August 2026: Transforming through Play

Do you think deep transformative change can happen by playing?

Have you had a chance to play the Cultural Transformation Game yet? This might be your time!

Here's an invitation to a facilitated group play session. Bring curiosity and a willingness to explore the cultures we have inherited and the ones we dream of as we work to change our worlds. You may find a welcoming space to practice care and lay the groundwork for a more connected culture with fellow changemakers. Join an upcoming session and see what shifts.

Find also in this issue: East Asia Gathering, new Fundraising Foundations evergreen training, our JEDAI policy and resources, new entry of the Gathering Journal, and more!

May you be safe and in community,
The Transition Network international team 🌱

What's buzzing at TNi?

• The Cultural Transformation Circle is hosting their next round of the Cultural Transformation Game on August 26th, 2026.
• JEDAI: challenging the status quo and walking the talk on Just Transition, Equity, Diversity, Accessiblity and Inclusion. Check out our collective journey!
• The next Practising Transition webinar, on Intergenerational Eco-Cultural Mapping: Co-Designing the Future with Young People, will be held on September 3rd, 2026.
• The Fundraising Foundations evergreen training just launched! Open and free for everybody, it's designed to provide a solid baseline for getting started with raising funds.
• Join the Equinox participatory celebration 'Returning to Balance', on Thursday September 24th, 2026 at 13:00 UTC. Register here.
• Why gather? Read the Gathering Journal #3, this time from the pen of Don Hall.
• Blog: Eva Schonveld faces the Hydra. Can the metaphor of the hydra help us better understand the layered interplay between personal and social unconscious patterning that makes it so hard to change the system?

Heartbeat of the Movement

• Worldwide: Have you heard about the Waves Community Café? It is a regular space for people on Community Waves to showcase their projects and ask for support. In September 11th Café, Indy Rishi Singh will share a project exploring accredited healthcare education on food, farming, ecology, and community as medicine, while Peter Jeffs will introduce HearthQuest, a 16-week permaculture-based programme for building resilient, regenerative organisations and preventing burnout. We'd love to see you there, and if you have a project to amplify or ask for feedback, you are welcome to share. Haven't heard about Community Waves yet? Check this out.
• Asia: On August 8-9, 2026, the Transition East Asia Gathering took place in Kyohoku, Kyoto, , with the aim of fostering exchange and friendship in East Asia and promoting peace. A total of 68 people gathered—34 from South Korea, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and 34 from Japan. We talked, danced, and ate together—it was a truly fulfilling two days!
• Scotland: Join Polmont Community Hub for music, food, fun for everybody. Polmont Festival, Saturday 29th August, 2026.
• Australia: Localisation Sharing Circle. Can localisation projects and movements work at the policy level to rebalance the economic playing field? Wednesday 19th August, 2026, 7.00pm - 8.30pm AEST.
• Germany: Transition Participation Conference 2026 - be there! "Shaping democracy and prosperity in a sustainable way - paths and crossroads of change" happening 18-20 September 2026, Open House of Cultures in Frankfurt a.M.
• Online: Parenting Paradoxes: the Beautiful and Messy Contradictions of Raising Kids Today Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 5pm CEST / 11am ET, with Theresa Fend and Clément Moliner-Roy.

What's alive in your Transition group? We'd love to hear and spread it further. Email us at comms@transitionnetwork.org

Check out the Community Waves calendar and add your Transition events here. They'll be featured in the community space, as well as the upcoming e-news. (set them up as "Public" - see "Route 1").

Resources

Opportunities

• Festival for Re-imagining the Economy: August 12–26 2026. This online/local unconference invites people and groups across Canada to host conversations and share what they've learned around how we might grow an economy in service to all Canadians and our planet.
• Teach the Future are recruiting two new Campaign Organisers – paid roles ideal for young people (aged 16-26) looking to develop their skills in volunteer management, political engagement, and campaigning. Deadline is 18 August 2026.
• The Integrated Drought Management Programme seeks proposals for youth-led projects (age 18-35) to build resilience in communities vulnerable to floods and droughts. Deadline is 31 August 2026.
• Stanley 1913 Creators Fund welcomes applications from early-stage non-profit organisations with bold ideas to strengthen their communities. Deadline is 13 September 2026.
• Community Storytellers Lab on housing alternatives, ECOLISE September 2026, 4 module training.
• The Water Research Foundation seeks proposals from organisations conducting research to analyse and improve drought management, impact, and communications. Deadline is 14 September 2026.
• Young Inventors Prize. Deadline is 30 September 2026.
• The Pollination Project welcomes applications from grassroots and volunteer organisations creating a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world. Rolling deadline (daily grants).
• The COP31 Evidence for Climate Action (E4CA) programme invites submissions from researchers, evaluators, and practitioners to help inform international policy dialogue at COP31. Deadline is 31 August 2026.

Which other opportunities would you like to share with fellow Transitioners?

Stay Connected!

Would you like to have some of your content featured in the next newsletter editions? Easy! Just send your text, photos and/or links to comms@transitionnetwork.org. For the September e-news, the deadline for submissions is 31 August, 2026.

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