The Transition Towns and Permaculture movements are positive, creative, community-led responses to the challenges of climate change, economic uncertainty, and the pressing need for sustainable energy. The momentum began building with the advent of Permaculture in the seventies. Permaculture isthe design science rooted in the observation of nature’s eco-systems. Its purpose is to create an approach to living that emulatesthe enduranceand resilience of those natural systems. While Permaculture is …

The Lewiston Auburn area Transition Town and Permaculture Meetup is to help you become more self-sufficient. Our goal is to reduce our use of fossile fuels, and to develop a self-sustaining community in the Lewiston/Auburn area. We will learn from each other ways to effectively increase our resilience in food production, use of local resources, the manufacturing of needed items. Most importantly, we will develop a tight community where we can rely on each other's talents and gifts.

We are a diverse group of people whose common denominator is that we care deeply about our communities, our country, and the planet. Our purpose is to effect positive change through peaceful means. The 99% movement is a non-partisan, grassroots, leaderless (some would say leader-full!) movement of citizens who want to get the corrupting influence of money out of politics; stop the looting by Wall St.; end excessive military spending and unnecessary wars, and end corporate domination over environ …