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January 2011 Network Newsletter

The January 2011 Transition Network Newsletter NEWS~ Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition~ US Dollars Doubled!~ A ‘Transition Enabling Act’ INCLUSION & DIVERSITY~ Inner City Inclusion~ How can Transition groups become more inclusive?~ Inclusion as a Transition Ingredient~ Transition cities: Mission impossible? PROJECTS~ Capital

December round up of what’s happening in Transition

(This is a copy of the article on Transition Culture with thanks to Helen as ever) This month we’re starting off with Brazil and some very exciting news for the New Year, because, as reported at Transition Culture yesterday, the first ever Transition slum initiative has just held it’

Inner City Inclusion

Danielle Cohen, Transition Town Stoke Newington One evening in November 2009 a Transition Town Stoke Newington social was in full swing. Meanwhile, just streets away, a young man was murdered. The tragedy reminded me once again that we were struggling to broaden Transition’s relevance and appeal. TTSN’s relationship

City Living 3 – A City of 3 Towns With Roots in a Southern Farm

City Living 2: North Eastern Cities. Being Tales of Sheffield and Edinburgh 18-22nd November 2010

Before the Christmas holidays I was lucky enough to be invited to two very different cities; Sheffield, city of steel, nestling amongst 7 hills and 5 river valleys, the Don, Loxley, Rivelin, Porter and the Sheaf, and Edinburgh, capital city of Scotland, perched on the side of the remains of

Social enterprises: learning from Detroit

Detroit took a huge hit when the automobile industry collapsed in the US after oil hit $147/barrel in July 2008. Nearly half the city moved somewhere else, most of the national retailers scarpered and vacant lots are everywhere. And amid this chaos, the crisis has given rise to some

Capital Bee Competition

Capital Bee are running a competition to give away 50 full Bee-keeping kits – here’s the outline: Capital Bee is delighted to announce our competition for 50 communities in London to win the equipment, bees and training to help them start up with beekeeping. The competition opened on 16th