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OVESCO win 2014 Ashden Award for Community Energy

At last night’s prestigious Ashden Awards in London, the Ouse Valley Energy Services Company (OVESCO for short) won the Community Energy Award in recognition of the group’s work. OVESCO, which grew out of Transition Town Lewes, has become a real force for community energy, starting a number of

Four reasons why too much local democracy can be a bad thing

So the European and local elections are over, and once again it looks like a result underpinned by low turnout and a general lack of interest, especially from young people. Parties seemed to be falling over themselves to say how much they love communities and want to give them more

Web and Comms high level review of the past year

The May 2014 Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition

Crystal Palace Transition Town’s market is celebrating its first birthday. The market has been a huge success since its inception, with local paper the Croydon Advertiser reporting “Extremely strong winds caused havoc among stallholders at Crystal Palace food market on Saturday. But despite forcing three traders to pack up

Angela Raffle of Transition Bristol: “Health and sustainability are like twins”

Angela Raffle is a founder member of Transition Bristol and a public health worker in the city. She was one of the people that produced the Bristol Peak Oil Report. But her experience was that because the government says that fossil fuel depletion isn’t a concern, the NHS finds

New Transition Free Press hits the streets

The latest edition of Transition Free Press came out this week, Issue No.5, the Spring/Summer edition, and it is a marvellous creation. For this new edition, TFP has broadened its remit from just news and initiatives from the Transition movement to Transition in the wider sense, and it’

Free trees for your Transition initiative to mark the anniversary of World War One

This August marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. The Woodland Trust is honouring all those who took part in the war effort by planting millions of trees that will stand as a tribute for centuries to come. Will you stand with us by planting