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Seven Lessons On Starting a Worldwide Movement for Change

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves." Lao Tzu I am leaving Transition Network after a ten year, white knuckled ride of extraordinary beauty and passion, alongside some of the

Activism and talking climate: The power of normal

I’ve always been attracted by the margins. I studied Community Water and Sanitation, and wanted to do projects on latrines in frozen environments. The outskirters. The eccentric. I trained originally to act. Drama school is a pretty wayward place, but I was the only one in Character class sat

Transition Network’s Purpose – tell us what you think!

Transition Network is developing a new Strategy. In fact, it will be a Strategic Framework, with a number of different aspects, rather than a fixed strategy. One part of this will be an organisational purpose – to help us check, prioritise and decide what actions to take and which projects to

The Value of Values in Talking Climate #2 – Finding Common Ground

Transitioning Abroad: Migration in Latin America

Our guest editors Raquel Ribeiro and Daniel Pinheiro document stories of migration, particularly to their local area in Portugal, as well as examine the implications of migration and sustainable living. You can find their blog here. In this, their fourth blog, they met Isabela and Anhai earlier this year, on

Thriving communities and thriving ecosystems through the bee

Wanjiku is a co-founder and director of Porini Association. She has been integrating her spiritual path with reviving traditional nature wisdom in Kenya ever since she was introduced to the spirituality of nature through an immersion programme in Botswana in 2004. Over the years Porini has hosted dialogues on indigenous

The Value of Values in Talking Climate (and not mathematical ones)

This is the third in a series of blogs from our Guest Editor Kate Heath, an ex-humanitarian worker now based in Paris – exploring how to have constructive conversations about climate change. The lessons I’ve learned along this journey seem to have come from stumbling into every possible pitfall. Want