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Shaun Chamberlin on the Ecological Land Coop.

Food is an issue that galvanizes so many Transition communities, but many of the classic Transition activities around food, like Landshare and Abundance projects, are to some extent ways of making the best of the ever-shrinking space available for ecological growing. Nothing wrong with that, but it meant I

Transitioners’ Digest (May-June 2015) REconomy

We’ve had a fascinating couple of months going into our REconomy theme. Welcome to our traditional theme Digest, where we condense those 8 weeks into a few paragraphs so you can more easily find the bits that interest you. We started with our editorial, 8 Paradigm Shifts at the

When the Transition movement met the Blue Economy

Transition Cobham’s Community Garden Crowdfunder campaign

Stéphanie Jacometti of Transition Cobham tells the story of their recent successful crowdfunding appeal: Transition Cobham started in January 2013 after Stéphanie went to the Transition conference in 2012 and wondered why no one had set up an initiative in Cobham. After spending time with Transition Town Kingston, she convened

Reflections on 5 years of REconomy, and a goodbye

This is one of the last blog posts I will be writing in my role as coordinator of the REconomy Project for the Transition Network. After 5 years of deep involvement in shaping and delivering this work, from the autumn I will be shifting my attention to a new Transition

What does REconomy look like … in the United States?

In 2014 the United States was amongst those that joined forces as an international network focusing on REconomy which is now 11 countries strong. These hubs have been assessing the potential to initiate some REconomy-type activity in each place. They have been developing some top level strategies needed to

The inspiring tale of the re imagining of Preston’s economy.

We are often asked “what would a Transition local government look like?” It’s a complex question, but one Council taking a pioneering approach to its local economy is Preston in Lancashire. Preston City Council, working with Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) recently published ‘Creating a Good Local Economy: