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	<itunes:summary>There’s no business like green business! Green business coach and consultant Andrea Dean interviews green business people who are successfully living and working in alignment with their eco values- integrating environmental and social principles into business.         Dynamic interviews about green business from Hawaii and beyond- join the conversation at andreadean.com/blog.                                                                                      Andrea Dean, MBA, is coach and consultant. Andrea provides individual life and business coaching on a wide range of issues; group and green team coaching for individuals and teams who want to achieve rapid results; conducts workshops using The Natural Step framework for companies who want to incorporate sustainability into their strategic planning; and conducts research and management for business projects with a green focus. More at andreadean.com.

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		<title>07-13-09: Zach Mermel on Transition Towns in Hawaii</title>
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In this podcast I interview Zach Mermel about the Transition Town Movement in Hawaii. The Transition Town Movement came out of the Permaculture Community. Rob Hopkins was teaching permaculture in Kinsale, Ireland and he challenged his students to think about a future that was post peak oil by creating an energy descent action plan. This [...]]]></description>
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In this podcast I interview Zach Mermel about the <a href="http://transitionhawaii.ning.com/">Transition Town Movement in Hawaii.</a> The Transition Town Movement came out of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture">Permaculture</a> Community. <a href="http://transitionculture.org/about/">Rob Hopkins</a> was teaching permaculture in Kinsale, Ireland and he challenged his students to think about a future that was post peak oil by creating an energy descent action plan. This document was the origin of what has now become the Transition Towns movement.  As Rob Hopkins writes in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Transition-Handbook-Dependency-Resilience-Guides/dp/1900322188"><em>The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience</em></a>, “It is one thing to campaign against climate change and quite another to paint a compelling and engaging vision of a post-carbon world in such a way as to enthuse others to embark on a journey towards it.”<br />
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There are no official Transition Town communities here in Hawaii <em>yet</em>, but there are discussions afoot and communities who are beginning to discuss how to become transition towns. There is an online social network <a href="http://transitionhawaii.ning.com/">http://transitionhawaii.ning.com</a>/ where you can join the Hawaii conversation and learn more about the Transition Town movement. Zach Mermel started the social networking site <a href="http://transitionhawaii.ning.com/">transitionhawaii.ning.com</a> and has gone through the Transition Town training.<br />
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Read about the<a href="http://www.transitiontowns.org/TransitionNetwork/12Steps"> 12 Key Steps to embarking on your transition journey.</a><br />
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		<itunes:subtitle> In this podcast I interview Zach Mermel about the Transition Town Movement in Hawaii. The Transition Town Movement came out of the Permaculture Community. Rob Hopkins was teaching permaculture in Kinsale, Ireland and he challenged his students to thin...</itunes:subtitle>
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In this podcast I interview Zach Mermel about the Transition Town Movement in Hawaii. The Transition Town Movement came out of the Permaculture Community. Rob Hopkins was teaching permaculture in Kinsale, Ireland and he challenged his students to think about a future that was post peak oil by creating an energy descent action plan. This document was the origin of what has now become the Transition Towns movement.  As Rob Hopkins writes in The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience, “It is one thing to campaign against climate change and quite another to paint a compelling and engaging vision of a post-carbon world in such a way as to enthuse others to embark on a journey towards it.”

There are no official Transition Town communities here in Hawaii yet, but there are discussions afoot and communities who are beginning to discuss how to become transition towns. There is an online social network http://transitionhawaii.ning.com/ where you can join the Hawaii conversation and learn more about the Transition Town movement. Zach Mermel started the social networking site transitionhawaii.ning.com and has gone through the Transition Town training.

Read about the 12 Key Steps to embarking on your transition journey.

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