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The growth of the local food sector over the last 20 years has been remarkable.  As we, this month, reflect on how Transition might scale up, what lessons and insights can we draw from the local food movement?  A new film Local Food Roots, by f3 local food consultants cooperative

What Transition initiatives do is just fantastic. We see “little buds” of ways of living that are more resilient and happy arising everywhere. The question is: how do we go from “little buds”, that are indeed fantastic projects developing outside of the current system, to mature and extensive “forests”, formed

One of the books I read recently which had useful insights to offer for our current discussions about scaling up was Les Robinson’s book Changeology, subtitled “how to enable groups, communities and societies to do things they’ve never done before”.  Sounds like just the thing.  It’s a

The challenge One of the keys to scaling up Transition will be a healthy and mutually beneficial relationship with the local authority.  How best to nurture, build and sustain such a relationship? Key points * Recognise that officers in local authorities are usually people like us trying to do good things

This month we’ve been looking at the potential of scaling up Transition, what the obstacles to doing that might be, and a range of perspectives on what’s needed to enable that to happen.  Right in the middle of that, David Cameron announced last week that the UK is

The challenge How might Transition be made more interesting, relevant and fun for younger people?  What are the aspects of Transition that will appeal and what is the most skilful way to communicate it?  Key points * Make it part of you, it’s really important to model the change in