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Budget 2016: What we are facing isn’t a financial crisis, but a crisis of the imagination.

So George Osborne just delivered his budget. In the same week, the Mauna Loa Observatory released data showing that the rise in CO2 concentrations in 2015 was the largest year-to-year increase during 56 years of research, up to 405.6 ppm, a level not seen in 15 million years. Prof.

A snapshot of Transition in … Ireland

Theresa O’Donohoe of Transition Ireland & Northern Ireland reports: The Great Awakening For many years energy, climate change or Transition were not on people’s radar in Ireland, but circumstances have been changing and people are now waking up to our energy challenges. A few years ago there was

Naresh Giangrande on Launch Online.

I love doing Launch Online. I get to facilitate a group of like minded people as we discuss important, quirky, stimulating, and touching subjects that constantly delight me. Griet from Belgium said of the last course: “This is the most energising, deep and at the same time very mind-provoking course

Introducing ‘International’ – and some reflections on Brexit/Bremain

Our theme for the next 2 months is ‘International’. With the Transition movement now being active in over 50 countries, it feels like a good time to pause and reflect on how that is working, what it looks like, and the many wonderful things, and the challenges, that arise from

An evening at La Recyclerie

In which I visit an extraordinary venue in Paris and find myself painted on a window. I was in Paris yesterday to speak at a place called La Recyclerie, at the invitation of UpCafe, an organisation that runs a series of talks about social innovation and sustainability. The event had

A healthy culture of conflict from the favellas of Brazil

In late January I went to a one day workshop with Dominic Barter, someone I’ve been wanting to hear for many years. He’s been doing amazing work originating in Rio de Janeiro where he lives, rebuilding communities by creating a bottom-up system of justice in a place where

Activity of the fortnight: How to get and keep people involved in Transition

How to get and keep people involved in Transition Format: Activity / Guide People: Good for the whole group to read, but in particular those who are responsible for welcoming new people into your group. Resources: This guide, a place to meet Why do it In many places there are lots