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The September/October Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition

It’s a bumper roundup this month, as we’re doing 2 roundups at once, seeing as we were unable to do one last month. As you’ll see, it is packed with news and stories from around the world, showcasing the huge diversity of what Transition groups get up

Melbourne Area Transition become landowners!

Here is a great story from Derbyshire. Whistlewood Common Limited, the locally-owned cooperative set up by Melbourne Area Transition, has been celebrating its purchase of almost 10 acres of land near Melbourne. The society’s inaugural event – a “woollies and wellies” party on the land on 2 November included

Jeremy Leggett: “Make no mistake, this is an energy civil war”

Jeremy Leggett’s new book ‘The Energy of Nations: risk blindness and the road to renaissance‘ is an inspirational, page-turning telling of the evolving tale of peak oil, climate change, and economic crisis, and how the three issues intertwine and interweave. I found it gripping, and what comes through

Might your local food project qualify for the ‘A Team Challenge’?

Every now and then a funding opportunity comes along which looks ideal to Transition groups, or at least to one aspect of their work. We were excited to see the other day that the A Team Foundation, Funding Enlightened Agriculture (FEA) and Buzzbnk have come together to create a funding

Mary Portas and the Golden Tickets of Dorking

Here at Transition Network, we are always on the lookout for innovative tools for enhancing local economies, so here’s a fascinating initiative underway in Dorking in Surrey. Mary Portas, ‘Mary Queen of Shops’ and creator of the recent ‘Portas Review’, visited the town recently, guest of Transition Dorking, as

An interview with Dr Tim Lang: “Dire times are one of the only moments when structures get laid bare”

When looking for insights into food, policy and politics, the first place I turn is to Professor Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy at City University London. For decades he has been at the forefront of debates around public health and the role that food, and food policy, play in

Your chance to learn how to do a REconomy Economic Evaluation for your local economy

The REconomy Project is running a training soon on how to do an Economic Evaluation for your community. We’ve written before here about Economic Blueprints/Evaluations, and their potential for really refocusing on the possibilities of a more resilient and local economy. REconomy’s Fiona Ward takes up the