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A special thanks to those who have blessed us with their support, sponsorship and funding. You will find a growing list of these people, organizations and businesses below. Please support our sponsors.
Supporters: Let the community know you're with us. Make a statement of support for Transition Bloomington; promote Transition initiatives and events within your network, websites, and publications. Help us find other supporters and sponsors.
Sponsors: Let the community know you're with us. Make a statement of support for Transition Bloomington; promote Transition initiatives and events within your network, websites, and publications.. Help us find other supporters and sponsors.
Donate goods, services or funding support for printed media, video production, art supplies, office supplies, food for events, venue rental, etc. Transition Bloomington is a project of The Center for Sustainable Living, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization. Contributions are tax deductible.
$20 Individual
$50 Family
$25 - $50+ Non-profits
$100+ Businesses
Partners: Let the community know you're with us in a big way. Make a statement of support for Transition Bloomington; promote Transition initiatives and events within your network, websites, and publications. Help us find other supporters and sponsors.
Donate goods, services or funding support for printed media, video production, art supplies, office supplies, food for events, venue rental, banners, etc.
$1000+
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Vegetable and flower seedlings, gardening workshops, produce in season. A member of the Permaculture Growers Co-op and the Local Growers Guild. Keith is a member of the Bloomington Transition Initiating Group. |
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As the legislative body of the City, the City Council is a link between the citizens of Bloomington and their government. By enacting legislation that fosters the health, safety and welfare of the City, the Council works to represent the interests of residents while ensuring the delivery of municipal services. By statute, the Council is responsible for the control of the City's property and finances, and the appropriation of money. |
We remain dedicated to good food, good health, excellent customer service, local and regional producers, and giving back to the community . |
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The goals of the Green Sanctuary Task Force are to explore ways of reducing the ecological footprint of the UU Church of Bloomington, its members and the broader community and to fulfill our commitment as a certified Green Sanctuary. |
 Permaculture
Activist MagazinePO Box 5516, Bloomington, IN 47407 Our purpose is to supply information to enable people everywhere to provide for their own & their communities' needs for food, energy, shelter, & a decent life without exploitation or pollution & from the smallest practical area of land. Subscriptions are $23 / year or 3 years for $59. We also provide design and consulting plus books and videos to support transition to resilient local cultures & economies. |
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 Set
in the rolling hills of South-central
Indiana, Stranger’s
Hill Organics is a small
farm business. Operated by founders
Dale and Lee Jones for over 30
years, our farm and greenhouse
operation is the oldest continually
Certified Organic farm in Indiana
(since 1989). In December of 2007,
operations were expanded with
the purchase of the historic 80-acre
Howard Farm, next door. Joining
in the new venture are Rick Dietz,
George Huntington, Heather Reynolds
and Dave Rollo. Each brings a
wide range of experience and expertise.
With the addition of new land
we have increased our production
significantly. Produce and bedding
plants are available from early
spring until late fall at your
nearby Bloomingfoods Co-op locations,
Wholefoods in Indianapolis and
at the Bloomington Farmers’
Market on Saturday and the Tuesday
market as well. Taste the best
the earth can offer… as
local as it gets. |
 The
City of Bloomington welcomes spring
with the opening of the Bloomington
Community Farmers' Market
season on April 3. Market hours
are 8 a.m. through 1 p.m. each
Saturday from April through September.
The Farmers' Market is located
at 8th and Morton Streets in Showers
Common next to City Hall.
Anticipated offerings include arugula, collards, dried herbs, green onions, kale, lettuce, micro greens, mushrooms, radishes, salad mix, sorrel and spinach, plus farm items such as eggs, goat cheese, honey, meat and maple syrup as well as bedding plants, perennial plants and dried flowers. |
 
Jack Brubaker has been
a full-time artist-blacksmith
since 1970. He has exhibited extensively
in North America and in Europe.
