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The final stage of my latest Transition Tales tour took me to exciting new territory; the Cotswolds. Here I was to find plenty of Transition activity and some very enthusiastic and inspirational people. The region between Oxford in the east and Cheltenham in the west is high land; a plateau

The Transition movement sometimes claims to be apolitical, but I think that politics can be defined as any issue in which there is a conflict of resources, and a decision to be made on how to allocate them. Although Transition isn’t party political, it’s a global social movement

This month our theme has been Transition and Politics.  Here we digest into bite-sized pieces the month’s output to make it easier for you to find what interests you.  We started with our editorial which asked “Is Transition political?”, whose conclusion could be summarised in the following paragraph: “The

What would you say were the defining characteristics of Labour politics in relation to sustainability and climate change?  The challenges of protecting our natural environment and dealing with a changing climate are immense. When it comes to government, actions speak louder than words – and Labour has a good record on

Peter MacFadyen is a founder of Sustainable Frome (a Transition initiative) and Director of Frome’s new Renewable Energy Co-op.  He has worked with Comic Relief for 20 years, and was part of a group of Independents who, as Independents for Frome, ran for the town council and got in,

The second in our short series of interviews with representatives of different political parties is Greg Barker, Minister of State at the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC).  He is also Conservative MP for Bexhill and Battle.  He has been very involved in the community energy field, and has