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April 2016 – Transition Network Newsletter

We have a new film set in Paris, our theme of ‘international begins looking at UK Devolution, Brexit or Bremain and the translations project. The importance of dreaming and imagination, plus trips to Ireland, Paris and Leicester plus healthy conflict, the joy of training and the new REconomy newsletter. Watch

Transition Network advise HBO on new series of ‘Game of Thrones’

With just days to go until the 6th series of Game of Thrones premieres on HBO, we can unveil today that Transition Network have played a key advisory role in the development of the new series. Scriptwriters from HBO travelled from their base in New York City to visit Transition

One Year in Transition: becoming an international community of practice

One Year in Transition (1YT) has been running in the UK for four years now. When we launched in September of 2012 we had a pretty clear idea that there was a large gap in education. A gap between the desire of students to use their course learning to bring

Activity of the fortnight: Being part of the Transition Movement

Being part of the Transition Movement. Format: Checklist / activity People: All of your group (at least one person who can use the internet) Time: 30 minutes Resources needed: A computer with internet access, a place to meet Why do it “I can’t change the world on my own, I

REconomy On The Road From Wigan Pier

On a wet and windy day in early-February, the energetic Billinge and Orrell in Transition Group invited over 100 community leaders, members and to take part in the first REconomy North West event. Close to the site of George Orwell’s bleak social investigation The Road to Wigan Pier, the

Bob Hudson on Devolution: “there are some very worrying questions being raised by all of this”

The word ‘devolution’ figures large in the UK at the moment. You’d think the idea of devolving power closer to the local level would be very akin to what Transition is working to achieve, but as Kerry-Anne Mendoza puts it, in reality it represents “the greatest shift of power

New film: ‘8 days @ COP21’

We are delighted to present our new film, ‘8 days @ COP21’. It captures those days last December when the climate negotiations took place in Paris, and the experiences of some of the Transitioners who were there. Thanks to our wonderful team of crack Transition volunteer translators in Paris, we are