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May 2016 – Transition Network Newsletter

New beginnings and a ‘Springtime Renewal’ theme plus a Digest of the previous theme of ‘International’ brings Transition news from far and wide. More on the success of Demain, the power of beer and was flying justified? Some ‘Good’ Bremain thoughts plus several insightful pieces on keeping your Transition Initiative

The beer that innoculates against Philip Green

Every February, the Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, brew a beer called ‘Pliny the Younger’. Nothing too remarkable about that you might think. But what would you say if I told you that their brewing this one particular beer leads to $4.88 million in economic impact

How Transition Palo Alto Brings Sharing and Community to Silicon Valley.

By Cat Johnson, originally published by Shareable: Transition Palo Alto is part of the worldwide Transition network working to build local resilience and connections. Based in Silicon Valley, the community is a great example of a growing, engaged and active Transition project. With a focus on “bringing people together to

Introducing our theme of Springtime Renewal.

I was working in my greenhouse last week, planting out lettuce seedlings with the kind of grounded but slightly heady optimism that starts to course through a gardener’s veins at this time of year, and listening to the radio. The news came through that the jury in the Hillsborough

Transitioners’ Digest (March – April 2016) International.

Our theme over the past 2 months was ‘International’. We set out to look at Transition in its many international manifestations and how it has spread, and what it has become. We started with our editorial piece which looked at the EU in/out referendum in the UK in June

Report: converging for the common good in Hvalsø, Denmark.

I first visited Denmark in 1995 when I was doing my sustainability degree. We visited Odense, and spent a week immersed in wind farms, district heating schemes, co-housing projects and a raft of other sustainability schemes. Returning to the UK afterwards, leaving the land where everywhere you looked, even