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Are smoking cannabis and saving the planet mutually exclusive?

This blog has a deliberately provocative title, because I think this is something we really need to talk about. It is a question that has been in my mind after my recent trip to the ‘Education for Life’ conference in Mallorca. Psychiatrist Jose M. Fabregas gave an excellent talk which

Transition in Action 2 – Living the Life, Walking the Walk in the Transition Age

Transition in Action 2 was a success: young people from five EU countries came to an eco farm in Kunszállás, Southern Hungary, where they made their mark on the homestead, the surrounding town, and maybe most importantly: on themselves. We asked an organiser, Tracey Wheatley from Transition Hungary, how it

Amatrice Regeneration – rebuilding resilience after the Central Italy earthquake

By Deborah Rim Moiso: My story with Transition seems to be fraught with disaster. The first event I ever took part in, in 2009, was a workshop training on Open Space Technology organised by Transition Italia, the Italian hub of Transition Network, together with the facilitation school Genius Loci. This

Can Funders do Systems change? Learning From Supporting the New Economy

By Fiona Ward: Clearly funders are an essential part of the work to bring about deep-rooted systemic change, and they wield great influence. Is this power wielded well today? On behalf of a small international foundation, we recently spoke to 25 organisations and individuals who are actively trying to

Marie-Monique Robin on her new film ‘Qu’est-ce qu’on attend’ (‘What are we waiting for?’)

Marie-Monique Robin is a French filmmaker. She produced the seminal film and book ‘The World According to Monsanto’, and more recently ‘Good Old Growth’, a critique of economic growth. She has just completed a new film, ‘Qu’est-ce qu’on attend‘ (‘What are we waiting for?’) which tells

Celebrating the life of Dr. David Fleming.

Last night at Schumacher College, Shaun Chamberlin presented an event celebrating the life of Dr. David Fleming and the publication of his books Lean Logic: a dictionary for the future and how to survive it, and Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy.