March 2026: Being part of the wider ecosystem

Dear friends,
Since last year, we've been deepening collaboration in all spheres of our work. Connecting with organisations on the same path, and finding that there is so much more strength in doing things together: perspectives, ideas, more of that collective power that actual social change is going to need.

If you come to Community Waves, our open social space, you'll see it straight away. All kinds of different groups and organisations, united by the same drive to do something meaningful for the world. People who might never have crossed paths otherwise, finding each other and getting on with it.

That's also the spirit behind the Living Systems Alliance, which we launched last October with a number of sister organisations. This month we're opening the Call for Pilot Regions, and we'd love you to have a look and spread the word. It's for worldwide bioregions which are already weaving partnerships across communities, sectors, and landscapes, which is one of the most important things we can do right now.

The rest of this edition is full of things to get involved with, stories from the movement, and a few opportunities worth knowing about. As always, we'd love to hear what's happening where you are. Meet us at Waves!

With love,
The Transition Network international team 🌱

• Living Systems Alliance Call for Pilot Regions worldwide — applications open now: We are inviting place-based partnerships to apply for one of up to 10 places in the Living Systems Alliance Community of Practice, which includes training, £5,000–£10,000 grants, and more. Apply before April 5th.

Living Systems Alliance: Call for Pilot Regions worldwide — applications open now

Living Systems Alliance: Call for Pilot Regions worldwide — applications open now! Apply before April 5th 2026

Transition NewsDeborah Benham

• Filipa and Esther had a conversation about HOPE, and are inviting you to organise a screening in your communities!

The power of documentaries in supporting the work of Transitioners / O poder dos documentários no apoio ao trabalho dos Transitioners

[Filipa wrote this article in Portuguese. Please find the translated version below] — Lembro-me do dia em que fui de Bruxelas a Paris para participar no evento ChangeNow 2025, onde o Rob (Hopkins) iria intervir — disse eu à Esther. 0:00 /0:59 1× A Esther e eu estávamos numa reunião

Transition NewsFilipa Pimentel

Host a HOPE screening & bring the wave to your community

Host your own HOPE screening event! We are thrilled to announce that Transition Network international has signed a collaboration agreement with the producers of HOPE (El Gato Verde). This partnership makes it easier than ever for Transition groups to access this inspiring documentary series and spread its powerful message. Join

Transition NewsTransition Network international

• The Equinox is almost here - you are warmly invited to gather in community at a moment of profound balance, coinciding closely with World Water Day. Thursday, March 19th, 17:00 - 18:30h UTC, in English and Spanish.

Water, Balance, and the Work of Transition

An Equinox gathering for those navigating change, justice, and care SAVE YOUR SPOT HERE You are warmly invited to gather in community at a moment of profound balance: the Equinox, coinciding closely with World Water Day, a day that reminds us of what every human body already knows: water is

Cultural Transformation CircleTheresa Fend

• Here is a great practice for sharing, enjoying and spreading abundance in the community! Worth replicating at home. Sharing the Pot: Exploring the SOUP Process of Participatory Budgeting, Thursday, 2nd April at 15:00 - 16:30 UTC.

Sharing the Pot: Exploring the SOUP Process of Participatory Budgeting

SOUP Participatory Budgeting is a simple way for a community to come together, share food, and decide how to support local ideas that benefit people and the planet.

Practising TransitionJez Hall

• The full programme and registration for the Day of Transition Practice, scheduled for 24 April 2026, is here. Bookmark the sessions you'd like to attend and join us for some good talks and workshops throughout the day in togetherness.

Day of Transition Practise 2026 Programme & Registrations

Join us in a very special day when Transitioners all around the world come together to share and learn from each other!

Practising TransitionElizabeta Z Jovanovska

• Join Community Waves, the open source social media space crafted with love and ethics for people involved in community-led change. It's getting cozy here, just missing you and your friends.

