Category Archives: Celebrating Amherst

Posts related to the great unleashing event

It’s Not About the Nail!

Learn how to give an empathic response, using the principles of nonviolent communication. Location: All Things Local store, downtown Amherst (104 N PLEASANT Street) Time: Saturday, December 6, 3-5 "It's not about the nail" is a youtube video that has … Continue reading

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SUNRISE & SUNSET GATHERINGS AT THE U.MASS. SUNWHEEL

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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All Things Local Store grand opening on March 1st 2014

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

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

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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All Things Local Store is Preparing to open

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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Working Group Council meeting

The next Transition Amherst Council meeting happens this Thursday, January 17 at 44 Beston street in the home of Gabor Lukacs, from 7 to 9 PM. The goal of the meeting is 1) To support and coordinate the work of … Continue reading

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Community Partner Organizations Recognized for Work

At the October 13th event All Thing’s Community: Celebrating Amherst in Transition, 26 community groups and individuals were recognized for their work building a more sustainable, vibrant and resilient community. One of the aspects of Amherst and the surrounding towns … Continue reading

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Transition Amherst says Thank you!

All Things Community wouldn’t have gone so well without the donations, contributions and help of so many businesses, organizations and individuals. These businesses donated delicious food and beverages: Atkins Fruit Bowl Backyard Bakery Cousins Market Dean’s Bean’s Coffee Henion’s Bakery … Continue reading

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Final Schedule for the October 13th event!

Last evening, during one of the last meetings of the initiating group, we made the final decisions on the finer details of the celebration. Link to the printable flyer is here.

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