable communities is how to work creatively with a regional infrastructure that has already been set up and arranged under a different planning paradigm? How can we work with existing transportation patterns and building structures that are already in place and have been for many years? Can we modify the existing conditions rapidly enough, with the political, economic, legal, and social institutions we have now to create a sustainable solution to community needs? I feel that we have the knowledge and technology to design sustainable communities from scratch like LEED architecture, renewable energy, co-housing and ecovillages, but how do we work with existing structures and business-as-usual thinking within a short term time framework like energy descent?
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 3:43pm on May 2, 2010, Shodo Spring said…
- Hi Alan,
Thanks for your thoughts. I'm very excited about the entrepreneurship work, and will look forward to hearing what's happening. Hopefully we can meet soon.
- At 9:37pm on April 30, 2010, Shodo Spring said…
- Hello, Alan.
You have joined the group that I was in - I'm really happy. Does this mean we sat in a circle together and I didn't figure out it was you? I think this (available money) is one of the keys to helping it all happen.
I'll be minimally present, as I get ready for my move. I'm happy to have strength in that group. Ask me about Zen (and other Buddhism) here in town, I'll be happy to help you connect.
- At 3:04pm on March 14, 2010, Shodo Spring said…
- I also look forward to meeting you. Unfortunately I will be leaving Bloomington this summer. Let's make sure we can connect, and I'll be happy to introduce you to various local Buddhist groups and people.
- At 4:35pm on March 12, 2010, Shodo Spring said…
- Alan, welcome to Transition. Hope you make it to the permaculture training, hope you manage to move here. This is a wonderful community for people like us.
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