Energy expert Jeremy Rifkin delivers a fantastic talk about the third industrial revolution and how we can transition away from centralized carbon-based energy and towards decentralized clean energy. Jeremy Rifkin Video

Join Transition Barrie for our monthly meet up held the 3rd Wednesday of each month.  This month we will look at STUFF and delve into “Why we are compelled to buy so much stuff”  We will look at the psychology behind why we buy and we will discuss what to do with all of the [...]

Saturday, 28 April 2012 Lights Out for the Territory My final cross-post this week is an article about Transition and its relationship with the natural world, commissioned by EarthLines, a new quarterly magazine dedicated to writing on nature, place and the environment. Focusing on the connection between people and nature, it is inspired by the [...]

The Shocking cost of Energy  Financial … Social … Environmental Shocking increases in the cost of electricity over the past several years have meant a nearly 50% hike in residential electricity prices. The province of Ontario tells us that our growing electricity bills are caused by the move to pricier but cleaner energy such as [...]

  Transition Barrie extends a warm welcome to anyone interested in participating in the Transition Barrie Food Secure Network.  Our first meeting took place on Tuesday, May 1st at the Barrie Community Health Centre. Our primary areas of focus was to help to organize food related monthly meet ups, education and skill building efforts, multi media [...]

An interesting read by the Globe and Mail (click for article).

Local cardiologist and author Dr. Brad Dibble will be the guest speaker at our April Meet Up. Melting glaciers, thawing permafrost, 85 degree temperatures in March, violent storm events, tropical diseases move northward…..the climate is definitely changing!! In spite of foreboding events, Climate Change seems to be flying under the radar these days so Transition [...]

Transition Barrie is collecting Corelle Plates.  We need dinner plates and the smaller sized, side plates.  The reason we decided on Corelle is because they are uniform in size, light in weight, and easy to stack.  We are working towards having enough for about 200 people.  We have collected silverware and have enough for 200 [...]

In a recent article for the Globe and Mail, ‘Our Peak Oil Premium,’ author Thomas Homer-Dixon provides a brief updated view on peak oil.

All About Seeds. Wed March 21st 7PM to 9PM Huronia Room, 2nd floor Barrie City Hall Just in time to plan for your  garden.  Everything you need to know about seeds.