Financial Permaculture

On Tuesday April 7, 2009 the Hohenwald City Council and the Hohenwald Lewis County Chamber of Commerce signed the Sonnenschein Green Initiative’s Transition Proclamation.
Click here to read a report from the local news and to find out when Hohenwald may declare itself as a Transition Town!

April 11th, 2009 | Tags: Community Developmet, Connie Sharp, Debbie Landers, economic development, Hohenwald, Jennifer Dauksha-English, Lewis County, Sonnenschein Green Initiative, Transition Initiative, Transition Proclamation | Category: Hohenwald, Localization, follow up | Leave a comment

On Friday March 27 the Lewis County Green Guide was printed.  The Guide was put together by Jennifer Daukhsa-English and the Sonnenschein Green Initiative.  The eight page guide is loaded with GREEN events and projects for 2009, local businesses that support the Initiative, contact information for all the working groups and their mission and goals.  [...]

March 28th, 2009 | Tags: Green Guide, Hohenwald, Jennifer Dauksha-English, Lewis County, Sonnenschein Green Initiative, Tourism | Category: Hohenwald, Tennessee, follow up | Leave a comment

The Sonnenschein Green Initiative hosted the third Green Evening Cafe on Tuesday, March 24, 6-8:30 pm at the Emporium Cafe, downtown, Hohenwald. Food and Farming was the theme for the March Green Evening. Fifty seven people attended the evening, which began and ended with a seed and plant exchange. Cassandra and Tom Warner of [...]

March 28th, 2009 | Tags: Cassandra Warner, Community Development, Ecological Artisans, Food and Farming, Green Evening Cafe, Hohenwald, Lewis County, Matthew English, Permaculture, Plant Exchange, Seed Exchange, Sonnenschein Green Initiative, Think and Listen, World Cafe | Category: Food & Farming, Hohenwald, Learning, Localization, Permaculture, Social Technology, Uncategorized, World Cafe, follow up | Leave a comment

Transition Proclamation Signed
On Monday, March 16 the Sonnenschein Green Initiative presented a Transition Proclamation to County Lawmakers. Connie Sharp, Debbie Landers and Jennifer Dauksha-English stood before County Commissioners, the County Mayor, the County Executive Director of Economic Development, and the public, explaining the proclamation. In summary, they stated that Lewis County and the City of [...]

March 28th, 2009 | Tags: Community Development, Connie Sharp, County Government, Debbie Landers, Green, Hohenwald, Jennifer Dauksha-English, Lewis County, Permaculture, Proclamation, Sonnenschein Green Initiative, Transtion Initiative | Category: Hohenwald, Localization, follow up | Leave a comment

A lot has happened in the not so sleepy town of Hohenwald since my last Sonnenschein Green Initiative - Transition Update.  We had a total of eight important meetings in ten days.
Click here to read a brief summary of each meeting:
Complimentary Currency Working Group
Sewage Treatment Working Group
Bioregional Congress Group
The Lewis County Chamber of Commerce [...]

February 22nd, 2009 | Tags: Bioregional Congress, Financial Permaculture Documentary, Food and Farming, Lewis County, Local Economic Development, Permaculture Certificate, Transiton Initiative | Category: Food & Farming, Hohenwald, Incubation, Learning, Local Currency, Localization, Permaculture, Tennessee, The Farm, follow up | Leave a comment

The Sonnenschein Green Initiative had its first meeting on complimentary currencies, Monday February 9, 2009. Myself, Jennifer Dauksha-English, Patrick Gibbs and two members of the local Chamber of Commerce met over tea to discuss transition economics. We first assessed our current situation. Aside from talking about the state of the world’s economy, our assessment was [...]

February 10th, 2009 | Tags: Active Experimentation, complimentary currency, Hohenwald, Jennifer Dauksha-English, Lewis County, Participatory Learning, Patrick Gibbs, Transition Economics | Category: Finance, Financial Permaculture, Hohenwald, Learning, Local Currency, Localization, Social Technology, Tennessee, World Cafe, follow up | Comments (1)