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Compost, community and cash: tasting the new economy in Geneva

I’m not sure if there is a World Record for the most talks given in one day, but if there is, I gave it a pretty good shot last week. I travelled (by train, as is my wont) to Switzerland to support several initiatives there, in and around Geneva.

Tom Henfrey unveils ‘Resilience, Community Action and Societal Transformation’

“I’m Tom Henfrey. I consider myself a practitioner and activist within the Transition and Permaculture movements. With a main professional background as a researcher I’ve often made research the main way I contribute to these movements: navigating the boundary between research and practical action in Transition, which I’

REconomy LIFT – what happens when we come together to transform local economies.

The REconomy Project team report on the recent event in London exploring Local Innovation For Transition. On 25th February over 70 people gathered at the Cinema Museum in London for REconomy LIFT – an event for Transition groups across London and the South East. Designed with the aim to inspire and

Introducing the Transition Flower Shop

. In Copenhagen we had long felt the need for a place to gather the different people doing Transition in all it´s aspects. The gift circles, local currency initiative, urban garden projects, guerilla gardening, Empty Office Day, the Repair Cafe and so on. But a place costs money. And nobody

What did people in Deal think of ‘Tomorrow’?

Our community-led, bottom-up screening model of the film ‘Tomorrow’ (‘Demain’) is really building up a head of steam, with new screenings being booked all the time. it’s been shown in village halls, cinemas, community venues, cafes. And going down really well. If you’d like to book a screening,

A change to this blog? Imagine that!

Today I want to tell you about a change to my role, and to what I will be doing for the next 12 months, as well as to share what that means for this blog moving forward. As we celebrate 10 years of Transition Network, I am fortunate to have

The train now standing at Platform 3 is … a Co-op?

Rob Hopkins speaks to Alex Lawrie about Go-op, a highly ambitious attempt to create the first co-operatively owned train operating company in the UK. “I come to this really as a frustrated rail traveller. As someone who is a regular user of the railways but who always seems to end