> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://news.transitionnetwork.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # February 2025 - Pathways to a Desired Future - URL: https://news.transitionnetwork.org/february-2025-pathways-to-a-desired-future/ - Published: 2025-02-18T11:13:19.000Z - Updated: 2025-02-21T00:39:28.000Z - Author: Transition Network international - Tags: Transition Network newsletters, News ## ## Welcome dear friends! It's here! After a few years break, and following many requests, the Transition Movement’s international Newsletter returns. In these times of increasing challenges and overwhelming news feeds, choosing to engage with stories of community-led change is a form of activism that can support your mental health and contribute to effective action. This past year has brought big changes in [how Transition Network’s international team works alongside you](https://transitionnetwork.org/news/celebrating-the-change-working-better-alongside-you/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) and supports grassroots initiatives worldwide. In this edition we reflect on the journey so far and offer some next steps and pathways. This month, we invite you to discover two exciting new initiatives: **People of Transition** and **Voices of Transition**, sharing diverse stories of change. Explore the live **Calendar** of worldwide learning and connection opportunities, and be sure to save the date for the **Day of Transition Practice** on April 4th. Check the featured resource that focuses on **Regeneration**, an essential skill for our groups. For a dose of imagination, dive into **Greetings from the Future** and send us your own living postcards from another time ahead (psst, surprises coming!). Lastly, we are excited to be properly launching the Transition movement’s **Community Research Project.** This is a wonderful opportunity to share a story of positive change from your own unique perspective and in your own language, and keep weaving the movement stronger and more resilient. Share yours! Yours in solidarity, *Transition Network International team* \*NOTE: We're working to have translations available to a wide range of languages, these will be available soon, thanks for your understanding. --- ![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/2025/02/3-4.png) ## What's buzzing at TNi? - **Community Research Project is Live! Q&A session happening on Thursday February 20th at 5 pm UTC.** We're gathering stories of change through a Community Research project. This will provide **valuable information and resources for local groups** to learn from each other, raise awareness of their activities, support fundraising efforts, and demonstrate the wide-reaching impact of our movement. Discover more [here](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/share-your-stories-of-community-led-change): [Share Your Stories of Community-led Change!Share Your Stories of Community-led Change and Help Spread Resilience and Regeneration!![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/icon/600x80-1.png)Transition NewsDeborah Benham![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/thumbnail/kevin-erdvig-k7fUP9RQj3Y-unsplash--1-.jpg)](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/share-your-stories-of-community-led-change/) - **Day of Transition Practise: Save the Date!** We're baking the programme and it will be published soon.More info [**here**](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/save-the-date-day-of-transition-practice-2025/). [![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/2025/02/Day-of-Transition-Practise-SAVE-THE-DATE-2025-landscape-Fb-1.jpg)](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/save-the-date-day-of-transition-practice-2025/) Save the Date! Day of Transition Practise happening on Friday, 4 April 2025 - **Voices of Transition** \- [Check out some of the Voices of Transition](https://transitionnetwork.org/about-the-movement/voices-of-transition/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org), part of a training programme that enhances the public profiles of transition activists from diverse –and often underrepresented– backgrounds. [Voices of Transition - Transition Network![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/icon/TransitionNetwork-Favicon-Negative-1.jpg)Transition Network InternationalLiza Jovanovska![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/thumbnail/Voices-of-Transition-logo-final-transparent-1.png)](https://transitionnetwork.org/about-the-movement/voices-of-transition/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) - Filipa's logbook: a journey full of candid personal and collective reflections. Read [here](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/stop-the-music-let-2025-wait/). [Stop the music! Let the year 2025 wait...The year 2025 began without me having reached the end of the previous year. 2024 was intense in terms of personal projects. I say ‘personal’ (and not ‘individual’, mind you!) because they were projects that didn’t emerge from the context of my paid work, even though they are systemically and![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/icon/600x80-1-3.png)Transition NewsFilipa Pimentel![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/thumbnail/54189052234_802753a398_k.jpg)](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/stop-the-music-let-2025-wait/) --- ![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/2025/02/5-2.png) ## Heartbeat of the Movement ![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/2025/02/assembly-feb25.jpg) Transition Assembly Wales and England, 7th-9th February 2025 - **Wales and England, UK:** More than 200 people attended the Transition Assembly gathering during 7th-9th February 2025\. A special session has been arranged at 2-5pm on 8 March to share what went on at the Assembly, what came out of it and your chance to input into what’s next. [Register here](https://trnuk.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=54a12ae0dbc8dc98546e16d7f&id=4fe9e23359&e=425c9f5c52&ref=news.transitionnetwork.org). - **Just Transition:** A group of Transitioners are putting together aJust Transition training/impact bid tied to the EU program [Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV)](https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/cerv/wp-call/2025/call-fiche%5Fcerv-2025-citizens-civ%5Fen.pdf?