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Celebrating Green Open Homes

It’s that time of year when Open Eco Homes events happen up and down the country. Totnes are doing it, as are Bridport, West Bridgford, Lewes, Stroud and others. A Green Open Homes event is an opportunity to ask a neighbour about an energy saving improvment that they’ve

How we make space for nature: Transition Town Tooting

Tooting is a busy London suburb stretching between and beyond two tube stations (Tooting Bec and Broadway) and along the A24, originally a Roman road and now a major arterial road carrying 10 million cars a year and numerous bus routes. One of our earliest TTT blog posts shows a

Responding to drought by thinking like a forest

Here is a recent piece I wrote for The Guardian’s Living Better Challenge: Putting a stop to water waste: why local initiatives are key: Cities facing drought can generate water and jobs by planting trees, and installing tanks and rainwater harvesting systems Los Angeles imports 89% of its water.

Interview: George Monbiot on Rewilding

In July I had the great privilege of chairing George Monbiot’s presentation on rewilding at the Ways With Words literary festival at Dartington Hall. Before the talk we found a quiet corner and chatted for about half an hour about the book, and some of the ideas and issues

Why Transition needs a sense of wonder

It’s dusk. The family who arrived earlier in the day and pitched their tent next to ours have just asked us if we’d like to join them for a short walk to see “something magical”. We walk in the near-darkness down a grassy track to a lane

August 2014 – Transition Network Newsletter

Although we are mostly kicking our shoes off this month, we still have some inspiration for you, such as why is it so important to celebrate what you do, plus news of Transition Training in India, and more. The Power of NOT Doing Stuff Our theme for August is about

Transition for tribal communities in Orissa, India

Transition Training Empowering Tribal Communities in Orissa It was summer 2013 and wasn’t sure I was hearing right. So I asked again, “She’s doing transition training where?” The answer came back down the corridor and I replied, still not sure of my hearing. “Seriously? And it really takes