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The March 2014 Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition

Anyone reading this who was a fan of punk legends The Damned, or indeed of Captain Sensible’s solo work, will be impressed to read of his interaction with Crystal Palace Transition Town (CPTT). According to ‘Inside Croydon’, CPTT and other groups got together to clear up a “long neglected

Transition Phillipines focus on urban agriculture

Transition Communities Initiative Philippines (or Kaya Natin Magbago Pagsama Sama) in Nuevo Ecija (NE) province in the Philippines are in process of developing a Permaculture demonstration site, fish ponds, development of production of coconut products. During March they will also be advancing Transition with six to eight municipalities in NE

Chris Rowland of OVESCO on living with climate change

One of the things Transition can bring is the ability to turn ‘living with climate change’ into inspired and positive action. We asked Chris Rowland of Ouse Valley Energy Services Company (OVESCO) to tell us his story: “The triggers which got me involved with Transition Town Lewes started with the

Primary schools in the watershed

Embedding in place and embedding in community are two of the strands of work for the Schools in Transition programme. The third is taking action outside the walls of the school to do some real-world problem-solving. Earlier this year, as part of the watershed work that KEVICC, the Totnes secondary

Living with Climate Change: Karen Tracy in Joshua Tree

What does Transition look like in a place with just 4″ of rain a year? This is the challenge faced by Transition Joshua Tree (population 8,000) in the Mojave desert. Dr Karen Tracy from the group told us more: “Even without climate change, the Mojave Desert looks dry, daunting,

Living with Climate Change: Cathy Verschoor in Deventer

“I am not sure what it is you are doing but it seems like a lot of fun. Can I join in?” This was the message I send to the Edible Deventer group in the Netherlands after reading yet another article about their local initiatives: household garden courses, creation of

Transition Network seeks new Trustees: Sarah McAdam on what makes a good Trustee

Transition Network is seeking four new Trustees to help the organisation to continue to grow and develop. Everything you need to know about that process can be found here. Over the next few weeks we’ll be asking former and current Trustees for their thoughts and experiences. We start today