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Tony Blair, Godzilla, and the Banquet of Consequences.

In February 2003, in Dublin, I marched against the impending Iraq War ...

IN Culture & Society

‘Tomorrow’ (‘Demain’) premieres in London: article and podcast

On Friday 1st July, at the Everyman Cinema in Muswell Hill, London, th...

Transitioners’ Digest (May-June 2016): Renewal

Our theme has been ‘Springtime Renewal’, and we have cast ...

A letter to you, dear Transitioner, from Pella Thiel.

This letter, by Swedish Transitioner Pella Thiel, was written as an in...

IN Energy

Naresh Giangrande reports from Shell’s ‘Powering Progress Together’ event.

“We’ll always have Paris. We lost it until you came to Casablanca....

IN Culture & Society

This #ProgrExit starts with your longing

Nobody knows what the Brexit vote will mean for the UK.  People are r...

IN REconomy

The Forest Economy: woodland as New Economy metaphor

I spent Sunday afternoon having a beautiful walk in the woods with my ...

IN Culture & Society

Transition Town Tooting Turn 8!

The wonderful Transition Town Tooting in London just celebrated their ...

IN Inner Transition

Spring-cleaning our Transition groups

By Claire Milne: The success and longevity of the social and ecologica...

IN Culture & Society

EU Referendum: 2 Transitioners debate ‘In’ or ‘Out’

There is just over a week to go until the UK votes on whether it wants...

IN Culture & Society

Why piling up £5 million and burning it is a stupid thing to do.

There are times when art is a wonderful thing, and other times, frankl...

IN Knowledge & learning

Iceland’s 4 Keys to Real Wealth – a Love Letter

By Naresh Giangrande: What do I know? I just visited Iceland for nine ...

IN Culture & Society

The first Israeli Transition Gathering

By Yoav Egozi of the Transition Israel Hub: On the 24th of April we he...

IN Inner Transition

Ruah Swennerfelt on the Transition movement and people of faith.

Ruah Swennerfelt has just published a fascinating new addition to the ...

IN Inner Transition

My Foreword for ‘Rising to the Challenge: the Transition Movement and People of Faith’

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, when asked about the differences between ...

IN Culture & Society

Greyton Transition Town win 3 national awards!

By Nicola Vernon: South Africa’s only Transition Town in Greyton, in...

IN Inner Transition

From our Support Offer: Vision

By Mike Thomas, our Initiative Support Coordinator: “Are you si...

IN Food & drink

Dorota Hajdukiewicz: “We’re amateurs, but we’re going to grow food!”

With our theme of Springtime renewal, and of starting afresh, in this ...

IN REconomy

What if: ATMs issued local currencies?

Banks.  We can’t live with them, we can’t live without th...

IN Culture & Society

Planning for people – an update from the Transitionese translations project.

By Deborah Rim Moiso: Sometime in April 2016, an article in Spanish ap...

IN Culture & Society

New report: Old Stories for New Times: inspiration for sustainable living.

A guest blog from Carol Low: It was Spring.  A Transition Town Kensal...

IN REconomy

Emmanuel and Elizabeth at Pocheco: “Let’s change everything”

When you ring Pocheco, a company that makes 2 billion envelopes a year...

IN Natural environment

Film review: ‘This Changes Everything’

‘This Changes Everything’, the recent film starring Naomi ...

IN Energy

Bristol Energy Cooperative: “it felt right for us to be ambitious”

You may have read recently about Bristol Energy Coop (BEC) and their ...

IN REconomy

7 things a Local Entrepreneur Forum can unlock

Thursday May 12th was the fifth Local Entrepreneur Forum in Totnes.  ...

IN Knowledge & learning

Activity of the fortnight: Planning and putting on events

Format: Guide People:  The members of your group organising an event....

IN Culture & Society

An evening in Stroud: ’10 years and beyond’

Transition Stroud were the 8th ‘official’ Transition initi...

IN Culture & Society

How Transition Palo Alto Brings Sharing and Community to Silicon Valley.

