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City Living 2: North Eastern Cities. Being Tales of Sheffield and Edinburgh 18-22nd November 2010
Before the Christmas holidays I was lucky enough to be invited to two very different cities; Sheffield, city of steel, nestling amongst 7 hills and 5 river valleys, the Don, Loxley, Rivelin, Porter and the Sheaf, and Edinburgh, capital city of Scotland, perched on the side of the remains of
Social enterprises: learning from Detroit
Detroit took a huge hit when the automobile industry collapsed in the US after oil hit $147/barrel in July 2008. Nearly half the city moved somewhere else, most of the national retailers scarpered and vacant lots are everywhere. And amid this chaos, the crisis has given rise to some
Capital Bee Competition
Capital Bee are running a competition to give away 50 full Bee-keeping kits – here’s the outline:
Capital Bee is delighted to announce our competition for 50 communities in London to win the equipment, bees and training to help them start up with beekeeping.
The competition opened on 16th
Reaching out for Resilience: Inclusion in Transition
Danielle Cohen from Transition Town Stoke Newington has recently completed a Masters dissertation on inclusion in Transition. Here’s a short 3 minute interview with her from the Transition Scotland conference in November.
If that wets your appetite, you can then go on to download the dissertation which argues that
Calling Transition Social Entrepeneurs – invitation to participate in new project
UPDATE: See here for current project information – 18th Feb 2011.
The Transition Training and Consulting team (TTandC) are looking for up to 10 UK Transition Initiatives that would like to participate in a new project, helping them to shape it and deliver it. The following is from Fiona Ward who
Seeking comments on Transition Network’s take on the Big Society
Since our work day on The Big Society, Rob and Pete have been working on a ‘positioning statement’ about how Transition Network views and responds to the Big Society.
Please read Rob’s thoughtful piece on his blog; it’s there to explore the question and seek comments and opinions.