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7 characteristics of doing Transition in an University

IN Knowledge & learning / Blog

7 characteristics of doing Transition in an Un...

Last week we published our new guide, ‘How to do Transition in y...

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Cormac Russell on change that starts with communities

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Cormac Russell on change that starts with comm...

We talk community development with Cormac Russell.

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Inauguration Day: Kicking Against the Prick(s)

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Inauguration Day: Kicking Against the Prick(s)

Rob Hopkins offers, through somewhat gritted teeth, some reflections o...

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Transition Town Tooting celebrate Aviva Community Fund award

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Transition Town Tooting celebrate Aviva Commun...

Chuck Whitehead of Transition Town Tooting shares exciting news from t...

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A her-story of Transition Wekerle: an experience of local community activism in Hungary

IN Culture & Society / Blog

A her-story of Transition Wekerle: an experien...

Tracey Wheatley of Transition Wekerle in Hungary shares her initiativ...

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The New Economy in 50 words?

IN REconomy / Blog

The New Economy in 50 words?

In the shortest blog of his life, Rob Hopkins offers 50 words that cap...

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10 keys to Transition in Dominica

IN Culture & Society / Blog

10 keys to Transition in Dominica

Naresh Giangrande‘s final report from his recent adventures wit...

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‘Tomorrow’ (‘Demain’) available at last in the UK!

IN Arts / Blog

‘Tomorrow’ (‘Demain’) ...

Everything you need to know re. the UK community-led rollout of the fi...

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Introducing our new Transition Universities Guide

IN Knowledge & learning / Blog

Introducing our new Transition Universities Gu...

Maria Cooper introduces the newest Transition Network publication: A G...

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Dominica in Transition?

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Dominica in Transition?

Naresh Giangrande reports from the island State of Dominica in the Car...

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Should Tanja run for election?

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Should Tanja run for election?

Danish Transitioner Tanja Aertebjerg is thinking of going into politic...

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Is being “punk as f*ck” really where it’s at?

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Is being “punk as f*ck” really where it’...

Rob Hopkins offers a Transition take on a recent blog by Sam Bliss, Aa...

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In the Shadow of the Volcano: Transition in Pucón and Villarrica

IN Knowledge & learning / Blog

In the Shadow of the Volcano: Transition in Pu...

Naresh Giangrande reports from his last training in America Latina, o...

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Emerging in the Emergency

IN Inner Transition / Blog

Emerging in the Emergency

Deborah Rim Moiso reports on a gathering of Transitioners and other to...

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Activity of the Month: The Essential Guide to Doing Transition (English & Spanish!)

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Activity of the Month: The Essential Guide to ...

The English language ‘Essential Guide to Doing Transition’...

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The day Theresa May visited Standing Rock

IN Culture & Society / Blog

The day Theresa May visited Standing Rock

How different would the world be if the grace and poise shown at Stand...

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Transition and the Commons: freeing our imaginations

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Transition and the Commons: freeing our imagin...

Isabel Carlisle reports from the European Commons Assembly in Brussels...

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Naresh Giangrande on movement building in America Latina

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Naresh Giangrande on movement building in Amer...

I tread so carefully, I walk with bare feet in the first Train the Tra...

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Film Review: ‘Qu’est-ce qu’on attend?‘ (‘What are we waiting for?’)

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Film Review: ‘Qu’est-ce qu’on attend?‘...

In which we review ‘Qu’est-ce qu’on attend?‘, Marie-Monique Ro...

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Invest in the future, not the past: 4 reasons to divest from fossil fuels

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Invest in the future, not the past: 4 reasons ...

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Before President Trump, fetch wood, carry water. After President Trump, fetch wood, carry water.

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Before President Trump, fetch wood, carry wate...

Oh my goodness.  The US actually elected Donald Trump.  What does th...

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Bubbles, Struggles, Soils and Troubles

IN Food & drink / Blog

Bubbles, Struggles, Soils and Troubles

On Monday November 31st I returned from Romania; fittingly for Hallow...

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Hub of the Month: Belgium

IN Food & drink / Blog

Hub of the Month: Belgium

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What the long, red-legged scissorman did next

IN Food & drink / Blog

What the long, red-legged scissorman did next

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10 essential ingredients of a “Good Brexit”

IN Food & drink / Blog

10 essential ingredients of a “Good Brex...

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Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Before the Flood’: A Review

IN Food & drink / Blog

Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Before the Flood’: ...

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Book Review and Competition: ‘Born on Third Base’ by Chuck Collins.

IN Arts / Blog

Book Review and Competition: ‘Born on Th...

Book Review: Born on Third Base: a one percenter makes the case for ta...

