"Hi - welcome to GETI! I'm new too - it's great to see the group growing. I'm interested in farmland preservation, local food, gardening, stuff like that. I've also start up the Skill Sharing group. What's your area of…"
What is GETI?
GETI is part of a global grassroots movement
supporting citizen action toward reducing oil dependence and building local community resilience and ecological sustainability.
There are currently:
- 427+ official Transition Initiatives
- in 34 countries
- 23 initiatives in Canada
- 9 in BC
- ...and over 545 more in the works!
For more information about the Transition movement in general, please check out the Transition Towns and Transition Culture.
Teach Yourself!
Read 12 Key Steps to Embarking on Your Transition Journey to find out how you can start up a transition movement in your own home and community.
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Get involved with GETI!
Have a desire to advance ecological sustainability, community self-reliance, and social well-being in Maple Ridge & PItt Meadows? To grow more food? To connect with others in your community to create positive local responses to things like climate disruption, depletion of natural resources, and economic instability?
Check out our Groups and get involved with the ones that interest you. Or start your own!
Events
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GETIFEST Event Committee Meeting
May 16, 2012 from 12am to 2pm – CEED Centre
May 17
Thursday
May 24
Thursday
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GETI Round Table
May 24, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm – Preschool Room, Leisure Centre
Groups
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Golden Ears Community Co…
16 members
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The CEED Centre Action G…
14 members
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Cimema Politica Maple Ri…
12 members
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The Farm for Life Project
11 members
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GETI Round Table
9 members
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Golden Ears Writers
7 members
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Water Security Action Gr…
6 members
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GETI'S Little Red School…
6 members
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Golden Ears Community Ga…
5 members
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The Artistry Local
5 members
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HUB: Your Cycling Connec…
5 members
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The GETI Event Committee
4 members
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Reduce Energy Dependence…
4 members
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Skill Sharing
3 members
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CEED SINGERS CHOIR
3 members
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Green Event Action Team
3 members
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Ridge Meadows Light Grou…
3 members
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Youth Action Project
3 members
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GETI Hunter Gatherer's
3 members
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Zerowaste Products
1 member
Videos
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In Transition 1.0
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Latest Activity
Jennifer Zickerman left a comment for Korleen Carreras"Hello Korleen - welcome to GETI! I am a new member too - it's nice to see the group growing. My particular areas of interest are food security, gardening, farmland preservation and stuff like that. I've also started up the Skill…"
Gerry Pinel posted eventsGETIFEST Event Committee Meeting
May 16, 2012 from 12am to 2pmGETI Round Table
May 24, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm
Jennifer Zickerman posted a blog postNew GETI Group: Skill Sharing
We've started a new Skill Sharing group that is intended to enable people in the community to teach each other how to do things. We're thinking small, kitchen-table-sized events, for example canning tomatoes, making bird-houses…See More
Jennifer Zickerman commented on Jennifer Zickerman's page Skill Sharing Seminar Ideas in the group Skill Sharing
"Cool! I would like to know how to do that. :) I'll add it to the list."
Skill Sharing
Some people know how to operate a chainsaw. Others know how to make jam. Sometimes the jam-makers want to be the chainsaw operators and vice-versa.Want to learn something? Add it as a comment to the list. Can you teach something? Ditto.Think small: Kitchen table instead of conference room. I imagine the CEED Centre will allow us to use their space, but some seminars…See More
Lisa Eastham commented on Jennifer Zickerman's page Skill Sharing Seminar Ideas in the group Skill Sharing"I can teach how to silk screen."
Jennifer Zickerman posted a blog postWanted: One Forever Farm
There is a disconnect.On the one hand, there are many people - more and more all the time, it seems - who want to farm. Small-scale, local, organic, sustainable - many people have this dream.I think the dream is also about having "real" work, work that makes your muscles tired at the end of the day, work that connects you to community and to nature.Not that I have this dream myself or anything.…See More
Jackie Chow posted a blog postVancouver Area Cycling Coalition is now 'HUB: Your Cycling Connection'
It's the Year of the Bike in Metro Vancouver, and the VACC celebrated yesterday in Vancouver with the Year of the Bike Party and the unveiling of its new name and logo. We're now called 'HUB: Your Cycling Connection'. It's HUB's mission to make cycling an attractive choice for everyone.This is our new logo: See More
Golden Ears Community Co-op
This group is about creating relationships between farmers and the community and bringing awareness of eating and supporting local foods to everyone.
CEED SINGERS CHOIR
Do you sometimes feel like singing out loud, but want to sing out loud in a crowd? If so...We are the group for you...We are the CEED SINGERS CHOIR, a group of people of all ages who get together and sing for various events and for fun. If you are interested in joining the CEED SINGERS CHOIR...call Paula Justus @ 604-374-3904See More
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