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Bicycle course by CyclingSavvy

Posted on March 18, 2014 by

Transition Amherst invites you to a three part experiential bicycling course to teach us all bicycling in traffic effectively. CyclingSavvy Pioneer Valley is excited to offer the   3-part course in Amherst for Bay State Bike Week 2014 beginning Friday, … Continue reading →

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SUNRISE & SUNSET GATHERINGS AT THE U.MASS. SUNWHEEL

Posted on March 11, 2014 by

SUNWHEEL GATHERING INFORMATION VERNAL EQUINOX 2014 — SUNRISE & SUNSET GATHERINGS AT THE U.MASS. SUNWHEEL: Thursday, March 20, 2014 6:45 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (EDT) Come mark the vernal equinox at the U. Mass Sunwheel. Celebrate the start of spring … Continue reading →

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Permaculture Design: Connecting you with your backyard landscape

Posted on March 5, 2014 by

Learn how permaculture design connects you with your landscape, creating a mutually beneficial relationship of food production, native plants, and energy-wise design. This is an opportunity to join in a permaculture designer’s consultation and assessment of a local backyard landscape, … Continue reading →

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Transition Film Festival, Second Chance

Posted on February 28, 2014 by

Wanted to let you know that this Second Chance to enjoy the 2012 and 2013 Transition Towns Film Festival Movies will be freely offered at two sites in March. We hope that you are willing to share this information with … Continue reading →

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Conversation About Region-Wide Resilience

Posted on February 28, 2014 by

On March 15, at Antioch University in Keene NH, fellow Transitioners and Resilience-Builders from around New England will gather to discuss the resilience of New England as a whole. The discussion will be much richer with you present, and we … Continue reading →

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All Things Local Store grand opening on March 1st 2014

Posted on February 20, 2014 by

This has been a long project in the making. Years ago we had a name and a model, but not much else. What we really needed then was a location. It seems to me that since the location came into … Continue reading →

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Pete Seeger event

Posted on February 18, 2014 by

Transitions Amherst was present at the big Pete Seeger memorial sing-a-long Sunday Feb. 17th. Michele and Andy Morris-Friedman and Abbie Jenks (from Pelham) worked the crowd of over 600 people, giving information about up coming TA events, and spreading the … Continue reading →

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Holiday Greetings

Posted on December 1, 2013 by

Rob Hopkins, a key founder of the global Transition movement, has been following things we in Transition Amherst have done over the past year. He has looked at our website and he mentioned some events we had in his blog … Continue reading →

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Welding Workshop

Posted on November 26, 2013 by

Whether one uses welding to fix up garden tools, build something functional, or create an art piece, it is a skill that is harder to find than wood working, carpentry or gardening. Resourcing a fix in this area from someone … Continue reading →

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All Things Local Store is Preparing to open

Posted on October 16, 2013 by

Lots of things are happening. The space is being prepared best serve the market. All Things Local has a new website. Plese visit it here: allthingslocal.coop! There is an informational PDF with lots of pictures documenting what happened during a … Continue reading →

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