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The power of Halloween and baking biscuits

One of my favourite Twitter follows, @TwopTwips, tweeted, on the afternoon of Halloween, with the sage advice “SAVE TIME and money this Halloween by always answering the question “Trick or Treat?” with “F*** Off”. While entertaining, it was disappointing, as I took my 11 year old and his friend Trick

How Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition are responding to austerity

One of the most inspiring Transition initiatives I visited in the US recently was Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition in Boston. With our theme for this month focusing on austerity, JPNET (as they are known to their friends) have useful contributions to make to our discussions. They formed in 2009,

November 2013 – Transition Network Newsletter

We have several posts about Extreme Energy in the newsletter this month, as well about the impact of ‘the cuts’, news of REconomy ideas spreading out across Europe plus some inspiring words from Paul Hawken. Website theme: Austerity The theme for November on the Transition Network website is austerity. Rob

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Imagination: an antidote to the plague of austerity

“What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination…. If I sit still and don’t do anything, the world goes on beating like a slack drum, without meaning. We must be moving, working, making dreams to run toward; the poverty of life without dreams is too

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‘In Transition 2.0’ director visits Russia

Emma Goude, director of ‘In Transition 1.0’ and ‘In Transition 2.0’ recently travelled to Russia to present the film at a major film festival there. Here she reflects on the trip and what Transition means in Russia: An activist film festival in Moscow, Delai Film (which means Do