Hey PGH family,I've been living and studying just outside of Totnes - the first Transition Town in the world - for the past 6 months and getting involved with some interesting projects with both Transition Town Totnes and the international Transition Network. It has been really amazing seeing where this all began and working alongside some of the creative minds who dreamed it all up.Something some colleagues of mine at Schumacher College are working on is collecting stories and information…See More

Unfortunately the time has come and we will be leaving this wonderful place. Please come to our place to spend one last amazing night together before Chris leaves for England and Richa (hopefully) leaves for Africa. Plus we will be letting you take things home with you.. furniture, kitchen stuff, clothes, and free hugs! Did we mention it's also a potluck and a BYOB? We will provide some snacks and drinks (need to use the last of our food stamps!!!) and have a small grill if you're interested in…See More

As you might know, the Big Idea Bookstore, now in its tenth year of operations, is about to close its doors at 504 S. Millvale Ave in Bloomfield. But fret not! We are reopening in a larger, brighter, happier and more air-conditioned space just around the corner at 4812 Liberty Ave. Not only that, we've reorganized our business model and we are now proudly a worker-owned cooperative. Yours truly owns 17% of the new business, and we're expanding our services: In addition to books + zines, we'll…See More

Unfortunately the time has come and we will be leaving this wonderful place. Please come to our place to spend one last amazing night together before Chris leaves for England and Richa (hopefully) leaves for Africa. Plus we will be letting you take things home with you.. furniture, kitchen stuff, clothes, and free hugs! Did we mention it's also a potluck and a BYOB? We will provide some snacks and drinks (need to use the last of our food stamps!!!) and have a small grill if you're interested in…See More

For the last 50 years, throw-away consumer culture has led citizens of industrialized societies to forget many of the basic survival skills that have sustained humans for generations. Today, the impending challenges of peak oil and climate change leave our communities susceptible to the shocks and instability of centrally distributed hierarchical systems for life support. Facing the prospect of a world with drastically reduced access to energy and material goods, a rising network of Transition…See More

A Gift Circle is a local economic solution and a creative way of building community, interconnecting everyone's gifts and needs--whether it be a gift of a used bicycle or the need of someone throat-singing for you, there's a good chance there'll be something delightful for you here.Here is a testimonial from our recent Gift Circle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzbeja_qOs4 And here is an essay explaining…See More

Join Evolver Pittsburgh, Transition Pittsburgh and Sust Enable: The Metamentary as we jointly present an evening of discussion with professor and author Charles Eisenstein. Charles is professor at Penn State and Goddard College, as well as an author of several other books, including The Ascent of Humanity,…See More

Join Transition PGH and Stillpoint Zen Community for a free screening of the documentary "Home" and an engaging discussion about the Transition Movement in Pittsburgh. This completely free documentary is made entirely of aerial shots of many parts of the Earth - our one and only home. From the melting polar ice caps to mega-cities across the globe and everything in between, HOME takes us on a journey through the evolution of humankind and its relationship with the Earth. Acknowledging the many…See More