Webinar 10: Transitioning our towns by creating renewable energy projects, supporting local food production, and encouraging new businesses, to build vibrant local communities.
Thursday, February 26th from 12-1pm ADT.
Register Here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/webinar-10-transition-movement
The transition movement is an international network of local communities across the globe that are making the shift to a new way of living. Using local solutions, groups are creating renewable energy projects, supporting local food production, encouraging new businesses,bringing people together with nature, and building strong connections between people and organisations. Transition towns come together to increase local resilience, reduce fossil fuel dependence, re-localize the economy, and build stronger, more connected communities. Episode 10 in our series welcomes three transition movement speakers: David Wimberly, Bill Sharp, and Robert Cervelli for a lively conversation about the potential for the transition movement to generate local prosperity.
Liv Langille from the Centre for Local Prosperity will moderate and we will begin with an interview/panel discussion, followed by a Q&A.
This webinar series is by donation – our recommended donation is $10, but any amount is appreciated! A Zoom link and calendar invitation will be sent after you register.
David Wimberly: Co-Founder of Transition Bay St Margarets
David is co-founder and Event and Outreach Coordinator of Transition Bay St Margarets, helping develop economic, energy, food, and ecological resilience on a community level. He works in helping other communities build Transition projects integrating local strengths and vision. David has been active for decades in waste/resource issues. In particular, he championed the pivotal role of managing organics as compost and of Zero Waste Strategies for genuine economic good, hosting an hour-long Eastlink TV show for three years on this topic.
David has a longstanding participation in community health issues. As early as 1974, David helped found research on sustainable farming and fresh water aquaculture in Costa Rica. He is an avid vegetable gardener and enjoys helping present events for public benefit. David is Canada’s only Master Flutemaker of modern instruments for classical and other music. For 44 years he has hand-made custom flutes and headjoints.
Bill Sharp, Founder and Director of Transition Centre/Rural Resilient Hub
Founder and Director of Transition Centre/Rural Resilient Hub, (www.transitioncentre.org). Rural Resilient Hub assists small, distressed, communities across the country to develop self-reliant and sustainable local economies and strong communities with high quality of life – places where your children will want to stay and make their home.
Bill is also a former member of College Township Council and member Centre Region Council of Governments General Forum, Chair of the Spring Creek Watershed Association, member of the Spring Creek Watershed Commission, Vice Chair College Township Industrial Development Authority, member College Township Planning Commission.
Robert Cervelli: Co-founder and Chair of Transition Bay St. Margarets Bay
Robert has been an active volunteer in community building for over 35 years. He is a co-founder and Chair of Transition Bay St. Margarets Bay, one of the first Transition Initiatives in the Maritimes. He is advising other rural Maritime communities on the process of building Transition Initiatives in order to draw out the skills, processes and projects inherent in local cultures to build resilience and adaptability to global change.
Robert has corresponded widely and tracked the international development of new tools and initiatives bringing a solid ‘projects-first’ perspective to revitalization. He has been a member of the E.F. Schumacher Society for over 25 years, has corresponded internationally and attended key international events on alternative economics. A particular area of interest is in projects implementing innovative new tools for rebuilding economic resilience at the local and regional levels.
Webinar context:
The world is changing at an unprecedented pace, leaving many individuals and communities with a sense of uncertainty, and in many cases, worry. How do we respond to this rapidly changing world? How do we strengthen our local agency and resilience, socially, economically, and ecologically? In our current context of trade partner volatility and imposed tariffs that threaten to worsen the financial realities within our communities, we want to shine a light on thriving examples of re-localization in our region!
Re-localization is a concept and movement with an aim to become more self-reliant in our production and consumption (while reducing reliance on distant supply chains) in every category — from energy, to food, to finance/investment, to climate solutions, and beyond.
This series will be held on the last Thursday of each month and will explore examples of re-localization across Atlantic Canada
Watch previous episodes here: https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/our-projects/webinar-series-building-community-economic-resilience-through-relocalization/
SAVE THE DATES! Next webinar episodes:
- March 26 – How to Start a Folk School!
- April 30 – Season 2 Launch
After the Webinar, Join our Community of Practice
The CLP Community of Practice (CoP) is geared towards those who are working within the Community Wealth Building and Re-localization ecosystem and want a place to learn from each other, share strategies, and form new relationships. Building off of each of our monthly webinars, you are invited to a follow-up conversation where we will connect the topic to our own practices and deepen our understanding of community wealth building strategies. A Community of Practice is when a group of folks who share common goals and interests come together to exchange ideas, knowledge, and skills in a peer-to-peer setting. These meetings will be fast paced, lively, and participatory. As part of this CoP, you will also receive a graphic one-page summary of the webinar to add to your toolkit. From Local Procurement to Community Land Trusts, join us in engaging conversations to share personal reflections, brainstorm solutions, and strengthen your practice.
Opt-in to our monthly Community of Practice, today.
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SAVE THE DATES! Next Community of Practice meetings:
- March 5th
- April 2nd
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