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10 essential ingredients of a “Good Brexit”

It’s been a fascinating week in the evolving absurdity of Brexit. The High Court decided that the terms of the Brexit negotiations needed to be agreed by Parliament, rather than being decided behind the closed doors of Cabinet meetings. The government will appeal to the Supreme Court and, with

Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Before the Flood’: A Review

The release of Leonardo DiCaprio’s new film ‘Before the Flood’, near the end of a US election in which climate change has gone all but unmentioned, is to be celebrated. As is the fact that it has been made available free online, and within the first 2 days of

From the Archive: The Ghosts of Shoppers Past: why assumptions matter

Here is a blog by Rob Hopkins from March 2013: Berry Pomeroy Castle near Totnes is famed for supposedly being one of the most haunted castles in Britain. It is said that the ghosts can still be seen of the Pomeroy brothers riding to their doom over the castle cliffs

Book Review and Competition: ‘Born on Third Base’ by Chuck Collins.

Book Review: Born on Third Base: a one percenter makes the case for tackling inequality, bringing wealth home and committing to the common good by Chuck Collins. Chelsea Green Publishing. * Win a copy in our exclusive competition below! * I am regularly, and rightly, asked about the extent to which the

From the Archive: Cara Naden reflects on being flooded in Somerset.

For our next ‘From the Archive’ post we go back to March 2014. The previous months, the UK had been hit by some of the worst storms in history, and Somerset had been hit especially hard, with many areas flooded for months. Cara Naden, a Transition activist living in Somerset,

Rob ‘Hop King’: my first year as a hop farmer

As someone fascinated by the craft beer movement, in particular the remarkable things it does with hops, I had a moment last year when I wondered if my surname, Hopkins, somehow referred to an ancient relative who was known among his neighbours as the ‘Hop King’. That his knowledge of

From the Archive: Sophy Banks on The Power of Not Doing Stuff.

As part of our ‘From the Archive’ theme, today we revisit a blog from July 2013, an interview with Sophy Banks on ‘The Power of Not Doing Stuff’ (our theme at the time was ‘The Power of Just Doing Stuff’. It is as relevant today as it was back then…