January 2026: Finding Healthy Rhythms
In this issue: finding healthy rhythms, festivals and happenings, People of Transition, Staying with Feelings zine, training opportunities and more!
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Transition as a Social Technology
After nearly two decades deeply engaged in this field, the organizing model developed by the international Transition Towns Movement is still the most holistic, accessible, and effective social technology I’ve found for cultivating more resilient, equitable, sustainable, and regenerative local communities from the bottom up. Based on the experience
December 2025: Rhizoming
In this issue: narrative hacking, Day of Transition 2026, 'Collective Imagination for Local Possible Futures' toolkit, funding opportunities and more!
Rhizomatic adventures
A glimpse of Esther's adventures on narrative-led systems change and culture hacking experiments.
Active hope for a more peaceful world
Transition Margaret River in Australia has had a strong focus this year on peace and active hope.
“Active Hope is different from being hopeful. It is a way of engaging with the world that shapes our choices and actions - to support the future we hope for. And it helps
4 Ways to Cultivate a More Mindful (and Ethical) Relationship with Technology
4 Ways to Cultivate a More Mindful (and Ethical) Relationship with Technology
Celebrating humanity-nature cycles
You are warmly invited to the Seasonal Gathering on December 19th, a moment to pause together and honor a rhythm that humans across the world have shared through time: the turning of the seasons.
Join this seasonal gathering to celebrate human-nature cycles, connect with people from around the world, and