Pamela O'Malley Chang
YES! Magazine contributing editor Pamela O'Malley Chang follows Albany as the town joins the transition town movement, building community resilience in response to the challenges of peak oil, climate change, and the economic crisis.
Bees for My Backyard
Pam’s next step for personal resilience: bringing a wild beehive home.
Reflections on the Transition
Self-sufficiency, I realize, is a misnomer. What I am aiming for is local sufficiency, together with my neighbors.
Weaving A Great Turning: Transition Albany Takes It Step-by-Step
A follow-up on the efforts to transform a 1.7-square-mile California town into a self-sufficient and resilient community.
Yard for Share: My Hyperlocavore Garden
When the internet connects gardeners with available land, surprising things can happen.
The Work that Reconnects
As residents plan Transition Albany, they're turning to Joanna Macy for guidance in building resilient communities.
Transition Albany: A Local Response to Climate Change
Meet Catherine Sutton, the initiator of Transition Albany—the effort of a 1.7-square-mile California town (population 16,500+) to transform itself into a self-reliant and resilient community.




