transitionnorthfield Mailing List: Fw: How's the conference?

[eimalou (eimalou]

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Benson, Patricia" <patricia [at] transitionus.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:24:02 
To: <eimalou [at] gmail.com>
Subject: Re: How's the conference?

Hi Mera,

Oh, forward away!  Sorry I didn't respond sooner, wireless capacity was
extremely limited (like to midnight for 5 minutes or so) and I wanted to
leave it for the bloggers and conference organizers who needed it more than
I did!

Check out www.transitionculture.org for Rob's blog and a photo of me being a
wall -- and some info on the International Youth Transition that came out of
the kids from Wales and me connecting over Spoilt, their film on Canadian
tar sands.  I've connected them to the MS environmental club and will talk
to MJ about connecting the ARTech kids as well.

But right now I'm grounded in Atlanta, exhausted after 23 hours of travel
without sleep, and have to crash.  I'll get home late tomorrow, and can't
wait to share some of the things that are going on in the world of
Transition!

Pat

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:21 PM, <eimalou [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> Can I forward this to the other TN'ers?
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> ------------------------------
>  *From: *"Benson, Patricia" <patricia [at] transitionus.org>
> *Date: *Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:29:59 -0500
> *To: *<eimalou [at] gmail.com>
>  *Subject: *Re: How's the conference?
>
>   Hi Mera,
>
> Yes, I'm here, among the sheep, chickens and ducks of a former agricultural
> college (and yes, all the buildings look like they could be Harry Potter
> sets with sheep pastured round them) in a beautiful rural setting very close
> to Totnes.
>
> It's been amazing so far, wonderful workshops and energy, and I wish I were
> here focused more on Transition Northfield and less on Transition US!  I've
> met people doing amazing work in England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Sweden,
> Germany, France, Italy, Australia, Brazil....  as well as a couple of people
> from the states.  Lots of age/gender diversity, much less ethnic/social
> class diversity.
>
> Went for a long walk and journalled after an extended session with Nicole
> Foss (http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com), who may be speaking at the
> University of MN later this year.  Then listened to an open mike session of
> Transitioners from all over the world singing, reading poetry, and totally
> enjoying the homegrown entertainment.  Jennifer was pretty keen on me
> meeting with the Transition Network folks while here, so I chatted with Rob
> and Peter over wine and birthday cake.  They are very authentic, are
> enjoying this process, and it is clear they have a deep level of trust and a
> lot of fun with each other.
>
> The workshops are incredible, far too many to be able to choose just a few
> and the ones I really should do for the board aren't necessarily the ones
> I'd personally find the most stimulating.  But the conversations over meals
> or open space, etc, are incredibly energizing, enlightening.  Humanity
> expresses itself the world over in very similar patterns, the challenging
> and the inspiring, and these folks have experienced much of it with a deep
> sense of grace and honor and humor.
>
> One message I keep hearing is about urgency, but developing the fun and the
> energy to maintain the transition process.  I feel a need for celebration,
> more laughter and connection in relationship beyond the meetings.
>
> I don't think they have many bugs in England, at least, there aren't
> screens on anything and my windows have been open for a couple of days.
> Livestock and sunny warm weather (70), and I'm not hearing a buzz or whine,
> sitting here at midnight with the room light on and the windows open wide.
> Amazing!  No wonder the mosquitoes nearly drove the pioneers mad!
>
> Wishing you all were here with me, but also still feeling a deep regret
> over the carbon cost of this flight -- I already planted one tree to offset,
> but will need to add several more, perhaps a hazelnut hedge on the north
> line?  I've been pretty intentional all of my adult life about not flying,
> taking Amtrak and buses as much as possible when I've had to travel, or
> renting a Prius.  I planted 30 trees the last time I flew to Europe, but
> don't have space for that at my home now, so I'm asking each board member to
> plant 2 as a carbon offset.
>
> Transitionnetwork.org for the conference blog, think it starts tomorrow
> morning.  My head is mush, and I'm taking the pattern language workshop
> tomorrow so I'd better get some sleep.  Chat with you when I get back!
>
> Pat
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 5:27 PM, <eimalou [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Are you there? How is it?
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>
>
>