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Regeneration Project Granada – a new approach to Migration

This is the fifth blog from guest editors, The Eroles Project. Co-founder Ruth tells us about Regeneration Project Granada. I am part of a group of 12 people living in the village of Saleres, Valle de Lecrín, close to Granada in Spain. We come from Europe, West Africa, South

Seeing and using our own resources

This is the third blog from guest editor, Wangũi Kamonji – researcher, storyteller, dancer, community builder, teacher and learner. Joseph Lentunyoi and the Laikipia Permaculture Centre Interested to find out what the buzz in environmental circles regarding permaculture was about, I took a permaculture design course in May this year. I

The body as a sensing, political tool to practice Democracy in Civic spaces

This is the fourth blog from guest editors, The Eroles Project. The Eroles Project, erolesproject.org, works to create conditions for personal and political change towards a sustainable and equitable world, through building an active community of changemakers, designing complex-responsive projects and hosting international residencies. During the summer of

Transitioning Abroad: Eco Villages and Migration

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 fifth blog, they interviewed Robert Hall, President of Ecolise. He gives

Talking climate, taking action – a quest for belonging

In this, my final reflections on the value, science and art of talking climate change and energy issues, I lift this to you: do this together. Do this in community. Traverse the valleys, the slopes, the bogs and the boulderfields, the heights of this quest in company – and then share

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