Jack has demonstrated for both
the Artist Blacksmith Association
of North America (ABANA) and the
British Artist Blacksmith Association
(BABA), He has presented a slide
lecture on his work at the First
World Congress of Artist Blacksmiths
in Aachen, Germany. In 1984 he
served ABANA as president and
has been on the boards of various
national and local arts organizations.
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| Bloomington
Cooperative Plots, a forming
Cooperative Housing project in
Bloomington Indiana. Currently
we do not have land but hope to
purchase some by the end of Summer
2010, with the intent of starting
the construction of our Cooperative
House for more than 20 individuals
in the Spring of 2011 or 2012. We hope to become an intentional community of individuals and families who dedicate their unique talents, gifts, and aspirations toward a common Vision of Creativity, Community, Sustainability, Education, and Economic Freedom. We hope to promote sustainable living and community by eating, living, gardening, creating, learning, and teaching together. |
 Crone:
Women Coming of Age is
a 128-page, twice-yearly, subscription-only
print magazine with no advertising,
"explores the gifts and concerns
of women who seek to fully embrace
Earth’s cycles of life,
death, and transformation. Please
join us in a collaborative literary
process that honors the wisdom
of long experience and the compassion
of an open heart." |
 Tendre
Press publishes "interdimensional
media that provoke the mind, open
the heart, and invoke the soul.”
Ann Kreilkamp’s award-winning
This Vast Being: A Voyage through
Grief and Exaltation is our first
book. Tendre Press also features
Kreilkamp's philosophical and
astrological essays, plus a number
of blogs, including "Urban
Farmstead," which records
the creation of the Green Acres
Neighborhood Garden through the
practice of permaculture. |
 Ingrid
Skoog, The Art of Connection,
NVC Communications coach, mediator |
 BloomingPeacePartners
/ City of Peace Initiative,
bloomingpeacepartners[at]gmail.com |
| Association for Regenerative Culture |
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 Scott
Routenhas been bridging gaps between the real and the imagined for over three decades, even before computers became ubiquitous. With a solid background in architecture, visual arts, and our evolving technology environment, the majority of his professional experience arises from design, visualization, and the educational presentation of complex or multi-dimensional subjects. Member of the Bloomington Transition Initiating Group. |
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 Ann
KreilkampI've always known that our civilization was unsustainable and that it would reach the limit of material growth sometime in my lifetime, causing a more or less drastic transformational shift in the way we live our lives and the way we frame up our understanding of reality. Member of the Bloomington Transition Initiating Group. |
 Dave
Rolloborn in Pontiac, Michigan, is a 21-year resident of Bloomington, and has had family here for over 50 years. After completing a Bachelor of Science in Biology at Michigan State University, he moved to Bloomington to pursue and obtain a Master's degree in Plant Sciences. Since 1995, Dave has worked as a Research Associate in the IU Department of Biology, specializing in Microbial Development, Microbial Ecology and Evolution. Dave was first elected to the Bloomington Common Council in January 2003 by the Democratic Party Caucus, to fill a vacant seat. He was then elected to a full term in November 2003, in the general election, and re-elected to a second full term in 2007. Member of the Bloomington Transition Initiating Group. |
 Daniel
Weddlegraduated from the Kelley School of Business this semester and will be dedicating the entirety of next year to the environment, community service, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts thesis. Member of the Bloomington Transition Initiating Group. |
 Dex
Conawayis the Program Director at Indiana Certified Organic, LLC a USDA accredited certification agency that certifies organic food and feed products to the National Organic Regulation. Dex has given presentations and organized educational workshops on a number of topics including the start-up of food buying clubs and food cooperatives, community supported agriculture, practices for transitioning to certified organic food production and the Step It Up Congress rally on climate change. Dex also holds a Permaculture Design Certificate and is a member of the Bloomington Transition Initiating Group. |
 Doug
HanveyAssistant Director at Indiana University Career Development Center, Adjunct Faculty at IU Bloomington, Adjunct Faculty at IUPUI Doug believes that time spent on understanding yourself—your values, interests, skills and personality, and articulating your deepest concerns about family, community, and the larger human and natural environment—is time well spent, and can help each of us to bring our unique gifts into the world. He is particularly interested in how the twin issues of growing economic disparities and the need to rapidly transition to a sustainable economy will affect individual career paths and transitions, and the world of work itself, in the coming decades, and how to prepare today's students to deal with these issues. Member of the Bloomington Transition Initiating Group. |
 Indiana
University Office of Sustainability1800 N. Range Road Bloomington, IN 47408 |
  Collins
Living Learning Center
will be compiling a sustainability
statement to be approved by not
only the Council but the Collins
Community at large, culminating
with the document being signed
by the residents. This document
will be taken to the "Great
Unleashing" by a few representatives.
