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Be part of an international Transition experiment!

Be part of an international Transition experiment!

The impacts of climate change are already tangible and real. Each day’s news brings us fresh examples of the risks to life, risks to species, risks for the planet. We feel the tension in our stomachs, feel the urgency to act, feel the overwhelm, fear the situation is too

Making connections, building resilience

Making connections, building resilience

In this final instalment of our series of stories about Transition in Japan, Guest Editor, Shunro Yoshida, remembers the connections that led to Transition arriving in Japan ten years ago and reflects on the immediate and lasting impacts of the Great Earthquake in 2011. It was in 2008 that I

Japan in Transition – Sapporo

Japan in Transition – Sapporo

In our fifth instalment from Japan, we are introduced to Sapporo City and Hokkaido in Transition. Although Sapporo City, Hokkaido is a big city with a population of 1.9 million, it’s surrounded by rich nature and is the central city of Hokkaido. Near Hokkaido University, which has the

Transition Town Hamamatsu

Transition Town Hamamatsu

In the latest blog from Japan, Shunro talks with Jun Omura, from Transition Town Hamamatsu, about his Transition journey. Jun was born in Hamamatsu in 1981 and raised there. He is a Permaculture designer & yoga instructor in the community. Transition Town Hamamatsu began after my partner Tomo and I

Japan in Transition – Osaka

This metropolitan area used to be a city where people worked, while their residences were built in more suburban areas. So, during the day on weekdays, the town was so crowded with workers but at night and weekends, only the shopping areas were crowded. But recently, people started moving back

Transition Network’s Purpose – tell us what you think!

Transition Network is developing a new Strategy. In fact, it will be a Strategic Framework, with a number of different aspects, rather than a fixed strategy. One part of this will be an organisational purpose – to help us check, prioritise and decide what actions to take and which projects to

Can singing change the world?

This is the second blog from Jenny Goodman, read her first ‘Can singing change your life?’. After our initial blog, I’ve been thinking about how singing changes things at a community and global level. Can it initiate and support change and how and why? Communal singing has been one