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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

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