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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Maude Barlow, chairperson of the Council of Canadians and former adviser to the United Nations on issues of water, will speak at Georgian College Theatre on March 7th. Her topic of discussion will be the proposed and highly controversial Melancthon Township mega quarry. Tickets are $12. They are available at the Georgian College bookstore in [...]

Transition Barrie presents You Are Here! The Oil Journey A Post Carbon Institute Production Written by Richard Heinberg Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:00 – 9:00PM On January 10th Transition Barrie hosted Nicole Foss aka Stoneleigh to a captivating presentation on the fast evolving deterioration of global financial systems including the impending collapse of the Euro [...]

Southshore Community Center 205 Lakeshore Drive, Barrie Tuesday January 10th at 7 PM to 9:30 PM     Less than one year ago, world renowned energy analyst, blogger and author, Nicole Foss, spoke in Barrie about the pending demise of the European Union and the deteriorating financial situation in the USA. Join us to hear [...]

December Social at Casa Mia Tuesday December 13. Come and celebrate the Christmas season with Transition friends. We’ll have snacks and and drinks starting at 6:00pm and going on . . . and on . . . This is a Meet-up without a topic, a chance to share stories and get to know people better. [...]

Our Perma Culture Group has been meeting to discuss the new land that Barrie has annexed to the south of the city in what was formerly part of Innisfil township.  We would like to see the City of Barrie develop these lands in a more sustainable manner.  The old building ways of “Urban Sprawl” is [...]

Life is made up of a series of unexpected events that we are not always quite prepared for. Are you prepared? And what exactly does that mean? Remember the Great Ice Storm of ’98? Or how about the tornado that touched down in Barrie in 1985 or more recently the two tornados  in Midland just [...]