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In the Shadow of the Volcano: Transition in Pucón and Villarrica

These ersatz alpine themed towns are at opposite ends of Lake Pucón, and in the shadow of America Latina’s most active volcano, Rukapillañ. One, a California-ized vacation playground, the other a prosperous university town: both occupy some of the most sacred land of the Mapuche people. Here is

Emerging in the Emergency

Everything flowing, everything shaking. We are shaken people, in a shaken land. We are in a space of not knowing. We come from different backgrounds, carrying different abilities. We feel the need to listen to ourselves and to each other, and to act. We wish to share stories, examples, narratives

Naresh Giangrande’s Tale of Two Colombian Transition Groups

Andrea Giraldo López lived in Portugal for two years and was a part of Transition Coimbra. She attended a Transition Launch training and travelled back to Colombia “almost by mistake” to her home city, Manizales (population 400,000), and started mapping what was happening in eco, resilience, and social justice

The day Theresa May visited Standing Rock

I had coffee with a friend yesterday. At one point in the conversation Standing Rock came up, and we both realised that as soon as we started talking about it our eyes filled with tears. In case you’ve been living under a stone for the past year, or perhaps

Transition and the Commons: freeing our imaginations

On 16 November I was in Brussels for the first European Commons Assembly: a gathering of over 100 people from all over Europe and beyond who are stepping forward to make visible, manage and protect the resources that we as citizens hold in common. We held our session in the

Naresh Giangrande on movement building in America Latina

I tread so carefully, I walk with bare feet in the first Train the Trainer in America Latina. The paradox of Transition coming from the ultimate colonial (although waning) power of Great Britain has always struck me as some divine joke which I can sometimes see the funny side of.