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Somerset Transition reversal raises questions over localism agenda

You win some, you lose some. In July 2008, Somerset County Council, then a Liberal Democrat-controlled council, passed a resolution supporting its local Transition initiatives. (This is copied from Transition Culture). It was much lauded as a visionary piece of policy-making, a council noting the vibrant activity of

The movie “Farm for the Future” now becomes a way of life

Farm for the Future is one of the most impactful movies I’ve seen about our ecological crises – it brought home the converging problems of peak oil and climate change and the almost unthinkable effects that they might have on food production in a very visceral way. The film makers,

Reverend Billy’s Church of Stop Shopping coming to Europe and UK, July-2011

Reverend Billy and his advanced, some might say “quirky”, form of social engagement is visiting Europe in July 2011. Here’s the missive from the Rev: We are coming to Germany and England with the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir during the summer of 2011. We come as emissaries

Job opportunity: Head of “Economics for Transition”, Schumacher College, UK

A new Masters Course is starting up at Schumacher – Economics for Transition Job Opportunity at Schumacher College: Head of Economics (job-share) £37,165 per annum (pro rata) Part time (0.6) Schumacher College, South Devon, UK Schumacher College is a unique international educational institution that offers short courses and

How we built Transition Network website

Massive thanks to Jim Kirkpatrick for this fantastic outline of how we built this site using which drupal modules and why. Ease of administration Moving around and managing a big site like this one can be a chore – so many options and pages, so many little tasks to be automated…

Energyshare launches big community energy fund

Since starting their new community energy portal, Energyshare have been moving on in leaps and bounds, and have just announced a funding pot of £500,000. This is pretty impressive stuff, we think you’ll agree and advise you to have a look. As with all the big funding opportunities,

Transition Towns forum archive

We have archived the old forums. So long, bbpress – loved you long time. The new forums are here You can access the old forums in our archive here or click on the picture…