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Isaiah’s Temple and the Transitionites. New Myth 20. By Willi Paul, openmythsource.com

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 Isaiah’s Temple and the Transitionites. New Myth 20. By Willi Paul, openmythsource.com – excerpt – The new hot pools and food forest at the The Pulgas Water Temple are symbols of unity and a spa for transitionites, and friends in the Light Network. The spa and governance center is for community transmutation work and wisdom sharing for the 8 Tribes. The site has been transformed by solar panel arrays and multiple layers of food forests, semi-wild geese and compost heaps. Permaculture designers integrate land, water, sky and plant life as … Continued

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Calling the Seeds. 19 Interviews with Women in Permaculture and Transition: 2010 – 2012 A Source Directory. Willi Paul, PlanetShifter.com Magazine

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Calling the Seeds. 19 Interviews with Women in Permaculture and Transition: 2010 – 2012 A Source Directory. Willi Paul, PlanetShifter.com Magazine     Soul Ecologist Catherine Walker, Sonoma, CA Elizabeth Slate, Founder of The Alchemical Nursery, Syracuse, NY Author Rachel Kaplan K.Ruby Blume – The Institute of Urban Homesteading Maddy Harland, Editorial Director – Permaculture Magazine Starhawk: Community Permaculture and the Sacred Seeds Lisa M. Fernandes, portlandmainepermaculture.com Author, Healer Alanna Moore, geomantica.com Geomancy: Sabine Engelhardt Zagreb, Croatia Raven Gray, Transitions US, NorCal Dayna Baumeister, Ph.D. – biomimicryguild.com “I am Turtle … Continued

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The Youth and Elders Project. Interview with Co-Leader Erik Van Lennep by Willi Paul, PlanetShifter.com Magazine

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The Youth and Elders Project. Interview with Co-Leader Erik Van Lennep by Willi Paul, PlanetShifter.com Magazine http://planetshifter.com/node/2012 “Reaffirming our commitment to work through the heart, we also affirm the ability to learn from everyone, and to share what useful knowledge and experience each of us has to offer. This is not about age, it’s about being human.” 28424

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water sound symbol myth: building new nature-based myths (Video). willi paul, openmythsource.com

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water sound symbol myth: building new nature-based myths (Video). willi paul, openmythsource.com  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lo7kB380kE http://planetshifter.com/node/2010 sound is interpreted visually and processed as narrative… what’s mythic about a sound? sounds connect us back to memories and values – including the sacred – and perhaps to a yearning for a better future * * * * * * * thunder is a sonic call to us from the planet to praise her majesty and mysteries rain pounding on the roof shows us our vulnerability but is also an opportunity to catch, store and … Continued

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Call for Perm-Trans-Occupy Strategies to Revitalize Burlingame (CA) Post Office – Willi Paul

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Hi Folks – I would appreciate any project templates, community organizing tips or re-use strategies in support of a community revitalization design for the historic Burlingame Post Office. Time is short to bring the community together. My letter to the San Mateo Daily Journal is below (see PlanetShifter.com Magazine post). Thanks for any assistance. WOX Our post office vision, public or private property? (April 19, 2012) Editor, With now less than 15 days to intervene in the undemocratic, rushed sale of the Burlingame post office to the “highest bidder,” it is … Continued

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Seeds & Ladders. A Conversation with Permaculture Designer Jenny Pell, Pacific Northwest. By Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange

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Seeds & Ladders. A Conversation with Permaculture Designer Jenny Pell, Pacific Northwest. By Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange   http://planetshifter.com/node/2007   “Another metaphor that I use a lot is one of abundance and how can you expect the table to be full and abundant if you don’t bring something to the table? People in our culture have a bad habit of filling up at the table where someone else planted, harvested, and cooked the food, eating more than their fill, and then walking away without doing the dishes! You need to … Continued

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Sacred Thyme for Permaculture. Interview with Abel R. Gomez: writer, ritualist, community organizer. By Willi Paul, openmythsource.com

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Sacred Thyme for Permaculture. Interview with Abel R. Gomez: writer, ritualist, community organizer. By Willi Paul, openmythsource.com http://planetshifter.com/node/2006 now we’re busy making all our busy plans on foundations build to last but nothing fades as fast as the future and nothing clings like the past, until we can see more than this i stand alone and so connected and i’m all there right next to you oh then it’s alright when with every day another bit falls away oh but it’s still alright, alright, alright and like words together we … Continued

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Transition Accelerator Tool #1 – Consensus & Local Governance Re-Skilling (Video Prototype). Community Alchemy #9 Willi Paul

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Transition Accelerator Tool #1 – Consensus & Local Governance Re-Skilling (Video Prototype). Community Alchemy #9 Willi Paul Posted on April 11, 2012 by [ open myth source ] Transition Accelerator Tool #1 – Consensus & Local Governance  Re-Skilling (Video Prototype). Community Alchemy #9 Willi Paul 4-9-2012 http://planetshifter.com/node/2005   A teaching / collaborative web site that does the following: 1. Offers several process models for generating consensus & local governance, including new ideas from Jenny Pell & PermOccupy 2. Features a searchable database of local issues & initiatives at the intersection of local citizen action … Continued

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In the Spirit of Lewis & Clark. Interview with Andrea Laliberte,earthmetrics.com by Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange

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In the Spirit of Lewis & Clark. Interview with Andrea Laliberte, earthmetrics.com by Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange http://planetshifter.com/node/2004 – exceprt – “The real advantage of using a GIS is when you want to work with topography or produce topography-derived datasets such as slope, aspect, hill shade models or stream networks. These datasets can still be produced on a smaller site, but in many cases, the available free data are too coarse to produce good topography and more detailed survey data are needed. One free GIS package I use is Quantum GIS, … Continued

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Unleashing the Collective Genius of San Francisco. Interview with Beverly Pitzer, TransitionSF by Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange

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Unleashing the Collective Genius of San Francisco.  Interview with Beverly Pitzer, TransitionSF  by Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange   – excerpt – “Personally, I don’t see competition really playing a role in this movement. For this global experiment to work, we need cooperation and lots of it. Competition and a built in sense of scarcity have been the basis of our economy for a long time. As experts like Richard Heinberg share, we have reached the limits of growth, and operating in the same competitive mindset will not help us to build community … Continued

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