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My name is Claire and I’m in recovery from addiction to activism: Part One.

It feels apt that I should be introducing myself as Transition Network’s new Inner Transition Coordinator as part of a blog on burnout. I have lived most of my adult life through the lens of burnout. In many ways I am incredibly grateful as it has supported me to

The story of Unthinkable Drinkable Brent.

Back in May last year, I read in the papers, they found Anne Leitrim dead in her flat in Bournemouth. Her body had been there six years. Tragic, I thought, inconceivable. Then I asked myself just how many neighbours I have who would come knocking on my door. And the

The Transition movement in global perspective: Thomas Henfrey & Justin Kenrick

[Original here] The climate crisis has revealed a paradox at the heart of global governance: Those who hold the power in the current system present as the solution to ecological destruction and social dislocation the very paradigm and power relations that are driving the crisis. This essay puts forward an

Chris Johnstone’s 5 Burnout Tips: No:4. Follow Your Inner Compass.

Burnout Tales: Chrissie Godfrey on the risks of the ‘Energy of Yes’

Chrissie Godfrey was formerly a co-ordinator of Transition Town Taunton (which she co-founded in 2008), but in 2012 suffered from a serious case of burnout. We asked her to tell her story, and we are deeply grateful for her honesty and for sharing her experience: “When you first come together

Transition and burnout: the Australian experience

A guest post from Clare Power, a Lecturer at Western Sydney University: I’d like to contribute some of my thoughts which were formed while doing a PhD that explored the Transition movement in Australia and found high incidences of burnout among Transition participants. During the research process I kept

Activity of the fortnight: How to make decisions successfully?

Format: Activity / Guide People: All of your group Time: 1 hour Resources needed: This activity sheet, a place to meet This is also a guide that is useful to print out and store in a folder about your group, to refer to in the future and to show new members