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One way of resourcing a Transition initiative that has grown in popularity in recent years is crowdfunding.  One of the best crowdfunding appeals I came across recently was by author and co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project Paul Kingsnorth to crowdfund his new book The Wake.  The appeal met its

When Rob asked me to recount my “Stepping up” moment, I immediately experienced that stomach lurch again that is probably more familiar to you in moments of utter panic when you realise you’ve tripped and are about to tumble down the stairs, or when you’re going too fast

I was recently in Amsterdam at an event at which one of the other speakers was S. Vishwanath, better known as Zenrainman.  He spoke of his work in Bangalore, where he is working to get the city to look at its resources in a very different way.  Could the city

To Jamie Angus, the Editor, Today Programme. Dear Jamie, I am writing to complain in the strongest terms about your piece on this morning’s programme on climate change and the current floods which featured Sir Brian Hoskins and Lord Nigel Lawson.  I write both in my own capacity and

In times of great uncertainty one needs to find an anchor and hope.  In the spring of 2009, just coming up to the age of 60, I went to a Be The Change Symposium in search of hope and solutions.  I wanted to help make a difference in the world