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Inauguration Day: Kicking Against the Prick(s)

Today is the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States. That, for sure, is not a sentence I ever imagined these fingers having to type. But here we are. There will be many articles published today quite rightly pointing out what a disaster he is,

Transition Town Tooting celebrate Aviva Community Fund award

This 2017 project with local south west London refugees and asylum-seekers is a partnership between CARAS (Tooting charity Community Action for Refugees and Asylum-Seekers), Transition Town Tooting and The Grange (a permaculture-based respite centre in Norfolk). Last week the Aviva Community Fund announced that we’ve won

A her-story of Transition Wekerle: an experience of local community activism in Hungary

Tracey Wheatley of Transition Wekerle in Hungary shares her initiative’s story. Originally published by Transit. I’ve never written a blog. I was advised to choose something that feels pertinent to me at the moment. Maybe activism, more specifically, community activism. Even more specifically, local community activism. Can local

The New Economy in 50 words?

Connected, delicious, entrepreneurial, hoppy, co-operative, inviting, nourishing, imaginative, caring, educational, dexterous, appreciative, enabling of inward investment, inspirational, viral, mindful, low carbon, local, resilient, raucous, playful, celebratory, generous, appreciative of beauty, skilled, content, diverse, reciprocal, deeply democratic, healthy, resourceful, attentive, empowering, crafted, empathic, collaborative, co-creative, inquisitive, patient, seasonal, welcoming

10 keys to Transition in Dominica

As I leave this beautiful and extraordinary place, I have been reflecting on where or what next. I thought a synthesis of some of the ideas and themes that emerged from the events we held in Dominica might be a good way to explore this question. The in-depth discussions

‘Tomorrow’ (‘Demain’) available at last in the UK!

***UPDATE*** Oct 2020 Transition Network were previously partnered with Elle Driver (Jan 2017 to Sep 2020) and we helped facilitate over 280 UK community screenings of Demain. The reason we mutually agreed to end the agreement is due to lack of demand (post UK Covid lockdown in March 2020) for

Introducing our new Transition Universities Guide

Maria Cooper introduces the newest Transition Network publication: A Guide to doing Transition in your University or College, published today. I went to university in St Andrews, Scotland, where we had a Transition University of St Andrews. Transition started out for me as something I just did to survive – it