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Alan Simpson describes himself as a “recovering politician”.  He was Labour MP for Nottingham South for 18 years until he stood down because, as he puts it, “I was becoming obsessed with small-picture politics and I thought maybe I just needed to get out and try to influence it from

One of the most delightful things about Transition is time spent with those who are making it happen in such a wide diversity of communities.  The top up of inspiration and new ideas as to what’s possible that I get from such visits is vital stuff.  I was recently

WEb steering Group meeting notes Tuesday 17th June 10:30 – 12:00 Goto meeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/609023213   * Ed * Ben * Sam * Mike: away * Jo * Rob * Annesley: away   Next meet: ~~~~~~~~~ Wed 9 July 14:00 – 16:00 Totnes (big meeting room booked): all f2f Actions: ~~~~~~ Ed and Sam talk

What do you think the future will hold? Transition to a greener better world? The collapse of civilisation? Humans abandoning the Earth for a future on Mars? Technical solutions to all our problems? A few survivors living in remote regions? There are four key stories around at the moment. If

I was recently sent a really interesting paper by Philip Barnes of the University of Delaware called The political economy of localization in the Transition movement.  I was keen to publish it here, but it’s in moderation to be published, so I couldn’t.  Instead, I wrote to Philip

I was really happy to go to the County network for Powys of Transition and Low Carbon communities launch event on the 29th March and hear about some great projects and meet some keen Transitioners in Powys. Powys in Transition was successful in gaining funding from the National Lottery through