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Mallorca: Island of Possibilities

Mallorca, until 30 years ago, was what you might think of as a ‘Transition Island’. Largely self-sufficient in food, this beautiful place, the largest of the Balearic islands, with its 5 distinct bioregions, features lemon trees, vineyards, avocadoes, olives and enough similar delicious tree-based produce to leave this

A flying (‘training’?) visit to Barcelona

I’ve never been to Barcelona before and I had wanted to visit the city for many years. So imagine how frustrating it was to only be able to visit this beautiful city for about 9 hours! I had a great time, met some great people, and saw some beautiful

When bottom-up action takes its place at the table.

Last week I was in Brussels at the invitation of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). The EESC is an extraordinary group which is part of the EU institutions: it gives advice on policy issues and new legislation to the European Parliament, Council and Commission. On October 5th they

Docteur Who? A dazzling day in Namur.

Regular readers will recall that I visited Namur in Belgium a couple of years ago, and gave a sold-out-weeks-in-advance talk at the University which I will always remember as one of the loveliest and most delightful I’ve ever done. I was invited back, as a

Rob Hopkins’ Foreword for David Fleming’s ‘Surviving the Future’

I’m delighted to be able to share the Foreword I wrote for David Fleming’s book ‘Surviving the Future’, which was selected and edited by the wonderful Shaun Chamberlin. Released as a pair with Fleming’s seminal ‘Lean Logic: a dictionary for the future and how to survive it‘

Falling into Place: action points from the Transitionese project

As we work on collaborative, creative processes, what often seems to happen is that, rather than have a plan, we feel our way through, listen, interact, and then suddenly, somehow, things fall into place. And that is more or less how I felt this week as I cut-and-pasted

“A crowd, a host of golden Chanterelles”: my wild mushroom initiation

I did indeed wander “o’er vales and hills”, although not “as lonely as a cloud” – I was with my son, on a Sunday afternoon walk. Whereas Wordsworth wrote “When all at once I saw a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils”, it was an entirely different golden host that