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The West Virginia Mine Wars through Talk, Song and Slideshow at Riverwest Public House

April 28, 2013 from 6pm to 8pm
Don’t miss this dynamic show that uses narrative, historic song and over 150 images to tell the story of West Virginia’s Mine Wars! The West Virginia Mine Wars through Talk, Song and Slideshow takes the audience on a journey through the history of central Appalachia’s major labor wars. Singer and writer Saro Lynch-Thomason uses eye-witness recollections alongside powerful historic imagery and songs to tell the story of these oft-ignored yet impactful coal-field struggles. Come learn about the…See More
Apr 28
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Nov 7, 2012
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Gasland: Connecting the Dots about Fracking at Urban Ecolgy Center -Riverside

September 16, 2012 from 1pm to 3pm
The Documentory Gasland  film about the effects of fracking for natural gas  Hosted by Wisconsin Interfaith Power and Light with Dennis GrzezinskiSee More
Sep 9, 2012
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Tosa (Industrial) Hemp Fest at Hart Park Tosa 68th and State

June 10, 2012 from 12pm to 6pm
Listen up Gang! I am organizing a concert for industrial hemp as part of the National Hemp History Week observance sponsored by Vote Hemp and The Hemp Industries Assoc. This day-long event will be held at the Rotary Pavilion at Hart Park (68th and State St) in Wauwatosa on Sunday, June 10th from noon to 6:00 p.m.  I have great bands booked.  The National Hemp History Week organizers are supporting me with hemp samples. I'll be talking about the healthy benefits of hemp as fuel, food, and fiber…See More
May 24, 2012
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tom brandstetter commented on Ed Ellingson's blog post EROEI discussed in Mechanical Engineering magazine
"thanks Ed.  I'd like a link to this sent to my e-mail tom"
May 1, 2012
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The paradox of wanting to be Bjorn again

  SoAs many in the Peak Everything education world know. Facts and figures   Charts and graphs   Just don't get through to people if the information is beyond their normal experience. You end up being as ineffectual as Ross Perot while running for president trying educate the public with big sheets of paper and  magic markers.  He was the butt of many jokes for actually using data to support his position. As with Jimmy Carter appealing to logic for all us to put a  sweater on and turn down the…See More
Feb 25, 2012
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Feb 6, 2012
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Nicole Foss Presentation ( Century of Challenges) at 1st Unitarian Society Milwaukee

January 4, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm
Post Growth economist Nicole Foss will be returning to Milwaukee once again to present the challenges that lay ahead for the 21st century. This is a very rare opportunity to gain "received wisdom" to live within a century scarcity and disruptions. The 20th century was one of exponential expansion  of energy, debt and natural resource extraction. The 21st will bring the exact opposite. Without an up front understanding of this "new normal" society is at great risk of catabolism. These are…See More
Dec 30, 2011
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Made in Milwaukee at Cathedral Square

September 3, 2011 from 9am to 11pm
Made In Milwaukee Festival 2011A Celebration of Milwaukee Art, Music, Dance, Fashion and CultureMilwaukee, Wisconsin – Made in Milwaukee and East Town Association are excited to bring this unique festival back to Cathedral Square Park from 9:00am - 11:00pm on Saturday September 3rd, 2011. And this year we are especially proud to announce that the Made in Milwaukee festival will host over 100 all local Milwaukee vendors (artists, businesses, non-profits, farmers, and food)!Made in Milwaukee…See More
Aug 31, 2011
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Suzanne Moynihan left a comment for tom brandstetter
"Yes, Tom...I will see you at the meeting tonight.   Suzanne"
Jul 25, 2011
tom brandstetter commented on Christie Mole's event Green Energy Summit
"VGI is more than welcome. In fact Erik's second talk is about VGI. Anyone from VGI that is not hooked into TM can contact me for info. urbancamp@gmail.com "
Mar 3, 2011
tom brandstetter commented on Christie Mole's event Green Energy Summit
"this is the volunteer signup  ( 2hours) to get in for free.  our tabling needs are all day all three days but for sure each day at 9:30-10:15  11:45-12:15    1:45-2:00  …"
Feb 19, 2011
tom brandstetter commented on Sarah Moore's event powerdown week meeting
"I'll pull together some people from the south-side prior to this meeting in January. I'd like to have a good handle on what our end of town might want to pursue Thanks Tom"
Dec 1, 2010
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energy collective in UK

