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Inner City Inclusion

Danielle Cohen, Transition Town Stoke Newington One evening in November 2009 a Transition Town Stoke Newington social was in full swing. Meanwhile, just streets away, a young man was murdered. The tragedy reminded me once again that we were struggling to broaden Transition’s relevance and appeal. TTSN’s relationship

City Living 3 – A City of 3 Towns With Roots in a Southern Farm

City Living 2: North Eastern Cities. Being Tales of Sheffield and Edinburgh 18-22nd November 2010

Before the Christmas holidays I was lucky enough to be invited to two very different cities; Sheffield, city of steel, nestling amongst 7 hills and 5 river valleys, the Don, Loxley, Rivelin, Porter and the Sheaf, and Edinburgh, capital city of Scotland, perched on the side of the remains of

Social enterprises: learning from Detroit

Detroit took a huge hit when the automobile industry collapsed in the US after oil hit $147/barrel in July 2008. Nearly half the city moved somewhere else, most of the national retailers scarpered and vacant lots are everywhere. And amid this chaos, the crisis has given rise to some

YouTube channel

I’ve been doing some tidying up of the Transition Towns Youtube Channel and thought an update is in order. And a request for help. The channel has been ‘between stools’ for some time, so in need of love, and following discussions about the importance of Story, and videos as

Transition Initiatives Daily Newspaper

Twitter is a noisy busy place that some love and others loathe. We think it’s very handy for Transition Towns, and maintain a twitter account, shared between Ed the web co-ordinator, Richard from New Forest Food, and James From Transition Towns New Zealand. We send out ‘tweets’ on

Transition Voice – one to keep your eye on

Transition Voice – one to keep your eye on If you’re looking to extend your transition reading, I heartily recommend Transition Voice, an online mag produced in the US by partners Linsday and Erik Curren. It’s a great mix of interviews, probing essays and useful ideas. Here’s how