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Building resilience

Rob Hopkins discusses efforts to understand, measure and build resilience across the Transition Network. This interview is published with thanks to the Institute for European Environmental Policy. It was featured in their November newsletter, Beyond GDP, which is published by the European Commission. Rob Hopkins is the cofounder of the

Dreaming of Eternity: three days in the Ruhr Valley

Some of the coal was turned into coke and used to fire the blast furnaces as the region’s steel industry began growing rapidly. To meet demand, the mines spread and went deeper. The demand for skilled mineworkers was such that many people moved to the region, mostly from Polish-speaking

Municipalities Project invite you to harvest

Ana Huertas, Project Coordinator of the Municipalities Project, invites Transition Initiatives to harvest their experience and examples of successful collaborations with their local Municipality. Dear Transitioners, I am writing on behalf of the Municipalities in Transition Core Circle to invite you to participate in the first stage of our mapping

“Now you’re all here, and it feels fantastic”: 3 days in France.

When people invite me to speak somewhere, I usually say that if I am travelling to get there, to make the best use of me while I’m there. This trip certainly did. After arriving by train to Valence TGV station, my first night I was hosted in a beautiful

Transition Town Tooting Turn 8!

The wonderful Transition Town Tooting in London just celebrated their 8th birthday. They have a lot to celebrate. Here is a list from their website: * We ran our 9th series of Carbon Conversations last year – a series of workshops to help individuals reduce their carbon footprint and explore the challenges

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