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Neighbourhood Planning and Transition initiatives: an update.

Low-carbon Neighbourhood Planning – key policy changes and scope for influence for Transition Initiatives Amy Burnett, University of Reading and Dan Stone, Centre for Sustainable Energy It’s been over a year since I wrote my article Neighbourhood Planning and the transition towards a low-carbon society back in October

February 2016 – Transition Network Newsletter

Our main newsletter feature this month is on Burnout – what it is both individually and for groups, and more importantly, what we can do about it; there are also stories on how making drinks has helped create community and pointers to a local economy; and book reviews including of an

The unstoppable rise of ‘Demain’.

The film ‘Demain’ (‘Tomorrow’) is proving to be one of the most remarkable catalysts for Transition and other bottom-up approaches that has ever been made. I recently saw it described by a friend of mine as “‘March of the Penguins’ for localists”. Mention of it often pops up in

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.