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Transition Castlegar

by Mike Thomas on February 27, 2009

in Castlegar, Kootenays, Sustainability, Transitions

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We are looking for residents of Castlegar who are interested in making the city a long-term sustainable community to live in. The challenges of Climate Change, Peak Oil and the economy stand in the face of our car-dependent heavily industrialized economy. We believe that the community is the level at which these challenges can be best met and that relying on other levels of government to provide all the answers will not serve our community well into the future.

If you are interested in being part of a committee to initiate the transition of Castlegar from oil-dependence to community-resilience please drop me an email.

For more information about the concept of a transition town, see this site.

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1 Malin March 10, 2009 at 2:28 am

we are getting together in Winlaw, readung the transition handbook. let's keep in touch.

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