[shortonsense]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ibon', '
')It is time. I move into this new year with full energy building this transition and less and less interest to debating whether the shits going down or not.

[thuja]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shortonsense', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'T')ransition is now officially about dealing with Climate Change, Peak Oil and Economic Instability. Surely you must believe in one of those, SOS.

If it's dogma, then I am signing up for the religion, because it's the only one that makes sense to me.

[Ibon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shortonsense', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ibon', '
')It is time. I move into this new year with full energy building this transition and less and less interest to debating whether the shits going down or not.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shortonsense', '
')Sounds like religion, the way you describe it.

[shortonsense]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('thuja', '
')Mmmm...why have you been insulating your house? Or thinking about energy efficiency at all?

[shortonsense]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ibon', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shortonsense', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ibon', '
')It is time. I move into this new year with full energy building this transition and less and less interest to debating whether the shits going down or not.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shortonsense', '
')Instilling fear of an imaginary future is usually a key component of forcing compliance, just like religions. Repent, or burn. Whoever created that Transition town website looks right up to date on such techniques.

[Revi]

If it is a cult, we don't have many disciples yet.

I don't think you have to worry about Transition taking over. Even in Totnes there are only about 5% of the people really doing it.

It is an organized way to descend the energy mountain.

Like working together to make it through hard times.

I really can't see how it's a bad thing.

[shortonsense]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '
')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shortonsense', '
')The whole page is pretty shoddy when it comes to the scientific basis for any of this stuff

[Revi]

C'mon SOS. Join our cult. You may have to wear this kind of clothes and shave your beard like this, but you will be a better person because of it:

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shortonsense', '
')Using the tools of religion to sell a particular low power lifestyle.....like I said....I don't like the trappings...

[Revi]

Well we have decided to continue with our transition effort, whether it's a religion or not.

I think the problem is going to be keeping people involved. There is a lot of other stuff going on even around here.

This is the first group we've started here in our town. We had a peak oil group, and there's a Sustainability group, but they are in the nearby bigger town of Waterville.

It's time to do something here, since it will be harder and harder to get to Waterville from now on.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'C')'mon SOS. Join our cult. You may have to wear this kind of clothes and shave your beard like this, but you will be a better person because of it:

[Ibon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shortonsense', '
')
Economics. A penny saved is a penny earned. This truism has been around longer than you and I have been alive....?

[thuja]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shortonsense', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('thuja', '
')Mmmm...why have you been insulating your house? Or thinking about energy efficiency at all?

[Ibon]

Read this review of the theory of The Fourth Turning and then apply this to what the transition town movement is aspiring to. Keep in mind the current generation entering into adulthood, the Millennials.

Shortofsense, you are a school teacher. Do you agree with the author's assessment on the character of the Millennial generation as discussed in this review? Just curious.

http://www.safehaven.com/article-13780.htm

What's Next

When discussing what's likely to follow next, Neil Howe turns to his generational profiles and points out that the rising societal power today belongs to the generation he calls the Millennials, individuals born between 1982 and 2004. They are a "Hero" generation, just like the G.I. Generation that coped so well with the turmoil of the Great Depression and World War II -- the last Fourth Turning. Coddled as children, the G.I.s were ultimately called upon to help society through a dark and dangerous period and rose to the occasion. Again, quoting Howe on the Millennials...

"These are today's young people, who are just beginning to be well known to most Americans. They fill K-12 schools, colleges, graduate schools, and have recently begun entering the workplace. We associate them with dramatic improvements in youth behaviors, which are often underreported by the media. Since Millennials have come along, we've seen huge declines in violent crime, teen pregnancy, and the most damaging forms of drug abuse, as well as higher rates of community service and volunteering. This is a generation that reminds us in many respects of the young G.I.s nearly a century ago, back when they were the first boy scouts and girl scouts between 1910 and 1920.

Unlike the Baby Boomers, who are largely individualistic and anti-establishment, the Millennials are good team players. We hear a lot these days about working together for a common cause, volunteerism, and the need for stronger government institutions, largely because these are the new priorities of the Millennial Generation.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ibon', '
')Unlike the Baby Boomers, who are largely individualistic and anti-establishment, the Millennials are good team players.]

[shortonsense]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'C')'mon SOS. Join our cult. You may have to wear this kind of clothes and shave your beard like this, but you will be a better person because of it:

[shortonsense]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shortonsense', '
')Using the tools of religion to sell a particular low power lifestyle.....like I said....I don't like the trappings...