Sign in Subscribe

Transition Network international

January 2015 – Transition Network Newsletter

To start the new year we offer lots of inspiring news and new features. Our themes will now span two months and starts with getting started. We introduce our very own Agony Aunt, offer you a new year rubbish diet, find out what life is like without Amazon and announce

How ‘The Power to Convene’ can transform Transition.

I had seen it in lots of different places. I’d seen it in the 30 people who turned out to plant nut trees on a grey Sunday morning in Totnes. I’d seen it in Liege in Belgium, where representatives of many local organisations had come to an event

The Transition Agony Aunt on when theme groups fail to form

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