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Masonry heaters – Better than a rocket stove?

In Hungary as in most of Europe we have to deal with harsh winters. For people living in rural areas, there really are lot of choices to choose from when it comes to heating. As with many aspects of technology often the right choice lies somewhere halfway between tradition – things

A brief natural history of the Transitioner

Because they knock on doors. Because they always want to discuss something. They stick up posters. Strike up conversations. Ask questions. Make notes. Gather together with their kind. They are always eating heartily with one another. They have felt tip pens for flipcharts in their bags. They are always organising

The Transition Hubsters gather in Santorso, Italy.

It’s a year and a half since the Transition Hubs last met. In case you don’t know, the Transition Hubs are the organisations that represent and support Transition in different countries (Transition Mexico, Transition Germany etc…). They work closely together and collaborate on projects. This year’s meeting

Resilience in Action!

Our thoughts go out to all those affected by the earthquake in central Italy – as we post this 241 people are known to have died, dozens are still trapped, many are homeless and aftershocks continue to rock the area. At this time of crisis, it may not surprise you to

The first Israeli Transition Gathering

By Yoav Egozi of the Transition Israel Hub: On the 24th of April we held our first Israeli Transition Gathering. It was held in Tivon, where our longest running TI is. Somewhere around 150-200 people from all over Israel took part in our celebration, and according to the feedback we

Report: converging for the common good in Hvalsø, Denmark.

I first visited Denmark in 1995 when I was doing my sustainability degree. We visited Odense, and spent a week immersed in wind farms, district heating schemes, co-housing projects and a raft of other sustainability schemes. Returning to the UK afterwards, leaving the land where everywhere you looked, even then,

A snapshot of Transition in … Japan

Shunro Yoshida, co-founder and representative board of director of Transition Japan reports from Japan: We started Transition movement in 2008, since we met Rob Hopkins at Findhorn at the Positive energy conference with Hide (Hidetake Enomoto) who was living in Findhorn at that time and invited me to come to