Education at the World Cafe

1. dramatic busing reduction
2. reduce school days/longer days
3. online education
4. local community credit
5. one building schools
6. public space re-used (churches)
7. apprentice model (linked to reskilling) (trade skills)
8. "Dear Abby" column/ Transition Corner/ Mtn. Xpress

CHAS'S NOTE: The education group may have interesting areas of overlap with the Re-skilling groups, though you are up against institutional inertia. There are of course an endless array of opinions about how education should be done. Perhaps the Transition insights of peak oil on one hand and permaculture on the other can be used to bring a new kind of clarity to an ever murky debate. Yours will be a lively group I have no doubt. Where to start and with what next steps?

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COMPLETE NOTES

Question #1:
1. dramatic busing reduction
2. reduce school days/longer days
3. online education
4. local community credit
5. one building schools
6. public space re-used (churches)
7. apprentice model (linked to reskilling) (trade skills)
8. "Dear Abby" column/ Transition Corner/ Mtn. Xpress

Question #2:
Education system teacher development Kit:

• Science
• Economics -- applied math
• Links to greenhouse gas, population, energy consumption
• Social Sciences: studying historical paradigm shifts, and applying to current environment

Workshops for educators

Key questions: WHO is already doing this?

Transition Scholars

Awareness/Consciousness

Enabling [recruiting?] TA members:

• DevelopingCommunication Skills
• Elevator pitch--à standard) and personalized

Working with:

• Schools
• Social organizations
• Fairs/festivals/etc.
• Book study groups

Question #3:
Marketing/communications/PR working group

Professionals to create content and develop

Local Allies:

• Engaged educators:
• Bill Sanderson
• Cindy Byron (SILSA)
• Engaged students

Clean/renewable Energy Firms

• FLS Solar
• SolTherm
• Asheville Greenworks
• Canary Coalition--Avram Friedman