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As Transitioners, what’s the most skilful way to approach decision makers, both civil servants and national government?  I talked to Peter Lipman, Chair of Transition Network and Director of Projects and Innovation at Sustrans, who spends a fair amount of time in and out of meetings with government officials/

It is a rare occurence that I disagree with David Holmgren.  One of my heroes, and the co-founder of permaculture, I generally find his intellect formidable, his insights on permaculture revelatory, and his take on the wider patterns and scenarios unfolding around us to be deeply insightful.  But while

The Transition movement isn’t the first idea/movement to grow rapidly and then wonder how to take the next step forward.  Within the field of social enterprise, the question of scaling up is faced by many diverse enterprises and innovations.  How to take the next step up?  I talked

Today I want to present you with an idea which has the potential to really inform our thinking about scaling up. When I was in Jamaica Plain in Boston I interviewed Chuck Collins of Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition, an interview published here.  At the end of our discussion I

I went to a conference once where at the beginning of each day, for the first 10 minutes, people were invited to share any dreams they had had the previous night.  The thinking went something along the lines that when a large group of people spend time together, their dreams