By Cat Johnson, originally published by Shareable: Transition Palo ...

IN REconomy

The beer that innoculates against Philip Green

Every February, the Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, Calif...

IN Inner Transition

On reflection: why the TN team took time out.

By Sarah McAdam: The Transition Network team has been reflecting recen...

IN Culture & Society

Introducing our theme of Springtime Renewal.

I was working in my greenhouse last week, planting out lettuce seedlin...

IN Culture & Society

Transitioners’ Digest (March – April 2016) International.

Our theme over the past 2 months was ‘International’.  We...

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

I first visited Denmark in 1995 when I was doing my sustainability deg...

IN Culture & Society

A snapshot of Transition in … Japan

Shunro Yoshida, co-founder and representative board of director of Tr...

Flying to the US: was it worth it?

In October 2013, Peter Lipman and I travelled to the US, initially to ...

Juliet Davenport of Good Energy on the UK’s EU Referendum

As part of our theme of ‘International’, we have been look...

The Panama Papers and the emergence of Transition in Iceland

Naresh Giangrande writes: The Panama Papers were released last Sunday ...

Juan del Rio: Construyendo puentes para la transición iberoamericana

Today, we hear from Juan del Rio, Transition Trainer and author of La ...

How to develop a healthy group

To be successful at Transition, you need to be successful at working t...

How ‘Demain’ is giving Transition a boost in Belgium.

A guest post by François-Olivier Devaux of Transition Hub Wallonie-B...

What to do if Donald Trump joins your Transition group.

It’s a thought-provoking question.  An article on the Big Thin...

A snapshot of Transition in … Brazil.

Report | 3rd Meeting of the Brazilian Network of Transition Towns.  Â...

Cyril Dion on ‘Demain’: “My message to the Transition movement would be a huge thank-you”.

The rise of the film ‘Demain‘ appears unstoppable.  Viewe...

One Year in Transition: becoming an international community of practice

One Year in Transition (1YT) has been running in the UK for four years...

Transition Network advise HBO on new series of ‘Game of Thrones’

With just days to go until the 6th series of Game of Thrones premieres...

Bob Hudson on Devolution: “there are some very worrying questions being raised by all of this”

The word ‘devolution’ figures large in the UK at the momen...

REconomy On The Road From Wigan Pier

On a wet and windy day in early-February, the energetic Billinge and O...

IN Knowledge & learning

Activity of the fortnight: Being part of the Transition Movement

Being part of the Transition Movement. Format: Checklist / activity Pe...

New film: ‘8 days @ COP21’

We are delighted to present our new film, ‘8 days @ COP21’...

Transition Galway’s ‘2030 Vision’ report: “there’s no limit to what we could do”

Transition Galway in Ireland just published ‘A Vision for Galway...

On having a great vision, and not ‘blowing an uncertain trumpet’.

My friend Lucy Neal sent me a photo of me the other day, taken at the ...

Dreaming in Tongues – a multi-lingual adventure begins.

In which Sara, Pedro and Deborah, the new Transitionese team working o...

Budget 2016: What we are facing isn’t a financial crisis, but a crisis of the imagination.

So George Osborne just delivered his budget.  In the same week, the M...

A snapshot of Transition in … Ireland

Theresa O’Donohoe of Transition Ireland & Northern Ireland repo...

Introducing ‘International’ – and some reflections on Brexit/Bremain

Our theme for the next 2 months is ‘International’.  With...

Naresh Giangrande on Launch Online.

I love doing Launch Online. I get to facilitate a group of like minded...

An evening at La Recyclerie

In which I visit an extraordinary venue in Paris and find myself paint...

Activity of the fortnight: How to get and keep people involved in Transition

How to get and keep people involved in Transition Format: Activity / G...

A healthy culture of conflict from the favellas of Brazil

In late January I went to a one day workshop with Dominic Barter, some...

Transition Leicester introduce ‘Footpaths’.

Footpaths is a way for people to meet and support each other to reduce...