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Peak oil is still a HUGE story

As the oil juggernaught (aka world economy) keeps chugging along, let’s not forget the bigger picture Here’s a hard-hitting and well researched 12 minute documentary by ABC in Australia. This news station was one of the first to start talking about peak oil back in 2006. Some

Job: part-time grower at Norwich Community Supported Agriculture

This is from our friends in Norfolk who are setting up a Community Supported Agriculture project: Norwich FarmShare, a brand new Community Supported Agriculture scheme based on 2 acres at Hewett School and 5 acres in a field near Postwick, is looking for a part-time grower to join us,

Treehouse project: UK community design competition

Just received from a consultant with good green credentials “Sky Television is planning to televise – and promote massively – a community design competition that will feature the design and delivery of three new tree-houses that are popular, sustainable and hopefully in slightly counter-intuitive locations. The idea is that the

London and Thames Valley transition gathering, 11-June, Heathrow

Transitioners in London and the Thames Valley to meet on 11-June-2011 at Grow Heathrow If the previous achievements of the social innovators and community activists at Grow Heathrow are anything to go by, this’ll be an excellent event. A packed day starts at 10am with tea, mingling

Conference 2011 tickets on sale

We’re delighted to announce that bookings are now open for the 2011 conference. Have a look at the conference page here. We’ll be in Liverpool in the North of England at Hope University for the two and a half days of the 8th – 11th July. The conference is

End of ingredients/tools phase 1

Having had an excellent ‘phase 1’ of the Transition Patterns project, we have taken the patterns down while they are edited for the book and later re-publishing on this site. Here is Rob’s post on the matter: This is a short post to announce that the patterns directory

Low acreage livelihoods: important report re Small Farms

Small is Successful! Ground Breaking Report shows Big Role for Small Farms This comes from Larch Maxey from Sustainable Blackawton – a village initiative in Devon. Larch is pioneering research into small acreage farms, and providing an excellent platform for people considering this option as a livelihood. If it’s viable