Your best resource in an emergency? A strong, connected community.

Rev. Jacki Belile gave a lot of information during her Emergency Preparedness presentation at Mess Hall on Tuesday, 2/21/12.  Stocking your emergency kit with recommended supplies is important, but even more important are the resources that you develop within your community.

Knowing your neighbors and where to reach them, making sure that they know where [...]

Mapping Group

View event on Meetup.comDateTuesday, February 28, 2012, 7:00 PMVenueReba

We’re having another meeting of the mapping group. We’re working on defining what we’re going to do and how people can easily add to, use, and benefit from our work. 

If you have any questions call Milton 773.789.8887.

Alternative Energy Matrix

At The Oil Drum I found an article by Tom Murphy.  He created an alternative energy matrix with scoring to assess the viability of the many options.  In the comments section he invites readers to develop their own matrix, score it, and put it up for review and discussion.  You can read all about it [...]

Emergency Preparedness Discussion

View event on Meetup.comDateTuesday, February 21, 2012, 7:00 PMVenueMess Hall

Do you have a gnawing suspicion that our governmental response to an emergency might fall short of the need? Responding to an emergency is a tall order. Rather than hoping that all of the government agencies get it right, let’s think in advance about emergency [...]

Emergency Preparedness with Rev. Jacki Belile

Photo by Vincent Desjardins

Photo by Vincent Desjardins

Emergency Preparedness Discussion Tuesday, 2/21/2012 – 7:00PM

Mess Hall - 6932 N. Glenwood Avenue, Chicago

Do you have a gnawing suspicion that our governmental response to an emergency might fall short of the need? Responding to an emergency is a tall order. Rather than hoping that all of the government agencies [...]

Transition Rogers Park is Transitioning

Greetings and Happy New Year!

We’ve MOVED!  On January 2, 2012 we transitioned (no pun intended) the Transition Rogers Park home page to a new host and appearance. This is the Facebook and social media age, and we want to make the best use of it in getting out the Transition message.  So we are making [...]