Article on Why Urban Farming is Key
NOTE: There is a lot of extra information in this article if you follow the links.
In the past few years the City of Fort Collins has done a lot to promote urban agriculture, including opening the way for more community gardens, allowing backyard chickens and goats, and generally becoming more friendly to urban gardeners. Now we even…
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Fort Collins, CO - Member organizations of the Colorado Coalition for a
Livable Climate (CCLC) were disappointed to learn that the 2015 Colorado
Climate Plan
a href="http://cwcbweblink.state.co.us/WebLink/0/doc/196541/Electronic.aspx?searchi">http://cwcbweblink.state.co.us/WebLink/0/doc/196541/Electronic.aspx?searchi
d=243b8969-739b-448c-bd2d-699af9b7aea0> , which was released today by the
Hickenlooper Administration, makes only cursory reference to the…
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Cynefin is a Welsh word for a decision-making framework which was developed by the scholar David Snowdon. I recently listened to a talk on this framework, given by a skilled facilitator who has worked with social services organizations and other types of groups to solve problems based on this model.
Take a look at the Cynefin framework at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin Particularly notice the upper right corner of this…
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Did you know that TransitionUS at http://www.transitionus.org offers several great services to support Transition groups and other like-minded groups all over the country to build the Transition movement?
If you go to their home page, you'll see that one valuable support they offer is regularly-scheduled conference calls, called "telesalons". On these calls you can learn what's happening in Transition groups in places you've…
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"A new economy is coming. While Wall Street banks are on a trend of corporate mergers and acquisitions, Main Street businesses are generating community wealth while undergoing a transition of their own. Traditional companies are becoming worker cooperatives, both to sustain during tough economic times and because years of success have enabled these companies to…
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Speaking of creative ideas for Reconomy (the new Transition buzz word for revisioning, and reinventing our ecomony), Huffingtonpost recently partnered with Crowdrise to challenge job-creating non-profits to compete in raising funds. These funds will be used to support bringing tools, resources, and coaching to people needing jobs.
At the end of the challenge the non-profits had raised a total of $1.5 million. The media attention from the reporting also enhanced visibility for the…
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The Transition Movement is in well over a thousand highly diverse communities across the world - from towns in Australia to neighborhoods in Portugal, from cities in Brazil to rural communities in Slovenia, from urban locations in Britain to islands off the coast of Canada. Many of these initiatives are registered on the Transition Network website.
Fort Collins Sustainability Group (FCSG)
To develop and advocate a vision and strategy for becoming a sustainable community
FCCAN
The Fort Collins Community Action Network (FC CAN) is a solid grassroots organization comprised of independent affiliates.
Shire CSA
Reestablishing an intimate connection between food and the people of the community.
Community for Sustainable EnergyCommunity for Sustainable Energy (CForSE)
Promoting energy policy that protects our natural environment, fosters economic growth, and improves quality of life in Fort Collins and beyond.
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