Descriptions, Involvements, Profile, and a Little Music

Dear Les,
I am telling everybody I meet in this district, about the sites for Opotiki and Whakatane Transition Towns - with the excellent films: the one about one year's progress of Transition Towns in Aotearoa/New Zealand and the films with Rob Hopkins.
I am sending the links to many people too. There is very much interest.
In the long interview with Rob Hopkins, Rob remarked that we are addicted to our cars.
And that we need to cure ourselves of our cars - as we manage to cure our other addictions.
I have been thinking about that and I'm sure it is not an addiction. I think our motor cars have become extensions to our personalities. They have become a part of us, as much as a artificial limb becomes part of us. Looking at it like this, does change how we need to go about doing what needs to be done to cope with the mammoth problem of our motor car takeover!
Regards,
Maggie Barrett

Dear Les,
Please tell Deidre too, I am busy networking, informing people about the Transition Town Movement. I am now sending the link for the Whakatane Transition Town, with the link for the excellent video that is on the Whakatane site. It would be great if our town of Kawerau, which is a mega industrial town (we have an enormous pulp and paper mill, plus other large industries here) becomes a transition town and that is the aim!

Regards,
Maggie Barrett

Dear Les,
I made a mistake regarding the graph in Rob Hopkins book. It was 'Energy Return on Energy Invested', not global warming problems. And I have found out what I needed to know on the Internet! I am sending local people here, the links for Transition Towns and for the Opotiki Transition Town in particular. Opotiki is going ahead very quickly.
Regards,
Maggie Barrett

Dear Les,
Thank you. It will be quite a few months before I can arrange to have Skype and a digital camera too. Because of certain financial commitments. But I will put them on my list of things to do and they will eventually get done! You will know of Ted Trainer. I think of him as the father of the Transition Town Movement. He writes so well and presents his ideas so clearly. I send his website link, as well as yours for the Transition Town Network, to people all the time now. Doing that is my main focus. Also, in Rob Hopkins book: 'The Transition Handbook', on Page 52 is: 'Figure 11, The Carbon footprints for the same energy sources... Credit : The Ecologist Magazine'. I am interested to know where this graph came from, which Ecologist magazine, date/year, because i have not been able to find out in the Ecologist Archive on its Website or in any of my own magazines. I would like to be able to read the article that goes with the graph, as I'm interested in heat pumps and their maintenance. And if they are a problem for global warming if they are not properly maintained.
So many people are buying heat pumps, I have one too and they are great! But i know many people don't worry about maintaining them properly. If ever you are speaking with Rob Hopkins, would you ask him for me? Many thanks! Best Wishes, Maggie Barrett

Dear Les,
I hope all is well with you. Thank you for your message some time ago.
I cannot, at this stage, provide a photograph for my page, as I do not
have a digital camera. Would you please let me know if a special attachment
is necessary in order to have Skype?
Thanks.

Best Wishes,
Maggie Barrett

Kia ora Les
Thank you. My formal name is Just Doi but I am usually called Doi. You asked about conscious community stuff.
I was involved as a child within the church community, the main focus for community in those times, then a Student at Otago University; Mushroom magazine ("alternative" lifestyle) mid seventies; itinerant participant at Hoopers Inket Co-op; Father; hanger-on at Village of ST Johns Wood Co-op NEV; Tamatea marae 12 yrs mahi ringaringa, plants, and Kohunga; founded Nz Children’s Permaculture Foundation; Member Tui Community Golden Bay 4 yrs; travelling by push bike and house bus around various communities; created Regeneration Resources which produced many school resource materials around growing and food; back to OU for 3 yrs of Law; I reside at Aramoana now and when finished my work here i will be moving the Ark to Mt Cargil where i will continue my community building work.
Nice to see some familiar faces in here.
Peace`

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73!

Hi Les Thanks for your welcome. THere is a speaker on community currency at the Old School building in Raglan tonite 8th Oct. Should be interesting.

Lynne

Hello Les, the article was in UK Country Living magazine.