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DESCRIPTION:Transition Santa Cruz, the local grassroots movement that aims to prepare 
 Santa Cruz for living well without fossil fuels, is presenting the 
 documentary film "The Power of Community" this month as part of their 
 awareness-raising campaign. "The Power of Community" portrays the 
 groundbreaking (literally) response of the people of Cuba to the loss of 
 imported oil after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Cuba rapidly developed 
 an extensive system of organic gardens and farms in both urban and rural 
 areas, and recovered from what could have been a famine-inducing crisis. 
 The members of Transition Santa Cruz hope we can learn from their 
 example.\n\nTransition Santa Cruz was started by a small group of concerned 
 citizens last summer as part of an international network of "Transition 
 Initiatives," begun several years ago in England. These initiatives aim to 
 foster "resilience," the ability of a community to thrive despite major 
 challenges such as climate disruptions and the loss of fossil fuels as 
 usable energy sources. "What makes the Transition approach stand out, among 
 all sorts of schemes for sustainability, is that it so thoroughly and 
 enjoyably involves the community in addressing the very problems that most 
 of us have been feeling so hopeless about," says Michael Levy, one of the 
 members of Transition Santa Cruz. "The enthusiasm in the room is palpable 
 when people hear about the Transition approach," he adds.\n\nAlthough the 
 Transition Initiative idea seems custom-made for Santa Cruz, it has 
 actually caught on in a surprising number and variety of localities. In the 
 US there are now about 120 cities working on Transition Initiatives, out of 
 nearly 800 worldwide. Santa Cruz is the 99th officially recognized 
 Initiative; number 100 is Fujino, Japan. The Christian Science Monitor 
 recently did a story documenting the spread of this unique movement: 
 http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/09/11/communities-plan-for-a-low-energy-future/\n\nThe 
 October movie screening, like all Transition events, will be participatory. 
 Audience members will be invited to get to know each other by pairing and 
 conversing for segments of the evening, and to share their ideas for a 
 resilient Santa Cruz by speaking out in the group or writing down their 
 thoughts and posting them on the wall.\n\nFor more information on 
 Transition Santa Cruz, go to their website at http://transitionsc.org, or 
 call Michael Levy at 427-9916.\n-- \n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/08/18543480.php
SUMMARY:Transition Santa Cruz: The Power of Community
LOCATION:Native Sons Hall, 239 High St.\nAt the very bottom of High Street, next to 
 the pedestrian bridge
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/08/18543480.php
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