View video of “Imagine Tomorrow - Today”

By richard | November 17, 2008

Watch the event “Imagine Tomorrow - Today” from 11/14/2008 online here . On that page scroll to the list of video clips to select which part to view.

Or go there directly from here:

Part 1

 Part 2

 Part 3

 Part 4

Please be aware that you might see a short advertising piece before the video clip starts. A small inconvenience for this free service. Also, it looks like due to the bandwidth limitations at the Panida the video clips are glitchy. We are working to get the filmed version online as soon as possible, which should be great quality.

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Imagine Tomorrow - Today

By richard | November 8, 2008

The Sandpoint Transition Initiative (STI) invites you on Friday, November 14th, at 7 PM to this event tat the Panida to introduce you to an exciting new movement that is spreading throughout the world.

Watch the event live, starting shortly before 7 PM Pacific Time (GMT -08:00) by clicking this link http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sti or scroll down and use the embedded web cast and chat.

We are looking to engage our whole community in the process of designing practical pathways to a more sustainable future, creating a resilient and vibrant community and responding in a positive way to the challenges we are all facing today.

This event is the kick-off for the “unleashing” of our community’s enormous creativity and ingenuity. It’s also the beginning for planning and implementing a transition to a more localized and lower energy future and working together to create a green economy, live more gently on the earth and be more connected.

This is a Historic moment.
It is the first Unleashing Event hosted by a Transition Town in the US.

This evening highlights the co-founder of the first official Transition Initiative in North America, Transition Boulder County:

Michael Brownlee
speaking on
“Transition: The most Inspiring Movement in the World”

Other speakers include

Gretchen Hellar, Mayor of Sandpoint
Karen Lanphear, co-founder STI
Richard Kuhnel, co-founder STI

We will screen some special videos and have surprises, including a clip recorded specially for this occasion by Rob Hopkins, the founder of the Transition Movement. We’ll also feature a video by local talent of what is happening in our community today. Food artisans will offer treats made with mostly local ingredients for your pleasure.

Several local artists and groups will perform, including:

Arts Alliance Youth Theatre
Bio-Luminesce
Beth Pederson
Tami and Dave Gunter

This event will be filmed to document this historic moment and we will do our best to stream the evening live on the Internet if possible. We want people from all over the world (including locals who can’t make it to town that night) to join us in our celebration! The web cast is scheduled to start shortly before 7 PM Pacific Time (GMT -08:00). You can watch it here:

This event will be preceded and followed by a local art show at Stage Right Cellars.

Tickets are available at Eaves Leaves, Eichhardts Pub & Grill, Monarch Mountain Coffee, FC Weskills and Common Knowledge Book Store & Tea House

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Sustainable Art Show

By richard | November 8, 2008

In connection with the event “Imagine Tomorrow - Today” the Sandpoint Transition Initiative has organized a Sustainable Art show starting at the Stage Right Cellars starting at 5 PM.

The artists Sara McTavish & Steve van Ronk, as well as the Stage Right Cellars graciously made it possible that from 5 PM till closing, art works related in one way or another to sustainability are on display - be it the material, the technique, the theme or other aspects of this type of art.

There are a range of interpretations of the term ’sustainable art’. It can include the goal towards which artists, concerned with the implications of sustainability for artistic practice, are moving. It can also be considered to be art that is in harmony with the key principles of sustainability or be understood as art that is produced with consideration for the wider environmental impact of the work and its reception.

We invite you to check it out and see for yourself. Stick around for a special Idaho Spotlight wine and beer Happy Hour starting at 9:30 p.m. following the Sandpoint Transition Initiative event at the Panida Theater.

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“Good Food”

By richard | September 28, 2008

Good FoodLocation: Gardenia Center
Start Time: 4:00 PM
Date: 2008-10-11, Saturday

Description: The movie “Good Food” is portraying the evolvoing sustainable food system in the Pacific Northwest.

Something remarkable is happening in the fields and orchards of the Pacific Northwest. Small family farmers are making a comeback. They’re growing much healthier food, and lots more food per acre, while using less energy and water than factory farms.

For decades Northwest agriculture was focused on a few big crops for export. But to respond to climate change and the end of cheap energy, each region needs to produce more of its own food and to grow food more sustainably. Good Food visits producers, farmers’ markets, distributors, stores, restaurants and public officials who are developing a more sustainable food system for all.

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Escape from Suburbia

By richard | September 13, 2008

Escape From Suburbia PosterLocation: Sandpoint Library
Start Time: 5:45 PM
Date: 2008-09-18, Thursday

Description: Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream. With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The END of SUBURBIA (shown previously) explored the American Way of Life and its prospects as the planet enters the age of Peak Oil. In ESCAPE From SUBURBIA director Greg Greene once again takes us “through the looking glass” on a journey of discovery – a sobering yet vital and ultimately positive exploration of what the second half of the Oil Age has in store for us.
Through personal stories and interviews this films examines how declining world oil production has already begun to affect modern life in North America. Expert scientific opinion is balanced with “on the street” portraits from an emerging global movement of citizen’s groups who are confronting the challenges of Peak Oil in extraordinary ways.
The clock is ticking. ESCAPE From SUBURBIA asks the tough questions: Are we approaching Peak Oil now? What are the controversies surrounding our future energy options? Why are a growing number of specialists and citizens skeptical of these options? What are ordinary people across North America doing in their own communities to prepare for Peak Oil? And what will YOU do as energy prices skyrocket and the Oil Age draws to a close?
This movie shows a variety of inspiring options that individuals and communities can make in response to the changes in energy availability.

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