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Meaningful Movies is hosting Transition night tomorrow, April 13, and will be showing the brand new movie "In Transition 2.0"

For info, please see

http://www.meaningfulmovies.org/

Please join us for a discussion of how we can activate Transition Seattle.

The concept of "embodied energy," -- energy that was used in the work of making a product -- is often overlooked in discussions about alternative energies.

If you have six minutes, watch this TED talk in which Catherine Mohr highlights the complexities of this topic as she learned in building a new home:

http://www.ted.com/talks/catherine_mohr_builds_green.html

If you can lay your hands on the Spring 2010 issue of Permaculture Activist magazine, there's a great article by Peter Bane called "Expanding the Niche of Local Food." Bane is the publisher of Permaculture Activist, and also served for a time on the Peak Oil Task Force that was commissioned by the Bloomington, Indiana Common Council. The article summarizes some of the report's findings and recommendations, many of which likely apply to Seattle… Continue