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org). This aims to establish a working group dedicated to building a Just Transition framework for all to use. [This document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sOR59hy1jylhRA1TZgtAtf6NgguaDe1UlkmC-nQIKVo/edit?usp=sharing&ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) is their starting point. **Want to participate?** Contact [Michael Boyle](https://hub.transition-space.org/u/michaelboyle/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) or [Sanna Iranta](https://hub.transition-space.org/u/sannairanta/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org). - **Australia:** Did you know that some Aussie Transitioners are singers at the [**Melbourne Climate Choir**](https://climatechoirmelbourne.wordpress.com/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org)? This is one of the beautiful songs they sing as a form of artivism in public events and performances: > We honour the Land that we’re living on > We honour the Country and the Old Ones > We sing up Country and we sing it up strong > For we are all connected as one > We are all connected as one > > We honour the Ones who have gone before > We honour the wisdom of the ancient lore > We sing up Country and we sing it up strong > For we are all connected as one > We are all connected as one > > We honour the Earth and the Sea and Sun > We honour the living and the life to come > We sing up Country and we sing it up strong > For we are all connected as one > We are all connected as one What's alive in your Transition group? We'd love to hear and amplify! Email us at [comms@transitionnetwork.org](mailto:comms@transitionnetwork.org) --- ![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/2025/02/11.png) ## People of Transition Do you follow [Hanyun on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/people%5Fof%5Ftransition?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) yet? A wonderful person, featuring wonderful people! Do send some online love and reach out to her with your story. Featured in January: [Dora Napolitano](https://www.instagram.com/p/DEiOTUlTJZQ/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) and [Gabriela Montenegro](https://www.instagram.com/p/DFhuQIQp%5F2w/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org). **Check the interviews and posts on instagram, they're full of passion and inspiration.** --- ![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/2025/02/7-2.png) ## Resources of the Month **Book and talk recommendation**: [The Regeneration Handbook: A New Perspective on the Transition Towns Movement](https://practise.transitionmovement.org/the-regeneration-handbook-a-new-perspective-on-the-transition-towns-movement/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) Check out the resources and watch the recording of this special Practising Transition webinar, celebrating the release of [*The Regeneration Handbook: Transform Yourself to Transform the World*](https://evolutionarychange.org/book?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) by Transition Network’s Training Coordinator, **Don Hall**. [The Regeneration Handbook: A New Perspective on the Transition Towns MovementWatch the recording of this special Practising Transition webinar, celebrating the release of The Regeneration Handbook: Transform Yourself to Transform the World by Transition Network’s Training Coordinator Don Hall! Deeply rooted in the history of the Transition Movement, The Regeneration Handbook builds on “The Five Stages of Transition” from![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/icon/transition_network_logomark_web_onecolor_medium.png)Practising TransitionDon Hall![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/thumbnail/regeneration-handbook-event-banner-with-photos-ok2.jpg)](https://practise.transitionmovement.org/the-regeneration-handbook-a-new-perspective-on-the-transition-towns-movement/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) Check out these Practising Transition resources on the Regeneration Handbook topics and watch the webinar recording [Reflection & Activity Guide — Evolutionary Change![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/icon/favicon-1.ico)Evolutionary Change0![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/thumbnail/Guide-Cover.jpg)](https://evolutionarychange.org/guide?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) Check out this free Reflection & Activity Guide for Groups --- ![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/2025/02/13.png) ## Calendar - [February 18th · Collective Wisdom Sharing: Building Healthy Team Dynamics (Practising Transition)](https://events.transitionmovement.org/practise/healthyteam/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) - [February 20th · Community Research Project Q&A](https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3u8IFBDqRlCT5MwmWYLVHw?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org#/registration) - [February 27th · New Moon. Collective Healing (Cultural Transformation Circle)](https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lc--hqT8sH9ZQx5we4UdrRo8j7Bbf-gwh?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org#/registration) - [March 8th · Assemble online - celebrate, share, journey forward ](https://events.transitionmovement.org/transition-together/assemble-online/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) You can add your Transition events to the Transition platform calendar [**here**](https://hub.transition-space.org/calendar?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) to 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](https://hub.transition-space.org/p/9?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) (see "Route 1"). [Add your Transition events and activities to the calendar](https://hub.transition-space.org/calendar?