We feel that this movement is
something that Collins can get
behind wholeheartedly. |
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The Local Growers' Guild is a cooperative of farmers, retailers and community members dedicated to strenghthening the local food economy in Southern Indiana through education, direct support and market connections. |
 Wandering
Turtle Art Gallery & Gifts,
116 W. Sixth Street, Bloomington,
IN 47404 • 812.330.1990Our mission is to support local, regional and international artists and musicians and to help create a thriving downtown Bloomington Arts Community. We are committed to preserving and nurturing the unique spirit of Bloomington by strengthening locally owned small businesses, celebrating our diversity and respecting the natural beauty of our surrounding environment. |
 The
Indiana
Holistic Health Network Directory
is a mind, body and spirit
resource of Indiana's Holistic
and Alternative Healing, and Wellness
Practitioners. The IHHN Directory
features a wide selection of Healing,
Holistic and Alternative Wellness
Services and resources, Natural
Products, including Local Whole
Food resources, Calendar of Events,
and Green Merchants offering services,
products, and Healing Activities
such as Yoga, Tai Chi, Ceremonies,
Workshops, "Creating Healthy
Sustainable Communities"
Wellness Expo, and more. We believe
in and support living a healthier,
happier, and more fulfilling life
and in working with those who
have the same intentions. |
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 Hartrock
/ Patricia C. Coleman
has lived in the Indiana woodlands
for more than 20 years. Born in
Washington, D.C., a mother of
three, painter, ceremonial object
maker, storyteller, maskmaker,
occasional figure maker, educator,
writer, audio describer for the
visually impaired, web site builder
& peace worker. A featured
poet, storyteller, workshop coordinator
& presenter in schools and
libraries; on radio programs &
at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis,
the John Waldron Arts Center,
the Stone Song and Lotus World
Music Festivals & the Iowa
State Women's Center. Also see
REIKI
PEACE AND WELLNESS ARTS |
...Heart Spirals, Reiki with Christine McKenna
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| Bloomington Transportation Options for People - B-TOP |
 Earth
Care seeks to listen to
and work with all concerned religious
communities and individuals in
order to create an ever-widening
circle of care for creation.
We urge all Indiana’s faith communities to be centers of this care by living more prudently and speaking up for policies that embody creation care. We invite all Hoosiers of faith to join in this sacred responsibility. |
Keith
Johnson & Peter Bane
Bloomington
City Council
Bloomingfoods
Green
Sanctuary Task Force on Global
Climate Change
Sheltering
Hills
Real
Compost, Dave Parsons
Shodo
Spring
The
Local Growers Guild
Green
Dove Peace Network
Networking
Join us at our networking site to learn about events and resources and take part in conversations.
Our goal is to create an urgent and positive growth in our communities' awareness about the impact of Peak Oil and Climate Change.
To help with raising awareness we invite you to host a movie screening and discussion in your home. Invite your family, friends, neighbors. Ask them to bring someone. Let them know in advance on your invitation that the evening has a purpose of raising awareness and empowering people to help create a positive solution as a community.
Movies we recommend screening are:
- The End of Suburbia
- A Crude Awakening
- An Inconvenient Truth
- The Power of Community
- In Transition 1.0: From oil dependence to local resilience
We can provide these (and others) in DVD form or you can get them from the Monroe County Public Library.