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Maria Cooper introduces the newest Transition Network publication: A Guide to doing Transition in your University or College, published today. I went to university in St Andrews, Scotland, where we had a Transition University of St Andrews. Transition started out for me as something I just did to survive – it

The island state of Dominica (absolutely NOT the Dominican Republic!) is unique, constantly confounding my expectations. It is a tropical Caribbean island, but not a typical Caribbean island. It is hot and wet, mountainous, with small rocky beaches, few tourists, and a fiercely independent spirit in a part of the

In Denmark we have seen a new political party arise, Alternativet (I guess the name is universally understood). It is very much like the Icelandic Pirate Party, Podemos in Spain and other green parties coming forth all over Europe – and hopefully all over the world.  The party´s core values

Sam Bliss (author of the wonderfully-named blog ‘The Bliss Point‘) and Aaron Vansintjan recently wrote blog called Degrowth is Punk as F*ck which defended the term “degrowth” as “a little middle finger to the establishment” and urged the reader to “take your positivity and shove it”.  It’s

These ersatz alpine themed towns are at opposite ends of Lake Pucón, and in the shadow of America Latina’s most active volcano, Rukapillañ. One, a California-ized vacation playground, the other a prosperous university town: both occupy some of the most sacred land of the Mapuche people. Here is

Everything flowing, everything shaking. We are shaken people, in a shaken land. We are in a space of not knowing. We come from different backgrounds, carrying different abilities. We feel the need to listen to ourselves and to each other, and to act. We wish to share stories, examples, narratives