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Transition hits the road for two regional meetings

Meetings with Initiatives. Transition network has recently employed a new Delivery Director Sarah McAdam and myself Mike Thomas as the Transition Initiative Support Coordinator. Transition Network is currently developing a strategy lead by Sarah which you can read more about here. In the past two months as part of a

On delivery by drone, vinyl and our month of “stuff”

For this month’s theme we’ll be exploring, in the run up to Christmas, our relationship with “stuff” from different angles. We start with today’s post which, among other things, takes you for a drive along the M5 motorway, delivers your Christmas gifts by drone, and argues that

Our Austerity Basics all in one placel!

Welcome to Transition Network’s Austerity Basics series. Ever wondered what austerity actually means? Where the idea comes from? Whether it actually works? Over 9 days in late November 2013, we posted a series of answers to the most commonly-wondered-about aspects of austerity, with the help of James Meadway, Senior

REconomy is recruiting a Trainer, ideally with fundraising skills

We know that one of the main challenges faced by Transition Initiative (TIs) is how to get the money and resources they need to carry out their plans. We also know that a number of TIs are looking to begin some REconomy type activity, and we want to help them

Frances Northrop on how Transition Town Totnes are responding to austerity

For our last piece in our month’s theme of austerity and how Transition responds to it, we head to Totnes, one of the first Transition initiatives. What does austerity look like there, and how is Transition Town Totnes responding to it? We asked Frances Northrop, TTT Project Manager. While

How Sustainable is Transition, Really?

I’ve been thinking a lot in the past months about the question of sustainability in the long and short term – not of our society, or the planet but of people and groups within the Transition movement itself. I was at the Transition Camp in October, where a great mix

The Big Debate: how should Transition initiatives respond to austerity?

This month’s immersion in austerity has taken us in numerous directions. We’ve heard from all sorts of people, and now we’d like to hear from you. We’ve had James Meadway’s ‘Austerity Basics’, which have given us a grounding in the thinking behind the whole approach.