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Web steering group meeting notes 170614

WEb steering Group meeting notes Tuesday 17th June 10:30 – 12:00 Goto meeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/609023213 * Ed * Ben * Sam * Mike: away * Jo * Rob * Annesley: away Next meet: ~~~~~~~~~ Wed 9 July 14:00 – 16:00 Totnes (big meeting room booked): all f2f Actions: ~~~~~~ Ed and Sam talk

Stories of the Future – and why they’re essential for our survival

What do you think the future will hold? Transition to a greener better world? The collapse of civilisation? Humans abandoning the Earth for a future on Mars? Technical solutions to all our problems? A few survivors living in remote regions? There are four key stories around at the moment. If

Transition: time to emerge from under the radar?

I was recently sent a really interesting paper by Philip Barnes of the University of Delaware called The political economy of localization in the Transition movement. I was keen to publish it here, but it’s in moderation to be published, so I couldn’t. Instead, I wrote to Philip

Mike Thomas on the Powys Regional Network Launch event

I was really happy to go to the County network for Powys of Transition and Low Carbon communities launch event on the 29th March and hear about some great projects and meet some keen Transitioners in Powys. Powys in Transition was successful in gaining funding from the National Lottery through

Comms delivery group meeting report 3 June 2014

Highlights: * Agreed the group’s purpose * Agreed what types of decision the group makes * Agreed a decision making process * Agreed next steps for Story project * Reviewed the editorial plan and agreed to work on the whole process around it * Reviewed this meeting with lots of great suggestions * Did not discuss

Another great Transition Conspiracy Theory

So, picture the scene. There I was, standing on a Totnes street corner with a film crew from Germany with whom I had been spending the afternoon filming a piece about the new Totnes Pound and local food strategies. We were taking a break from filming when a woman came

Peter MacFadyen on Independents for Frome

Something remarkable is happening in Frome, a story that offers many useful insights for increasing the impact of Transition and reimagining how it relates to local politics. Peter MacFadyen is author of Flatpack Democracy and very recently became the Mayor of Frome. Previously he worked for Comic Relief as a