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You know how sometimes someone will just put something you were thinking far more eloquently and clearly than you would have been able to? On Thursday we’ll be posting an interview with Andy Lipkis of TreePeople in Los Angeles. When I talked to Andy last week, it was 80°

The challenge How might Transition initiatives most skilfully approach local church groups, and what common ground might they find upon which a good working relationship might be built?  Key points * Identify the best people to talk to * Seek common ground around issues of peace and justice or ‘common good’ * Many

Rosie Boycott is the Chair of the London Food Board, working for the Mayor, Boris Johnson.  She was the force behind the Capital Growth initiative which has been a remarkable catalyst for urban agriculture across London.  We wanted to hear her thoughts on what she has learnt about scaling up,

The growth of the local food sector over the last 20 years has been remarkable.  As we, this month, reflect on how Transition might scale up, what lessons and insights can we draw from the local food movement?  A new film Local Food Roots, by f3 local food consultants cooperative

What Transition initiatives do is just fantastic. We see “little buds” of ways of living that are more resilient and happy arising everywhere. The question is: how do we go from “little buds”, that are indeed fantastic projects developing outside of the current system, to mature and extensive “forests”, formed

One of the books I read recently which had useful insights to offer for our current discussions about scaling up was Les Robinson’s book Changeology, subtitled “how to enable groups, communities and societies to do things they’ve never done before”.  Sounds like just the thing.  It’s a