[OKC] Transition Initiatve Training, June 13 & 14

[Shauna Struby]

In case anyone is interested in starting a Transition Initiative in your
neighborhood, community, town or city, a group in Albuquerque, NM, has
organized a Transition Training for June 13 and 14. 

 

If you've been reading about transition initiatives you know the training is
highly touted and recommended. This is the first training available in our
region of the nation and close enough to drive which will save money.

 

An overview of the training, contact information and more is shown below so
if you'd like to participate you can contact the organizers directly and
work out your arrangements. 

 

A delegation from Transition Town OKC will be attending. Hope to see some
other Okies there!

 

Cheers - 

 

Shauna 

 

Training information begins here:

 

Hello Everyone,

 

We're delighted that the Transition Training will be at the historic Hubble
House in the South Valley of Albuquerque on June 13-14, 2009.  

 

We are so lucky that Alaistair Lough, from Portland, Maine, one of the first
Transition Trainers in the US is going to be with us.  He was trained by Rob
Hopkins and has conducted numerous workshops.  He and his wife Pat, are a
part of the Transtion Initiating Group in Portland.  Alaistair is a Ph.D.
hydrologist, a permaculturalist and also one of the Pachamama Alliance
facilitators. 

 

What is the venue & logistics: Sat - Sun, June 13-14, 2009 at the Hubble
House (Rio Bravo Exit off I-25).  The Hubble House is an old adobe Trading
Post, beautifully rennovated, adjacent to luxerious open land, an acequia,
garden, farm etc.  We will provide some tasty food and snacks from our
foodshed and have potluck lunches outside. 

The program is 9am - 5pm with an hour for lunch.  We could have an evening
activity.

 

Who should come: Individuals and community leaders who are already involved
in Transition, and those who want to take the movement (personally and
organizationally) to a deeper level.

 

What is the program like:  It is rich, compelling and inspiring.

The Scenarios - Mad Max; Technology Fix, Green Revolution, Disaster

Peak Oil, Climate Change, Fair Share (demystifying them) exercises

The A to C of Transition (still evolving)

Permaculture and transition

Vision - the Post-Carbon World

The 12 Ingredients, (or Steps) of Transition

The Process : Awareness, Initiating Groups, Projects, Energy Descent Plan

Oil Addiction - the mirror of societal, personal addiction

Heart & Soul

Healing and Local Initiatives

The Energy Descent - (better said, Sustainability) Plan

 

What is the outcome/result:

Grounding about the Transition movement

Startling awareness about Peak Oil & Climate Change

Knowing what other communities are doing.

Seeing the continuim, and realizing your next steps

Getting the program, agenda and all exercises on ppt.s, CD and hardcopy

Huge connections with people across New Mexico - begin to network, statewide

Communicating what needs to be done

Becoming a part of an Initiative

Developing resilience and re-localizing

Starting to create the Energy Descent Plan (Sustainability Plan)

Getting filled with enthusiam and do-ability

 

What is the cost?

$225.  If we have 30 people, we can break even.  More than that, we can
offer partial scholarships.  By Tuesday, 26 May, please send $100 deposit
(or the whole $225) to the Village Design Institute, 805 Walter Street,
Albuquerque, NM 87102.

 

Organizer: 

Melanie Rubin, 505-261-3214,  <mailto:melanie at melanierubincoaching.com>
melanie at melanierubincoaching.com

 

NM Presenters:

Maggie Seeley     and     Zaida Amaral

(505) 268-3339               (505) 410-4611

 

Zaida Amaral is an Environmental Architect, Feng Shui Master and Community
Builder.  She is a Co-Founder of Cunha Eco Village in Brazil and the
Director of EcoVillage Design Southwest in Albuquerque.  She is a drummer,
dancer, Mother of a 4-year old daughter and a passionate, international
activist.  Zaida took her graduate work at Findhorn Foundation in Scotland
and is one of 21 US Transition Trainers.

 

Maggie Seeley is an organizational consultant who specializes in using the
Triple Bottom Line (people, profit and the planet) with individual,
organizational, business and community decision making.  She is fortunate to
have worked in China, Nigeria, India, Uganda, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Maggie teaches Sustainability Studies at the University of New Mexico, is a
water activist, Transition Trainer and a Buddhist. 

 

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