December 2025: Rhizoming

Dear friends,

We've been rhizoming this year. Like rhizomes spreading underground, we've been growing connections that might not always be visible but strengthen our entire ecosystem. We've learned that the way through the challenges is in togetherness and nourishing each other in community.

Check out the news about narrative hacking, the Culture Transformation game, the peacebuilding activities in Australia, the Book Club in Germany, save the date for the Day of Transition Practise 2026... and join us in sharing your community stories on Waves - together we're building an unstoppable movement!

See you next Friday at the Seasonal Gathering! As we gather to close this chapter, let's carry forward the wisdom we've grown together into the new year.

With love,
The Transition Network international team 🌱

What's buzzing at TNi?

• What could happen when a Transitioner embarks on a narrative hacking journey? Find out about Esther Molina's (TNi Comms Lead) adventures and the very special project we've been involved in this year:

Rhizomatic adventures

A glimpse of Esther’s adventures on narrative-led systems change and culture hacking experiments.

Transition NewsEsther Molina

• The Cultural Transformation Game invites us to explore the cultures we have inherited and the ones we dream of as we work to change our worlds. Read on here:

Can a Game Help Us Transform Culture?

Born from a road trip through the wilds of Scotland and rooted in deep work on decolonisation, healing and trust-building, the Cultural Transformation Game invites us to explore the cultures we have inherited and the ones we dream of as we work to change our worlds.

Cultural Transformation CircleAnahí Beatriz Pacheco

• We are coming together for an open Seasonal Celebration - 19 December 2025 at 19:00 UTC - join us to say hi and to share the togetherness 😄

Celebrating humanity-nature cycles

You are warmly invited to the Seasonal Gathering on December 19th, a moment to pause together and honor a rhythm that humans across the world have shared through time: the turning of the seasons. Join this seasonal gathering to celebrate human-nature cycles, connect with people from around the world, and

Transition NewsTransition Network international

• Tech in Transition series closure and reflection by Dan Rudolph (TNi Practising Transition Lead and Core Circle co-lead): 

4 Ways to Cultivate a More Mindful (and Ethical) Relationship with Technology

4 Ways to Cultivate a More Mindful (and Ethical) Relationship with Technology

Transition NewsDaniel Rudolph

• SAVE THE DATE: Friday, 24 April 2026, for the Day of Transition Practise 2026! We are currently preparing the programme and will share it in January's newsletter. Stay tuned for some really inspiring sessions! If you’d like to receive updates directly about DoTP and other invitations from Practising Transition, you can join the Practising Transition newsletter here.

• Join Community Waves! The open source social media space crafted with love and ethics for people involved in community-led change.

Heartbeat of the Movement

• Transition in Germany: 17 December 2025: "Favourite Book 2025" - Book Club and End of Year Celebration; 28 January 2026: Funding opportunities for Transition initiatives. Check the details here.
• Transition Margaret River (Australia) has a beautiful dedication to Peace and a homage to Joanna Macy. Check it out:

Active hope for a more peaceful world

Transition Margaret River in Australia has had a strong focus this year on peace and active hope. “Active Hope is different from being hopeful. It is a way of engaging with the world that shapes our choices and actions - to support the future we hope for. And it helps

Transition NewsTransition Network international

• Shannon Dobbs from the Fellowship of Living Systems has sent his thoughts on the importance of Bioregional coordination.

?? Your Permaculture Paradise is Fed by the Same Broken System You Left Behind - Fellowship of Living Systems

Why Intentional Communities Celebrating “Best Possible” While Ignoring Bioregional Coordination Are Just Cosplaying Regeneration

the Fellowship of Living SystemsShannon Dobbs

• Shaun Chamberlin, the author of The Transition Timeline (2009!) is inviting you to join his course Surviving the Future: The Deeper Dive on a 'pay what feels right' basis, starting January 5th, 2026. Check it out here:

Surviving the Future: The Deeper Dive

For those seeking insights and allies to help themselves and their localities through profound change. The Deeper Dive is an opportunity to slow down, pull back, and explore responses as part of a small global community, alongside…

Surviving the Future

What's alive in your Transition group? We'd love to hear and spread it further. Email us at comms@transitionnetwork.org

Resources

• Alex Urbieta from Mexico would like to share a "Collective Imagination for Local Possible Futures Toolkit" - with the intention that it will serve us to co-create communities of practice, "islands of coherence of collective imagination for local possible futures". Here is a link with the introduction of the Toolkit, if you want to explore more about it, you can download the whole "Backpack" at www.imaginacioncolectiva.org, in the section Ego-Eco.
• FITO Network have developed a Network Weaver Game! It starts with a playful self-reflection on your teams' current network leadership skills and identifies areas to improve them. Then it supports people and the network to set up learning plans to deepen the skills that have been identified. Here are the self-reflection tool and the self study guide with lots of resources.

Calendar

Check out the calendar and add your Transition events here. They'll be featured in the community space, as well as the upcoming e-news. Make sure to set them up as "Public". How-to instructions here (see "Route 1").

Opportunities

• The CatchLight Global Fellowship supports creative leaders who want to cultivate significant audience engagement through inventive distribution methods that will increase the impact of their work. Deadline is 18 December 2025. Apply here.
• Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG) Research Grants: Support for research projects on structural transformation and growth in low and middle-income countries — addressing gender, climate change, inequality and inclusion. Apply here before 6 January 2026.
• The Prince Claus Fund Seed Award is a €5k prize given to emerging artists, who produce socially and politically engaged work in contexts where cultural expression is repressed. Apply here before 8 January 2026.
• Join YouthxYouth’s 6th and FINAL Learning Festival. January 22–24, 2026, register here.
• The Regenerative Communities Fund (RCF) is announcing its Third Call for Proposals. This call will select 50 Pathfinder Communities from across Croatia, Finland, France, Portugal, and Spain working on climate action, regeneration, or just transition. Apply here before 26 January 2026.
• Nominations are open for the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity! Nominate an outstanding person, organisation or group to receive the Prize before 30 January 2026.
• Apply for the Earth Prize annual competition ($100,000) addressed at students between ages 13-19, developing projects with potential to address environmental issues. Registration is open until 31 January 2026. Read more about this opportunity here.

Which other opportunities would you like to share with fellow Transitioners?

Stay connected!

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For the January e-news, the deadline for submissions is 7 January, 2026.

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Thank you so much for making it until the end of this edition of the Newsletter. We're looking forward to hearing from you all, amazing people. Stay tuned and hands-on!