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Today’s guest post is from Amy Burnett, who is also happy to answer any Neighbourhood Plan related questions you may have (see below) … When some people hear the word “planning” it is not something that usually gets them very excited.  Planning may conjure up images of dull technocrats, complicated

It’s an all too common experience to plough on with doing Transition, from activity to activity, without pausing to reflect on or celebrate what we’ve achieved.  It was delightful therefore to visit the New Forest this week, both to give a talk but also to see their ‘Live

Instead of running an annual conference in 2014, Transition Network is running four Roadshows around the UK.  The pilot took place in Lancaster in July, and St. Andrews in Scotland hosted the first Roadshow proper.  The St Andrews event was hosted by Transition University of St. Andrews, who have been

Chepstow is a small Welsh town with a population of about 12,000. It is a border town located on the River Wye where it flows into the Severn Estuary. Although it does have some local industries it is now mainly a commuter town with motorway access to Bristol, Newport

Today’s guest post is from Fiona Ward:  “About 18 months ago, I invited the women of the Transition Network staff and board to an evening meeting to begin to explore our experience of working in the Transition movement. We discovered that our reasons for wanting to get together and

As architects and developers plan new developments, they are certainly thinking about roads, parking spaces and footprints, but are they also thinking about productive plantings, the role of rooftop gardens and biodiversity?  Almost certainly not.  Having visited some great urban agriculture initiatives in the last couple of years, this feels