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Your grandparents and great-grandparents did a lot for themselves, and they're a good role model for people today, given the shaky economy and big-time changes tied to climate change and a world hooked on oil.

That's the vision of the folks at Transition Whatcom, who are now organizing Whatcom Folk School. It's not a school, per se, but a nonprofit organization that will provide marketing, administration, class space, a catalog and a website for people who want to share their practical know-how with others in the community.