(Cartoon – Brian Gable/The Globe and Mail) From Friday’s Globe and Mail Published Friday, Mar. 18, 2011 2:00AM EDT Last updated Friday, Mar. 18, 2011 8:32AM EDT  THOMAS HOMER-DIXON Fukushima. For most Westerners, the word doesn’t roll off the tongue easily. Soon it will. It w ill become part of our shared lexicon – [...]

Transition Barrie is a grassroots, volunteer, community group of citizens concerned about the impact of Peak Oil, Climate Change and Economic Crisis, on our lives. We look at ways to make our community more resilient to the effects of these changes through workshops, discussions and forums. As events unfold we are endeavoring to be informed [...]

Saturday the 22nd of January was a exciting day for Transition Barrie.  World renowned speaker Nicole Foss spoke at Georgian Collage’s Rowntree Theatre.  In conjunction with Georgian’s environmentalist group Gear, and Transition Barrie, we had a full house.  If you missed this wonderful event, here is a link to Nicole’s site.  She writes under the [...]

Transition Barrie recently held a ‘Simplify the Holidays’ event at Barrie’s Library. It was meant to help folks to get through the holidays with as little stress as possible. Ideas were presented on how to organize, suggestions for gifts & entertaining and plans for activities.   What we learned from this experience was that Christmas, Hanukkah [...]

Over the course of the past decade, there has been a growing realization on the part of many Canadians that there is a significant disconnect between a rising GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and the reality of their day to day lives. That is, even prior to the last recession, many Canadians struggled to maintain their [...]

Hundreds of people turned out. This may have been the largest crowd assembled for a any debate this campaign. We estimated the crowd at about 500 people.  The format was originally planned to be a little different than the usual.  Because there are 8 candidates the time involved to ask each one the same question would take so long [...]

An Introduction to an OSHO Active Meditation ~For Transition Barrie and Friends~ Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010 (August 6th is the back-up date) Time: 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Come a little early to settle in.) Place: At the Heritage Park at the Round Gazebo on the Waterfront TO BRING: 1.    Layered comfortable clothes for easy movement and dancing. [...]

The Transition Barrie Youth Group is calling a “Critical Mass” Bike ride! Fun Bike Ride! July 30th, 2010 Bring your Bike! The message is: we are traffic! Join in a Critical Mass bike ride around the streets of Barrie. Celebrate bicycling as a form of transportation and a fun and healthy way to get from A to B. [...]

Hello everyone We will be having our monthly meet-up on Wednesday, July 21st at 7pm. ** WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO OUR 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 [...]

Greetings fellow Transitioners, ** WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO OUR 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 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16th at 7pm. We’ll wrap up somewhere around 9pm. The Huronia [...]