I became very interested in energy collectives while attempting to help develop a bio-diesel collective about a year before we started Transition Milwaukee. The bio-diesel world came up against several barriers and went underground for a while. It will resurface one day but for now I'd like to talk in a more general way about energy collectives. The idea of energy collectives is mentioned in passing in the Transition Handbook, but few tangible projects are offered as models. I found this rather…See More
Sep 17, 2010
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tom brandstetter commented on Erik Lindberg's blog post The Long and the Short of It: Existential Comfort in the Age of Hopkis and Greer, Part 2
"I have much to say about the Hopkins Greer debate but will be brief. It was long overdue and it was easy to see this was coming after Greer make his" premature exuberance" comment over a year ago. It has been said that Hopkins and Greer…"
Sep 5, 2010
tom brandstetter commented on tom brandstetter's blog post Federal Reserve deflation warnings and The Transition Network Conference Response
"Joanne Poyourow of Transition LA has some thoughts how how to deal with your "End of Economy Moment" It's generally agreed it's not a good idea to watch End of Suburbia by yourself. It's just too disturbing. The material…"
Aug 13, 2010

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How are you currently involved in the Transition movement?
help with running meetings. Help to teach on a chapter by chapter basis
What skills, talents, and resources do you bring to the Transition movement?
knowlege of addiction management, knowlege of many books and DVDs on energy,Peak Oil, Bio-fuel collectives, understanding of exponponental growth curves and the convergenance of multible " hockey stick" graphs. Connections with a Madison photovoltaic collective that is forming. Knowlege of non-profit PV and Solar thermal rebate programs. Histortic preservation with energy conservation in mind. Teach " camp in your house" for energy concervation education. The combination of house, fuel collective, and non-profit PV achieves the mandate of 80% reduction in C02 by 2009 and waiting till 2050 as is sugested
Organizations you belong to that might collaborate with Transition
Oz bio-fuel collective, Prarie Fire bio-fuel co-op, Sierra Club, 1st UU society

Tom brandstetter's Blog

The paradox of wanting to be Bjorn again

 

 
So
As many in the Peak Everything education world know. Facts and figures   Charts and graphs   Just don't get through to people if the information is beyond their normal experience. You end up being as ineffectual as Ross Perot while running for president trying educate the public with big sheets of paper and  magic markers.  He was the butt of many jokes for actually using data to support his position. As with Jimmy Carter appealing to logic for all us to…
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Posted on February 25, 2012 at 5:00pm

energy collective in UK

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Posted on September 17, 2010 at 5:01pm

Federal Reserve deflation warnings and The Transition Network Conference Response

The Transition Movement is asked to respond to a very daunting collection of emergencies. Climate disruption and Peak Oil being the most frequently talked about. The third in this lovely triad is monetary systems. Global economic Ponzi systems. Because these money systems are legalized gambling based on falsehoods concerning unlimited natural resources of the planet they will fail first. These are leveraged bets… Continue

Posted on August 11, 2010 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Going through withdrawal like me ?

Working hard daily to end my personal addiction to oil has met with mixed results. I've ended up trading one addiction for another. I've become addicted to watching us get into the media. Many of us get into the news. Almost every week one of us has a microphone in our face or camera pointed at us. Formerly shy people now eagerly jumping on soapboxes and testifying. I find it so way over the top cool to be part of a group of passionate caring people. I see many faces and names of people I…
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Posted on August 3, 2010 at 11:59am

The new operating platform from Transition Culture

The new operating platform for Transition Initiatives is now available for preview in PDF form. This is basically what the new handbook will look like next spring.

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Posted on July 30, 2010 at 5:09pm

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At 3:01pm on July 25, 2011, Suzanne Moynihan said…

Yes, Tom...I will see you at the meeting tonight.

 

Suzanne

At 3:37am on September 8, 2010, Ben Brangwyn said…
Yep, Erik's postings caught my attention. It's good stuff. I posted comment to this effect on the posting on this site.

Transition looks like it's got a great set of people there in Milwaukee.

Respect. Ben.
At 10:58pm on September 7, 2010, David MacLeod said…
Hi Tom,
I've been reading Eric's excellent blog posts republished at the Energy Bulletin. That's how I found Transition Milwaukee. Did you happen to meet any of our very cool Transition Whatcom folks while in Bellingham?
At 11:14pm on November 8, 2009, Vala Mohr said…
Hi Tom,
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I was asking about the Peak Oil Conference. But it sounds like that is what you are going to and speaking at? Good luck! I am sure you will do well.
Sura Faraj has all the copies of the zine. She is 263-1513. If you don't get a response then let me know when you need them and I'll wrestle some from her and leave them in my mailbox for you....or let me know what you'd like.

Vala

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