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Ben Brangwyn on the scaling up of Transition internationally

In a guest post, Ben Brangwyn, Transition Network’s International Development Co-ordinator, tells the story of the scaling up of Transition Network internationally, the emergence of the international Hubs and where it’s all going now. Introduction This is a little tale of the spread of Transition internationally. We

Reflections on being a ‘Cultural Optimist’ and a month of scaling up

And so our month on ‘Scaling up’ draws to a close. It has been such a busy and thought-provoking theme that I thought I’d pick up on a few of the threads before we draw it to a close. I also generated a new term to describe myself

Scaling up internationally

Scaling up – next week, the world! Introduction This is a little tale of the spread of Transition internationally. We think it’s a relevant story for Transitioners because of the parallels that happen across all sorts of levels of scale. Some of the conflicts, dynamics and prejudices that I see

An Ecopoetic take on the power of Storms

Ecopoetry: a definition Ecopoetry goes several steps further than traditional nature poetry by recognising the interdependence of all life on earth and the irresponsibility of our attempts to tame and plunder nature in a modern world ruled by technology, self-interest and economic power. (an adaptation from a definition published

Can earth building scale up to the mainstream? 3: Robert Alcock on the power of keeping it small

Our recent post about Kevin McCabe’s ‘cob citadel’ and what we might learn from it about ‘scaling up’ generated a lot of debate and discussion. Robert Alcock, a cob self-builder living in Spain commented that “the really great thing about cob is that it is an inherently anti-

Sophy Banks on the risks of going for growth, and other ways to make an impact

Today we have a post from Sophy Banks, the first of what will become a monthly column. “I have to confess I had a bit of a reaction to this month’s theme “Scaling up”. I’ve been unpicking it in a number of conversations with others in Transition, and

Lipkis on Holmgren: “Our job is to make viable the alternative and have it ready”

You know how sometimes someone will just put something you were thinking far more eloquently and clearly than you would have been able to? On Thursday we’ll be posting an interview with Andy Lipkis of TreePeople in Los Angeles. When I talked to Andy last week, it was 80°