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Thinking like a systems thinker: 12 key points
In mid March 2011, I attended a two-day conference in London. Entitled “Smart CSO”, it sought to bring together a collection of green thinking Civil Society Organisations, to co-create some patterns and protocols for working more closely in alignment.
There were lots of great things about the event and one
New Directions at Faith and Environment Event
Live simply that others may simply live (Mahatma Gandhi)
On Monday I spent the day at Lambeth Palace for the “Interfaith Seminar on Environment and Sustainability”. The event brought together people from faith communities from across the UK who are active on building resilience against climate change.
Amidst the many
Engaging the younger generation around climate change: outstanding movie by 18-year old
I’ve just watched a climate change movie by the 18-year old Ross Harrison, (http://www.beyondthebrink.org/watch/ – 40 mins) and I’m in awe at the intelligence and effort that went into the movie (and the lack of ego). I think he’s done an amazing job with
Lockerbie Listening: Transition and Community Development Approaches in Marginalised Areas
Many thanks to Jane Gray who has written this very detailed account of her recent activities supporting the town of Lockerbie (a small low income town in south-west Scotland) to explore ways of responding to high fuel and energy prices, food security and local resilience.
By Jane Gray
Lockerbie is
The movie “Farm for the Future” now becomes a way of life
Farm for the Future is one of the most impactful movies I’ve seen about our ecological crises – it brought home the converging problems of peak oil and climate change and the almost unthinkable effects that they might have on food production in a very visceral way.
The film makers,
How we built Transition Network website
Massive thanks to Jim Kirkpatrick for this fantastic outline of how we built this site using which drupal modules and why.
Ease of administration
Moving around and managing a big site like this one can be a chore – so many options and pages, so many little tasks to be automated…