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Our favourite Transition April Fool: the new Brixton £5 note

‘Victory for diversity and equality’: Former prime minister Sir John Major immortalised on Brixton Pound note (from the SW Londoner) The Brixton Pound, a currency used in the South London area of Brixton, has launched a limited edition note featuing former Conservative Prime Minister Sir John Major. The politician, who

Announcing Inner Transition week!

Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the Earth. -Rumi Recently I was surprised to learn from Rob that the two things he’s most often asked about are Inner Transition and REconomy. Funny, isn’t it, what we

New Transition Network office is a load of rubbish

Transition Network is moving offices! Since the organisation’s inception in 2007, it has been housed at 43 Fore Street in Totnes, in a building once described in the Sunday Telegraph as a “rickety set of rooms”. The decision to find new premises was taken 3 years ago, but after

Lucy Neal’s ‘Playing for Time’ now published!

Lucy Neal’s ‘Playing for Time: making art as if the world mattered’ was published last week, and launched at a fantastic evening event in London. Here’s how it is described by the publisher: This groundbreaking handbook is a resource for artists, community activists and anyone wishing to reach

Book Review: ‘How to Save Town Centres’ by Julian Dobson.

Book review: How to save our town centres: a radical agenda for the future of high streets by Julian Dobson. Policy Press (available here). I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Indeed, I wish I had written it. It is, in effect, the Transition Guide to Reclaiming Local Economies. It

Funding available for communities developing plans for economic development

New support is being launched this week for companies and organisations based in England to develop local economic plans and strategies. From 1st April, grants of up to £5,000, practical advice and expertise will be available to 50 groups. So if you are a Transition initiative in England working

One Minute Review: Happier People, Healthier Planet.

One Minute Review: Happier People, Healthier Planet by Teresa Belton. Reviewed by Jesús Martín. Published last September , this is a book which deeply touches its reader, not only from a mental perspective also but from an emotional and active one. This is probably a book that doesn’t need to