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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