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To: Brumar89 who wrote (832424)	1/25/2015 2:16:45 PM
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"Are you saying Gore convinced you to buy solar panels? Did you know you (claim to have) installed solar panels one yr before Gore did" Good catch. The movie came out 2 months B4 my panels went up, but I told you there was a panel backlog, and I had ordered mine in '05. When I commuted to work, I passed the environmental center. In late '04, the messages on the sign were telling me, "OK, it's time." Willits: WELL - 10th Anniversary Oct. 16 By Madge Strong POSTED: 10/09/2014 08:08:02 PM PDT Click photo to enlarge Local harvest bounty at the Third Harvest Feast held at the Little Lake Grange in 2008 featuring... As noted in previous articles celebrating WELL's 10th anniversary, it all got rolling in 2004 when Jason Bradford and his family chose Willits as their new home, in part because of its location and natural resources, and in part because it was already a spawning ground for innovative thinkers and doers (not just salmon). He started with showings of the film "End of Suburbia" – an eye-opener that predicted we would need major changes in light of peak oil and other global challenges. Each month more people showed up. Those who had already seen the film began organizing working groups – food, energy, water, housing, transportation, social structures. Jason's ideas met with fertile soil: people in the Willits area were eager to work on the solutions to global issues by acting locally. Indeed many had already been doing so for years, but now they were coming together with group energy. Eventually (not without some growing pains), the group called itself Willits Economic Localization (WELL) and became a membership-based non-profit organization with an elected board to oversee the various activities. For several years, with grant funding, WELL had a staff and office. It has been almost entirely volunteer-run and locally-funded for the past five years. Advertisement Many guest speakers came to Willits from near and far. Two regional conferences were held to stimulate localization efforts in other communities. WELL became, in part, the model for the Transition Town movement that now has spread across the world. The idea is that localization – more self-sufficient communities – is the solution to the unsustainable globalized economy. In addition to its own projects and events, WELL has helped spawn many spin-off groups and continues to play an important role in networking, publicizing, as a fiscal sponsor, or providing seed grants. To name just a few: Grateful Gleaners, Now & Then Films, local community gardens, Local First, Grange grains & kitchen, Willits Community Alliance, Willits Town Halls, Willits Healthy Action walks, Wowser, solarization projects, Community Rights Network, and many more. CELEBRATING! We're commemorating WELL's 10th Anniversary on Thurs., Oct. 16th, 6:30 at Little Lake Grange. The event will include excerpts of End of Suburbia and Escape from Suburbia (featuring Willits), a brief WELL power point, special guests, and displays of archival articles and photos. We will celebrate some of the amazing success stories of the past ten years and gather renewed energy and ideas for what still needs to be done to make our community more resilient and self-reliant. We will also have delicious locally-baked cake. We invite the community to come and enjoy this momentous anniversary: look at where we've been and where we're headed willitsnews.com