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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

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

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

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

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

Criticising Transition for being explicitly apolitical, and for not engaging in the political system in the conventional way feels, to me, like criticising a spoon for not being very good at cutting bread.  Transition is a tool designed for a specific purpose.  But with the rise of UKIP, the National