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Introducing the Transition Flower Shop

. In Copenhagen we had long felt the need for a place to gather the different people doing Transition in all it´s aspects. The gift circles, local currency initiative, urban garden projects, guerilla gardening, Empty Office Day, the Repair Cafe and so on. But a place costs money. And nobody

What did people in Deal think of ‘Tomorrow’?

Our community-led, bottom-up screening model of the film ‘Tomorrow’ (‘Demain’) is really building up a head of steam, with new screenings being booked all the time. it’s been shown in village halls, cinemas, community venues, cafes. And going down really well. If you’d like to book

A change to this blog? Imagine that!

Today I want to tell you about a change to my role, and to what I will be doing for the next 12 months, as well as to share what that means for this blog moving forward. As we celebrate 10 years of Transition Network, I am fortunate to have

The train now standing at Platform 3 is … a Co-op?

Rob Hopkins speaks to Alex Lawrie about Go-op, a highly ambitious attempt to create the first co-operatively owned train operating company in the UK. “I come to this really as a frustrated rail traveller. As someone who is a regular user of the railways but who always seems

Celebrating 10 years of Transition Town Totnes

Thursday March 9th 2017 was the day that we celebrated the 10th anniversary of Transition Town Totnes. It was a fairly arbitrary date to choose, and we had been planning to do it for a while, and it co-incided with the opening of our third annual TTT Film Festival,

Youth volunteering opportunity in Portugal

Transition São Luís in Portugal has currently 2 open vacancies for youth volunteering through the European Voluntary Service, as part of a larger project coordinated by the municipality of Odemira, involving different associations in working in the rural context. Applications are open until the 22nd of March. You can find

The Curse of the iPad Stalks the Land or In Praise of Boredom

Last night I watched the latest episode of Panorama, ‘Sleepless Britain’. It explored the problems of sleeplessness faced by many families, with visits to hospital caused by poor sleep having tripled in the last 10 years. A generation of young people not getting as much sleep as they should be