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Meet the man bringing Transition to the NHS

David Pencheon is a public health doctor and Director of the NHS Sustainable Development Unit. His interest is, as he puts it, in “promoting health in the best sense of that phrase, rather than just as a large illness treating machine”. He is one of the people behind the NHS

Can we assess Transition’s health impacts?

Is Transition good for a community’s health? Janet Richardson is Professor of Health Services Research at Plymouth University in the School of Health and Human Sciences and is the first person to do a Health Impact Assessment of a Transition initiative. In 2011 she did a “rapid” Assessment for

EcoBricks and Education

Here is the latest blog I have written for The Guardian’s Live Better Challenge section: EcoBricks and education: how plastic bottle rubbish is helping build schools It began in Guatemala, and now a South African town is using recycling bottles as building material as part of an inspirational and

Sophy Banks on Bringing Systems Back to Health

“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

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