09/12/2016
BALTIMORE GREEN FORUM
a monthly environmental education and discussion forum
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Presentation and Q&A: 4:00-5:15 PM
Announcements & Networking: 5:15-5:45 PM
Roundtable Discussion: 5:45-6:30 PM
1105 Providence Road, Towson, MD 21286
http://www.mpchurch.org/location-2/
Topic:
Rising to the Challenge:
The Transition Movement and People of Faith
Speaker: Author Ruah Swennerfelt
Ruah Swennerfelt is an activist, homesteader, blogger, and author working on environmental issues as General Secretary of Quaker Earthcare Witness and on the boards of Vermont Interfaith Power and Light and Transition Town Charlotte, Vermont. This book is the result of a decade of experience with the Transition Movement, numerous interviews in Europe, Palestine, Brazil, and the United States.
Description:
Learn about the Transition Movement: real people coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world.
“The Transition Movement is comprised of vibrant, grassroots community initiatives that seek to build community resilience in the face of such challenges as peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis. Transition Initiatives differentiate themselves from other sustainability and “environmental” groups by seeking to mitigate these converging global crises by engaging their communities in home-grown, citizen-led education, action and multi-stakeholder planning to increase local self reliance and resilience.
They succeed by regeneratively using their local assets, innovating, networking, collaborating, replicating proven strategies, and respecting the deep patterns of nature and diverse cultures in their place. Transition Initiatives work with deliberation and good cheer to create a fulfilling and inspiring local way of life that can withstand the shocks of rapidly shifting global systems.”
From the website transitionsus.org
