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Growing Community Resilience for an Abundant Post-Petroleum Future
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Scott Routen
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- Bloomington, IN
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Scott Routen commented on David Parsons's photo
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"I love that we turned the rows of chairs in City Hall into a great circle so quickly together!"
Scott Routen left a comment for Ellen Stauffer"Tentatively, Yes. Sun. Ballantine Hall room 222 2-4. I'll let you know here if anything changes. It's rather synchronistic that the next Evolver Spore (May 19) is on Resilience :-)
http://www.evolver.net/resilience_revolution"
Ellen Stauffer left a comment for Scott Routen"Scott, is the next Introspective Truth meeting at 2 in BH Sunday? Can I bring my 9 month old daughter along? Thanks!"
Scott Routen left a comment for Ellen Stauffer"Hi Ellen, I know a few people in Bloomington who may be interested in forming an evolver spore. See you at the next Introspective Truth meeting?"
Mylo Roze commented on Scott Routen's blog post Has anyone heard of 'slow money?'"As far as the speed of the flow of money goes, it seems it always comes in too slowly & goes out too quickly.
I think that we need to rethink the entire concept of money, a mere IOU for real goods, formerly based on precious metals & soon to…"
Scott Routen left a comment for Eric Stallsmith"Thanks for sharing our Unleashing on your website. I have visited your website before! Information technology is truly playing a key role in our efforts to connect and communicate about the world we share. Great work!"
Scott Routen left a comment for Steve Bonney"Hi Steve, I think this is definitely becoming an Indiana-wide thing!"
Scott Routen left a comment for Ladi Terry"Haloo! Ladi Terry! Hope you can make it to the Great Unleashing this Saturday!"
Scott Routen commented on Scott Routen's video
"I added this to our local Transition Initiative on a mere whim! Shucks!"
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"Good job, Scott! Let's run it by the Initiating Group Monday evening and see how they feel about it. I like that you got the oil drop in the url.
Ann"
sherri ault commented on Scott Routen's event A Crude Awakening - Film at 7pm tonight! MCPL."THIS IS A GREAT FILM!! Sherri in CO."
Profile Information
- How are you currently involved in Transition to a post-petroleum lifestlyle?
- While studying Permaculture and Transition independently, I serendipitously found my way to a dynamic group of local neighbors, The Bloomington Transition Initiating Group.
- How do you identify with the Transition movement? Why are you interested?
- I was wondering at the curious relevance of patterns and principles in Permaculture to social systems while walking a friend's dog in an East side neighborhood one sunny day. I stopped by a favorite garden to say hello to Lucille Bertuccio, who made me aware, in casual conversation, of the work of Rob Hopkins.
In Transition Towns, I immediately recognized an elegant answer to my half-formed questions. Yes, we can "build living soil" as a social metaphor, connect the inflows and outflows of social systems through careful observation and interaction, increase yields of creative energy through self-organization, integrate small, slow solutions, and vitalize lively responses to shock and change, all while building resilience and capturing new energy. In Europe, it was well underway! Having spent my youth in the woods here near Bloomington, it just makes good sense to me.
- How can you help the growth / acceptance / vitality of local Transition efforts? What can YOU teach us? What can your Group teach us?
- I can share my interests, my passions, my questions and see what happens. Here are some things I'm drawn to:
*spirit - the quantum effects of loving awareness on collective reality
*shelter - local and earth building solutions, new construction economies
*fire - mass heaters, homemade wind turbines
*water - slow sand water filters, rain catchment, ponds and swimmin' holes
*food - growing my own garden, tuning to nature
*education - hands on learning, wilderness awareness
*land use - sub/urban permaculture, neighborhood form, wilderness restoration
*economy - creating the 'slow lane'
- Your Favorite Books/Websites/Blogs/RSS Feeds for Information about Transition / Peak Oil, etc.
- My big three books of late are:
"Gaia's Garden," by Toby Hemenway
"Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature," by Jon Young, Evan McGown, and Ellen Haas
"The Transition Handbook," by Rob Hopkins
- Your Personal Website / blog / Facebook page (if you have one)
- http://www.routendesign.com/scott
Scott Routen's Photos
Scott Routen's Blog
First Earth
Everything to love about Earth Building and why.
This is the film I've been looking for!
http://www.davidsheen.com/firstearth/english/
'First Earth' is a documentary of about 97 minutes covering the many intersecting reasons that earth itself is such a powerful choice as a building material. Earth's true strength is not based on any single factor; its many… Continue
This is the film I've been looking for!
http://www.davidsheen.com/firstearth/english/
'First Earth' is a documentary of about 97 minutes covering the many intersecting reasons that earth itself is such a powerful choice as a building material. Earth's true strength is not based on any single factor; its many… Continue
Posted on February 16, 2010 at 2:30pm
Has anyone heard of 'slow money?'
I am not an economy person, nor do I know much about it beyond my personal experience with it's effect on me and my family, the art of keeping my overhead as low as humanly possible, and bearing witness to the convoluted ways in which capital flows in and out of building and real estate projects. But the economic system is fascinating to me, like watching fire.
A key point I often think about when contemplating the future of Transition initiatives is the inevitable intersection… Continue
A key point I often think about when contemplating the future of Transition initiatives is the inevitable intersection… Continue
Posted on January 30, 2010 at 6:01pm — 4 Comments
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 11:32am on April 26, 2010, Ellen Stauffer said…
- Scott, is the next Introspective Truth meeting at 2 in BH Sunday? Can I bring my 9 month old daughter along? Thanks!
- At 1:09pm on January 29, 2010,
Keith Johnson said… - Welcome Scott, I recommend that you now join the subgroup, Transition Initiating Group so that you can keep up to date with the latest uploads, conversations, etc. at....
http://transitionbloomingtonind.ning.com/group/transitioninitiatinggroupbloomington
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