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Results from Monthly Meet-up

ad0n — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:48:51 +0000

Hello everyone.

Our June meet-up was a great success! Nearly 40 people attending, and we had some great discussions. Please take a look at some of the ideas from this event:

Monthly Meet-ups

ad0n — Sun, 16 May 2010 23:52:53 +0000

Greetings fellow Transitioners,

This summer is going to be an exciting time for Transition Barrie. We are now “officially recognized” as one of Canada’s fifteen Transition Town initiatives. There is still a lot of ground to cover, but “Transition Barrie” is starting to take shape.

Coming up fast is the “Transition Oasis” at Barrie’s first annual Ecofest Ecology Festival. We also have a number of additional projects and initiatives underway. Our latest newsletter can fill you in on the details — it can be found here: [http://transitionbarrie.org/features/our-resilient-newsletter-march-2009/]. We have been in touch with everyone who has reached out — and are now starting to form our initial working groups. But we’re really just getting started!

** WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO OUR FIRST MONTHLY MEET-UP +
“GROUNDING” SESSION.

This will be a chance for you to meet up with fellow transitioners and other like-minded folks. We will be meeting at the BARRIE CITY HALL in the HURONIA ROOM on *this* THURSDAY, MAY 20th at 7pm. We’ll wrap up somewhere around 9pm.

(The room is located on the second floor you must enter off the Worsley street entrance into the rotunda. Take the stairs or elevator (located in rotunda) to second floor. The room is south west of the stairway and is signed.)

This is an informal gathering of all who are able to attend. We’ll have some activities and topics planned for discussion. But the main intention is to involve you, and everyone else who is able to attend: Let’s start building a shared vision for Barrie together.

If you can’t make it this time, stay tuned. We’ll have another one next month.

In the meantime, please email us at info@transitionbarrie.org anytime if you would like to get more involved.
In transition,

Transition Barrie, Heart&Soul Group

Transition Initiatives Primer

ad0n — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:48:47 +0000

If you are getting involved with Transition Barrie, you will want to read the Transitions Initiatives Primer.

It provides comprehensive information about embarking on a transition journey .. and is recommended reading.

You can get the latest copy of the document from the Transition Towns WIKI.

Thank-you for taking interest !

Thank-you for coming out!

ad0n — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:58:47 +0000

Our Oct 24 Open Space event was a great success. Thank-you to all who came out to take part!

Take a look at some of the pictures below! Be sure to leave a comment if you like.

All notes + ideas from the session will be emailed out to participants within the week.

A big thanks again to Fair Trade Barrie for providing some beverages, and thanks to the City of Barrie for providing the space.

Please click here to access the notes from our event: http://transitionbarrie.org/TransitionBarrie-OST_oct24.doc

Meeting – Sat. Oct. 24th

ad0n — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:55:56 +0000

STEERING THROUGH UNCERTAIN TIMES

Climate Change / Energy Decline / Economic Chaos

Transition Barrie is a citizen led initiative, founded in May 2009, to explore how Barrie can adapt to these issues and become a better and stronger community.

Come out for this important interactive forum about the need to make the transition from a cheap-oil economy to a low-carbon, more local society.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 24^TH

1PM – 4PM

HURONIA ROOM – BARRIE CITY HALL

Please contact us at info@transitionbarrie.org

Thank-you for Registering

ad0n — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:36:09 +0000

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Next Meeting

ad0n — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:23:40 +0000

Our next meeting will be based on Open Space Technology. In fact, the entire Transition movement is based on using Open Space Technology.

“We’ve found Open Space Technology to be a highly effective approach to running meetings for Transition Initiatives. In theory it ought not to work. A large group of people comes together to explore a particular topic or issue, with no agenda, no timetable, no obvious coordinator and no minute takers. However, we have run separate Open Spaces for Food, Energy, Housing, Economics and the Psychology of Change. By the end of each meeting, everyone has said what they needed to, extensive notes had been taken and typed up, lots of networking has had taken place, and a huge number of ideas had been identified and visions set out” (Transition Initiatives Primer).

We’ll have more details soon! In the meantime, you can watch this short clip to get the idea: [click here].

Hope you can come out and participate.