Heartbeat of the Movement

• [FR] UDN's article about the Co-decision Assemblies - political engagement of citizens:

S’engager politiquement

Municipales, projets citoyens, comment s’impliquer

SCIC UdN

• [EN] Sam Rossiter (TNi) had a talk about ethical IT with Angel Matilla (GEN Europe) and Dominik Jais (European Permaculture Network).
• [FR] We're thrilled to share something we're really proud of: Réseau Transition Belgium and Réseau Transition Hauts-de-France (Northern France) have joined forces on a cross-border project called CASTOR! Find out more here (in French).
• [ES] Llamado de la Montaña / Colombia: Cómo se construyen 20 años de resiliencia? En la Ecosíntesis recorrimos nuestros caminos para destilar la esencia de nuestras comunidades. No solo celebramos éxitos; compostamos los errores para nutrir el futuro. Agradeciendo cada encuentro que con el poder del amor nos enseña como seguir tejiendo comunidad, apoyo mutuo, sanación de la tierra y de la gente, economías equitativas, sociedades justas y en armonía con los ciclos naturales. Vamos caminando junt@s para conTRIBUir a manifestar muchos mundos posibles en abundancia, belleza, alegría y buen vivir.
• [EN] Scottish Communities Climate Action Network: Countering Misinformation online workshops on Tuesday 24th March 2026. Register here or here.
• The University of St Andrew’s Week of Sustainability will run from Monday 16 to Sunday 22 March 2026. Guided walks, specialist talks, panel discussions, workshops, lectures, exhibitions, and more!
• Transition stories! To share your amazing work, we’re creating a series of short Reels that showcase local Transition stories. Here’s how you can take part. It’s a simple action with a great impact. Your videos help us tell a shared story that Transition is already happening, everywhere, in countless inspiring forms.

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

Resources

We started organising the Day of Transition Practise in 2024. Since then, we enjoyed the connections and synergies amongst the speakers and participants throughout the sessions. Plus all the heartful work of the interpreters, language weavers, social media DoTP reporters, and the organising team. Click below to find a reminder of the previous years programmes and the session recordings.

• Recordings from DoTP 2025
• Recordings from DoTP 2024

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

• Educating for the Polycrisis, The Schumacher Wild Experiments - Part Two. 24th March 11:30am - 1:30pm GMT
• 22-25 May 2026, short course in Radical Love with Satish Kumar in Spain - a beginning of collaboration for establishing Schumacher Spain, Escuela
  Schumacher.
• Moving beyond extractive measurement: introducing the Regenerative Evaluation Living Paper. Jannik Kaiser is inviting you to join the Regenerative Evaluation Living Paper launch on March 24th 3pm CET.
• 14-17th April 2026. Climate Camp for young people aged 10-14, organised by Transition Dundee. Zines, embroidery, screen printing and more.
• Rhizome 2026 Fellowship Call for participants is open! Are you a narrative practitioner, artist, journalist, storyteller, or activist working at the intersection of culture change & regenerative solutions? The narratives we hold, hold the world — and it's time to transform them into systems. Rhizome Fellowship is a nine-month journey designed to equip you with tools for narrative-led systems change. Apply here.
• Global FILM Premiere of Katô: Dreams of Dark Earth. Part of the Wisdom of the Ancestors documentary series, this film follows Indigenous leaders in the Amazon as they defend their ancestral territory and culture from illegal mining, logging, and colonization.
• Regenerative Fund for Nature: Offers funding of between £100,000 and £500,000 over three years to support projects that help farming groups and organisations try out and grow farming methods that work with nature. Deadline: 30th April 2026.

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

Would you like to have some of your content featured in the next newsletter editions? Easy! Just send your text, photos and/or links to comms@transitionnetwork.org. For the April e-news, the deadline for submissions is 31 March, 2026.

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Images worth sharing: Transition Dundee's super popular Emotional Support Chickens, lovingly made by their Upcyclers <3

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!