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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

Rob en France: 6 jours de rencontres fascinantes (6 days of fascinating encounters)

It is a fascinating, and, for the rest of Europe, deeply crucial time in France. A Presidential election takes place very soon. It is the first time the two left wing candidates have focused so explicitly on sustainability options, and one of them, Mélenchon, is putting on a late surge

Molly Scott Cato on ‘America First’

Molly Scott Cato is the Green MEP for South West England. She was very active in the early days of Transition Stroud, and one of the drivers behind the Stroud Pound. As a follow-up to our recent interview with Richard Heinberg exploring Donald Trump’s concept of ‘America First’

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