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Transition Bro Gwaun win Future Dragons Den at Hay Literary Festival!

Transition cafe volunteers pitched to the Future Dragons Den at Hay Festival this year for the prize of £10,000 to further their aims in stopping food waste in communities across the UK. Transition Community cafe collects surplus food from local businesses, individuals and growers and turn it into affordable

Kerry Lane on regenerating urban and rural health

Kerry Lane (see right) is a Transitioner and Social Reporter, and in this post, she shares her thoughts on Transition and health, inspired by her recent move to the countryside. Living out in the countryside gives you an interesting alternative perspective on health, you really are faced with an entirely

What is health for human beings and human systems?

“What is the change we want to see in the world, and how will that change happen?” These were the two rather intimidating questions we posed ourselves at the recent Transition Network Awaydays – our twice-yearly retreat for staff and board members. This post shares one piece of the our wide

What is health? And why do we make systems which aren’t?

“What is the change we want to see in the world, and how will that change happen?” These were the two rather intimidating questions we posed ourselves at the recent Transition Network Awaydays – our twice-yearly retreat for staff and board members. This post shares one piece of the our wide

Martin McKee on the Manifesto for Planetary Health

One of the most fascinating things I read recently was The Lancet’s Manifesto for Planetary Health (printed in full at the end of this post). For one of the most august and respected medical journals to argue that “the idea of unconstrained progress is a dangerous human illusion”, to

Would you like to host a Transition Roadshow?

We are delighted to announce that we are now inviting applications to host one of four Regional Transition Roadshows to be held between October 2014 and March 2015. This is an offer only open to UK Transition initiatives, and we are really hoping for a good geographical spread across the

A Healthier Community: Margy Henderson on Transition Stourbridge’s Harvest Share

I used to sometimes see an apple, damson or plum tree in a garden, laden with fruit which, with time, would end up rotting on the ground as the householders didn’t manage to make use of this beautiful harvest. I sometimes wondered about asking if the owner wouldn’t