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) --- ![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/2025/02/3-5.png) ## Opportunities - **Fundraising support for Transition Hubs and groups**: Does your group need financial help but have no expertise or clue on how to start? We're here to support! Check the options available [here](https://transitionnetwork.org/news/fundraising-support-transition-hubs-groups/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org). [Fundraising support for Transition hubs and groupsAre you part of a Transition group or hub seeking funding options to support your projects?![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/icon/TransitionNetwork-Favicon-Negative-3.jpg)Transition Network InternationalEsther Molina![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/thumbnail/fundraising-support-Transition-hubs-groups-scaled.jpg)](https://transitionnetwork.org/news/fundraising-support-transition-hubs-groups/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) - **Global:** Our friends at [Applewood Permaculture Centre](https://applewoodcourses.com/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) are hosting 6 powerful online workshops this February. Dive into Permaculture, Cultural Emergence & Mother Nature in Action with inspiring facilitators. It’s free, it’s impactful and it’s calling your name! Sign up [here](https://preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webview/1232425/144891264763954279?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org). [🌿6 FREE Online Workshops - join our Learning Activation Sessions 3rd-19th Feb🌿![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/icon/favicon-2.ico)join our Learning Activation Sessions 3rd-19th Feb🌿![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/thumbnail/2EtzZ087gyC2Dsm8LdL6M99XrQdjn1XmddXSn7Vv.jpg)](https://preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webview/1232425/144891264763954279?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) - **Scholarships:** Are you called to meet the challenges of these times through becoming a **Bioregional designer**? We are supporting 10 people with a fully funded scholarship for this course. The **training starts on March 18th** 2025\. [Read more on how and where to apply for the scholarship](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/bioregional-design-scholarships-for-transitioners/). [Bioregional design scholarships for transitioners!Check out this paid opportunity for 10 Transitioners to join the Bioregional design course.![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/icon/600x80-1-1.png)Transition NewsTransition Network![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1511497584788-876760111969)](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/bioregional-design-scholarships-for-transitioners/) - **Funding for Europe-based groups:** Ecolise is looking for 5 National Hubs in 10 European countries (Croatia, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, and Spain), particularly organisations already supporting community-led initiatives, building capacities or running projects that **contribute to regeneration and a just eco-social transition based on the power of community-led action**. Each hub will receive **40,000€ for 2.5 years of implementation**. You can find more information also about the objectives, requirements, evaluation criteria and application process [**here**](https://ecolise.eu/funding-fairer-futures-regenerative-communities-fund/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org). [Funding Fairer Futures: Regenerative Communities Fund open now! - ECOLISEFunding Fairer Futures: calls for proposals open now! Funding Fairer Futures is an initiative dedicated to strengthening the climate movement and building capacities for an inclusive, just transformation, by ensuring that the needs and perspectives of diverse stakeholders, including often marginalised communities, are heard and reflected in climate action. We are officially launching the first…![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/icon/cropped-ECOLISE_APPL_FB_PROFILE_ICONS-02-270x270-1.png)ECOLISEMaria Sanchez![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/thumbnail/TwitterBlueSky-apply-now-1-1-1.jpg)](https://ecolise.eu/funding-fairer-futures-regenerative-communities-fund/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) --- ![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/2025/02/5-3.png) ## Greetings from the Future A postcard from 2050 sent by Esther, TNi's Comms Lead Have you ever been to the future? Amazing, isn't it? Current times are so challenging and difficult to many, but we can't surrender. Now more than ever, let's keep supporting each other and daring to dream of desirable futures. Every step we take in the present times is a seedling for greater ripple waves we can't anticipate - or can we? **Send a short clip to** [**comms@transitionnetwork.org**](mailto:comms@transitionnetwork.org) **with your postcard from 2050 (or the year you manage to travel to) so we can share in the Transition Newsletter upcoming issues!** Please feel free to communicate in your preferred language. You can also do the editing if you have the skills and passion for it, but don't let that stop you from submitting your entry! If that were the case, just send the raw video and we take care of the rest. **PS. We're preparing a special contest - the most imaginative postcards from the future we receive during this year 2025 will get some prizes!** As you know, Rob Hopkins is one of the Transitioners who loves to peek into the future. Find out how he fell in love with the Future: Some tips on how to envision the future by Transition Australia folks - thank you so much: [I Have a Dream: Imagining a Better World - Transition AustraliaI walked with a group of students recently and tried a little activity. I asked them to list the dystopian futures that they could imagine. They had no problem identifying books, podcasts, news and movies from Mad Max to the Hunger Games, where a vision of societal collapse was brought forward in high definition. Then I asked them to do ... Read More![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/icon/cropped-transition-australia-profile-270x270.jpg)Transition Australia![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/thumbnail/briana-tozour-hkkQbPa49UA-unsplash-scaled.jpg)](https://transitionaustralia.net/i-have-a-dream-imagining-a-better-world/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIbCU1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSJ-dGUPrQqdw8VAcfjrRumKuiSKfqKVhGCPfzxDRiFYgIqXlBQc7A7rcA%5Faem%5FuPUTQ4pKqYAHkCUJE3hGlw&ref=news.transitionnetwork.org) --- ![](https://news.transitionnetwork.org/content/images/2025/02/13-1.png) ## Stay connected! **Would you like to have some of your content featured in the next newsletter editions?** Please write to [comms@transitionnetwork.org](mailto:comms@transitionnetwork.org) For March e-news, the deadline for submissions is **February 19th**. For April issue the deadline is **March 16th**. 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