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Martin Grimshaw on Transition Camp 2013, owls and “unStuff”

Owls are brilliant. Where I’m from people are more accustomed to the sleep shattering squawk of unfairly maligned seagulls. Herring Gulls to be more precise (click here to hear what they sound like). With an unsavoury reputation for attacking bins, and occasionally stealing the chips of unsuspecting tourists, the

Seasons greetings from Transition Network and celebrating 2013!

Today we sign off for 2013. We’re back on January 6th with our new monthly theme of ‘Scaling Up’. It’s going to be fascinating. We really hope you’ve enjoyed our output this year, and thanks for all your input and support. Everyone at Transition Network would like

Annie Leonard on stuff, “citizen muscle”, and what she’s giving this Christmas

What better way to close our month’s theme than to talk to Annie Leonard, creator of the ‘Story of Stuff’ series of videos, who has done more than anyone to popularise the idea of “stuff”? She now runs the Story of Stuff project, “a community of problem solvers – parents,

Oliver James on ‘affluenza’, Love Bombing and strengthening our “emotional immune systems”

Over this month of looking at “stuff” from different angles, I came to see that one of my first lightbulb moments in terms of understanding consumerism and the roots of our relationship with “stuff” was Oliver James’ books Affluenza and The Selfish Capitalist. Both books pulled together a remarkable case

The November and December Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition

We start this two-month round up with a remarkable tale from Chile, that of the Transition training attended by the local police. In November 2013, a 2 day certificated Transition Training course took place in the first eco-neighborhoods of Chile: Villa 4 Alamos, Maipú where the town’s

Adam Corner on the “adverts that want to be your friend”

We’re all far too sensible to be influenced by advertising, right? For sure, all of the choices we made while doing our Christmas shopping this year were entirely rational, not possibly swayed by distant marketers, right? Wrong. Probably. A recent article by Adam Corner in Aeon magazine, called Ad

Bank of England takes note of local money

Last week the Bank of England published an article in its Quarterly Bulletin, accompanied by a video clarifying what they regard as the legal status of local currencies, and the issues they raise for the bank. It marks a significant moment in the evolution of local currencies. It is also