I have been trying and testing the waters of self sufficiency for a few years now. for the last two I have had "troubles". they were ever present but came to a head last fall. I have waded trough to a bright future filled with goats, sheep, chickens, ducks and of course home schooling my children.

we have never made it to a meeting about anything because we live outside bloomington by about 15 miles.  driving in with my three young children seems unhelpful. Keith's emailed suggestion…

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Interesting info on getting hit with "shrapnel".

http://planetark.org/wen/65204

I, too, read Keith's call to action and took his cue to take a minute to write.  I am one of those people that currently have a too large carbon footprint and need to find a job in Bloomington so I can return and decrease CO2 emissions.  I live in Louisville and just outside of Bloomington (near the IU Kent Road Research and Teaching Preserve).

Although I am limiting my trips back and forth, I do have many things going on down here (Berea is in my work travels) and I think…

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I have maybe blogged three times in my life so here goes.... Where to start? 

The Trillium planning committee has been meeting about once a month for updates to the entire group. In the meantime there have been two or three meetings weekly for the past 7 or 8 months dealing with City Planners, County Council people, Community Kitchen, the local Farm Bureau Co-op, Soil and Water Conservation District, the Purdue Extention, Solid Waste Management etc. The list goes on and on and on....…

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(From my Facebook)

"Borrowed The Transition Handbook from Ellettsville branch of MCPL. Though there are only two copies there was no waiting list. Shoulda been. The global warming and peak oil projections already seem unrealistically optimistic, but it seems to me the world should be beating down doors to read this book. (Maybe everyone else in this group has already absorbed all this material.) Anyway, when I'm done with the book, maybe I'll be ready for some actual work helping the… Continue

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