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How we got started: New Forest Transition

Richard Barnett of New Forest Transition tells the story of their beginnings: “During the autumn of 2007 discussions started between a local B&B owner and the Tourism Manager at New Forest District Council about how to strengthen and protect the local community and economy of the New Forest.

One Minute Review: Behind the Green Door by Rotor

What is a sustainable building? A sustainable built environment? A sustainable city? The poor word ‘sustainable’ has been much abused, to a point where, for some, it has lost much of its meaning and relevance. Yet it remains a powerful concept, and a powerful lens for framing the debates as

Transition Network’s Annual Report 2014

We are delighted to share Transition Network’s Trustees Report and Financial Statement for 2014. It captures beautifully the bredth and depth of what we have been up to. Some key achievements covered by this report, and our work in the rest of 2014, include: * The collaborative and consultative development

Pandora Thomas on responding to the Prison Industrial Complex with permaculture and resilience

Pandora Thomas is a teacher, writer, speaker and designer. She currently lives in Berkeley, California and is a board member of Transition US, a founder of the Black Permaculture Network, a co-founder of Earthseed Consulting, and co-creator of the Pathways to Resilience programme. We’ve been trying to get an

Transitioners’ Digest (December 2014)

Welcome to our last Digest of 2014. Our theme this month was ‘Less is More’, and it began with an editorial that looked through the Christmas ads on TV and suggested what a Transition TV ad might look like. One reader even offered to organise a crowd-funding appeal to ensure

Results from the Transition Culture survey

A few weeks ago we asked you for your thoughts, via a short survey, on the Transition Culture blog. We thought we would share the responses with you, as well as some reflections on what we might do about them. In total 56 of you responded, and we’re very

If I Ruled The World

A couple of weeks ago the Western Morning News asked me to write something for a new feature they were starting called ‘If I Ruled the World’. “Feel free”, they wrote, “not to take it too seriously – after all (unless you know something we don’t) no one is really