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Responding to Ted Trainer: there’s a lot more to Transition than community gardens
Ted Trainer’s recent paper, Transition Townspeople, we need to think about Transition: just doing stuff is far from enough!, generated a certain amount of attention at the recent Degrowth conference in Leipzig. Most of what I would say in response to it I have already said in previous exchanges
Mary-Jayne Rust on “reconnecting to the rest of nature”
Mary-Jayne Rust is an art therapist, a Jungian analyst, a feminist psychotherapist and an ecopsychologist. She runs a small private practice seeing individuals in North London, and also gives talks, workshops and courses and seminars in the field of ecopsychology. She is the editor, with Nick Totton, of the
The September 2014 Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition
This month’s Roundup covers stories from July and August, so we’ve quite a bit to get through! In July, Transition City Lancaster and Transition Network came together recently to hold the first trial Roadshow. It was the pilot for another four that will run over the next seven
Caspar Walsh on nature, writing and community
Caspar Walsh’s childhood combined “experience of nature, of writing, rehabilitation from crime, drugs and alcohol, and generally a pretty dysfunctional upbringing”. “I had these three things which were nature, writing and community” he told me. After years as a professional writer, he had what he calls his “aha moment”
How to make Transition plum & almond cake
Last night I attended the book launch, at Schumacher College, of Julian Ponsonby’s new book Gaia’s Feasts. It contains many of the recipes used in the College’s kitchen, which, as anyone who has ever eaten there will know, produces incredible meals on a daily basis, strongly rooted
September 2014 – Transition Network Newsletter
Do you remember that our theme was about not doing stuff? That is pretty much what happened in August! However we still have some news to share that includes the latest Transition Free Press, news from REconomy, Permaculture, thoughts on supermarkets, book reviews and new training.
Transition Free Press
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