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Resilience, Community Action and Societal Transformation: Christopher Lyon

1. Brief Introduction of your Work My work explores the social dimensions of resilience, adaptation and transformation. To date I have mostly focused on community resilience and the cultural and other processes that communities use to navigate challenge and change. I’m very interested in how people and groups understand

Resilience, Community Action and Societal Transformation: Juan del Río

Could you give us a brief introduction to your work? Since 2008 I have been working to develop community projects around sustainable living, local resilience and systems change. I have worked in several countries and with different organisations as a trainer, facilitator, designer, writer and researcher. Since 2012 I have

Podcast: How ‘Grown in Totnes’ are reimagining the local food economy

Rob Hopkins reflects on what it looks like when the economy begins to turn in favour of the local. .

Meet the Transition Pinball Wizards!

Roxane Rihoux, Mathilde Schmit, Roxane Jossa and Juliette Raskin (see photo below) are studying ‘Animation socio-culturelle et éducation permanente’ (Socio-cultural animation and life-long learning) at IHECS in Brussels. Their course is very practical, learning a wide range of communications skills including film making and graphics. For their

Resilience, Community Action and Societal Transformation: in Peterborough

To mark the release of ‘Resilience, Community Action and Societal Transformation’, the new book edited by Thomas Henfrey and Gil Penha-Lopes, we hear from some of the book’s contributors. For the first one, Andrea Connell, Cheryl Lyon and Dave Sumner of Transition Town Peterborough in Canada discuss their

Book Review: ‘Reclaiming Conversation: the power of talk in a digital age’ by Sherry Turkle.

This is one of the best books I have read in a very long time. Essential reading for any parent, for anyone who interacts with digital technologies, social media, smartphones, indeed for anyone living in the complex world of 2017. It’s a book that had a deep impact on

Lush Spring Prize showcases great regeneration projects

The Lush Spring Prize has just announced the 52 regenerative projects, organisations and networks from 27 countries that have been shortlisted for the inaugural Lush Spring Prize 2017. It’s exciting for us to see there are 3 in there that have emerged directly, or indirectly, from Transition initiatives. The