Transitioning NH, to WHAT?

On February 1, 2012, a meeting was held in New London, NH at Colby Sawyer College on “transition towns”. This was part of a two-day event that continued on February 2, 2013.

The US organization website describes what is going in here in NH: http://transitionus.org/stories/transitioning-new-england-our-regional-gathering

This is ICLEI with different branding, taught at the college level as a sustainability course. A planner from the APA and Plymouth State professor Steve Whitman, whose work is focused on community planning and sustainability issues, gave the standard “green” speech promoting regional planning.

The issue of property rights and free market principles was raised by some attendents, and hopefully got a few people thinking. One woman in the audience stated that she thought “this will never work”.

Sustainable Communities Initiatives and Granite State Future were mentioned. In response the speaker began to talk about the Nashua Regional Planning Commission as the lead group on SCI/GSF/Plan NH for our state. (true)

Despite the denials, these groups are some of the many offshoot groups of the UN’s Agenda 21 initiative which is spreading across the country from the TOP DOWN under the guise of “grassroots” activism, all funded by YOUR federal and state tax dollars.

As Charlotte Iserbyt says, this whole scheme is the old soviet-style, top down, regionalism, and would override local control because it is being put forth by unelected commissions. It is pure communism.

Here is the blog associated with one of the groups collaborating.

Steve Whitman is a professional planner and educator based in N.H. whose work is focused on community planning and sustainability issues. Steve is a planner with Jeffrey H. Taylor & Associates, a certified permaculture teacher, and an adjunct faculty member at Plymouth State University and Colby-Sawyer College. He teaches courses in N.H. and internationally in environmental planning, community planning, permaculture and sustainability. Steve has also been involved with an evolving Transition Town initiative in the greater Plymouth Area, has organized Transition Training events in N.H., and is working with others on a new implementation model called Transition Neighborhoods. Steve lives in Plymouth, NH and participates in a wide range of grassroots efforts that promote resilience in his region.

Steve Whitman’s Group: transition.town@colby-sawyer.edu