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From the Archive: The Ghosts of Shoppers Past: why assumptions matter

IN Built environment / Blog

From the Archive: The Ghosts of Shoppers Past:...

Here is a blog by Rob Hopkins from March 2013: Berry Pomeroy Castle ne...

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Rob ‘Hop King’: my first year as a hop farmer

IN Food & drink / Blog

Rob ‘Hop King’: my first year as a...

As someone fascinated by the craft beer movement, in particular the re...

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From the Archive: Cara Naden reflects on being flooded in Somerset.

IN Natural environment / Blog

From the Archive: Cara Naden reflects on being...

For our next ‘From the Archive’ post we go back to March 2...

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Exploring Transitions in Wuppertal

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Exploring Transitions in Wuppertal

The day after the 10th anniversary of the Unleashing of Transition Tow...

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From the Archive: Sophy Banks on The Power of Not Doing Stuff.

IN Inner Transition / Blog

From the Archive: Sophy Banks on The Power of ...

As part of our ‘From the Archive’ theme, today we revisit ...

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When Loorbach met Hopkins: on Transition and research

IN Knowledge & learning / Blog

When Loorbach met Hopkins: on Transition and r...

How might research best support, document and inform both the Transiti...

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Our new theme, ‘From the Archive’, kicks off in the bathroom.

IN Knowledge & learning / Blog

Our new theme, ‘From the Archive’,...

On November 1st, we will be launching and entirely new, redesigned, re...

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Camping in the Anthropocene

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Camping in the Anthropocene

I spent a fair bit of August under canvas.  We had good weather and b...

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Resilience in Action!

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Resilience in Action!

Our thoughts go out to all those affected by the earthquake in central...

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Emerging a new Culture: exploring new ingredients.

IN Inner Transition / Blog

Emerging a new Culture: exploring new ingredie...

Inner Transition Coordinator, Claire Milne, shares about the Cultural ...

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From Burnout to Balance: Co-creating cultures of collective and self-care

IN Inner Transition / Blog

From Burnout to Balance: Co-creating cultures ...

Inner Transition Coordinator, Claire Milne, shares about Transition Ne...

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Light posting during August

IN Inner Transition / Blog

Light posting during August

As is the tradition here at TransitionNetwork.org, we’re taking ...

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What I submitted to the Museum of Fossil Fuels

IN Culture & Society / Blog

What I submitted to the Museum of Fossil Fuels

The wonderful Happy Museum just opened an online Museum of Fossil Fuel...

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The EU wants to block Romania’s 51% local food shift. Who cares?

IN Food & drink / Blog

The EU wants to block Romania’s 51% loca...

Amid all the mayhem and turmoil of recent weeks, here’s a news s...

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A new way of introducing Open Space

IN Inner Transition / Blog

A new way of introducing Open Space

Today we are going to share with you a great exercise that was created...

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Tony Blair, Godzilla, and the Banquet of Consequences.

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Tony Blair, Godzilla, and the Banquet of Conse...

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

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

IN Culture & Society / Blog

‘Tomorrow’ (‘Demain’) ...

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

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Transitioners’ Digest (May-June 2016): Renewal

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Transitioners’ Digest (May-June 2016): R...

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

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

IN Culture & Society / Blog

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

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

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

IN Energy / Blog

Naresh Giangrande reports from Shell’s &...

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

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This #ProgrExit starts with your longing

IN Culture & Society / Blog

This #ProgrExit starts with your longing

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

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The Forest Economy: woodland as New Economy metaphor

IN REconomy / Blog

The Forest Economy: woodland as New Economy me...

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

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Transition Town Tooting Turn 8!

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Transition Town Tooting Turn 8!

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

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Spring-cleaning our Transition groups

IN Inner Transition / Blog

Spring-cleaning our Transition groups

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

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

IN Culture & Society / Blog

EU Referendum: 2 Transitioners debate ‘I...

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

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

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Why piling up £5 million and burning it is a ...

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

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

IN Knowledge & learning / Blog

Iceland’s 4 Keys to Real Wealth – a Lo...

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

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The first Israeli Transition Gathering

IN Culture & Society / Blog

The first Israeli Transition Gathering

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

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Ruah Swennerfelt on the Transition movement and people of faith.

IN Inner Transition / Blog

Ruah Swennerfelt on the Transition movement an...

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

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

IN Inner Transition / Blog

My Foreword for ‘Rising to the Challenge...

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

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Greyton Transition Town win 3 national awards!

IN Culture & Society / Blog

Greyton Transition Town win 3 national awards!

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

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From our Support Offer: Vision

IN Inner Transition / Blog

From our Support Offer: Vision

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

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

IN Food & drink / Blog

Dorota Hajdukiewicz: “We’re amateu...

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

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