April 2017 – Transition Newsletter
By Mike Grenville 6th April 2017
It’s not just due to spring but changes are afoot here too – and you could be part of it. There are some jobs on offer and and one year programme if you want help to make change happen. Around and about with innovation in London, compost in Switzerland, flowers in Copenhagen and a cafe award in Fishguard. Reflections on sleeplessness, starting a community train company and economics that works for everybody. Lots of great great audience feedback from screening Tomorrow – still time for you to give your community a boost. Plus a book review and Totnes TT celebrates it’s 10th birthday.
A change to this blog? Imagine that!
Rob Hopkins announces changes to this blog, and to his work, over the next 12 months.
transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/change-blog-imagine/
Have you ever fancied yourself..as an artist or blogger?
Calling all Storytellers – are you a Writer, a Creative Artist , a filmmaker or Blogger, a changemaker, anyone with a story to tell, an idea to explore or an inquiry to unfold? WE NEED YOU! Transition Network is launching an ambitious and innovative year-long program to hand over part of our monthly communications to the voices of the world to tell us your story, or share your ideas about the world around you – and the world your heart is longing for.
transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/ever-fancied-artist-blogger/
Celebrating 10 years of Transition Town Totnes
Rob Hopkins shares an audio highlight of last week’s multi-voice reflection looking back over 10 years of Transition in Totnes.
transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/celebrating-10-years-transition-town-totnes/
THINKING ALOUD
Molly Scott Cato on ‘America First’
Surely Molly Scott Cato, a long advocate of economic localisation, would think that Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ approach is a good idea? Right? Let’s see…
transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/molly-scott-cato-america-first/
The train now standing at Platform 3 is … a Co-op?
Rob Hopkins speaks to Alex Lawrie about Go-op, a highly ambitious attempt to create the first co-operatively owned train operating company in the UK.
transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/cooperativetrains/
The Curse of the iPad Stalks the Land or In Praise of Boredom
Rob Hopkins reflects on a recent Panorama programme about the rise of sleeplessness in young people (and can’t decide on a title).
transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/curse-ipad-stalks-land-praise-boredom/
AROUND AND ABOUT
Compost, community and cash: tasting the new economy in Geneva
Rob Hopkins reports on a recent short, but very packed, 36 hours in Geneva, Switzerland.
transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/something-stirs-geneva/
REconomy LIFT –
what happens when we come together to transform local economies.
The REconomy Project team report on the recent event in London exploring Local Innovation For Transition.
transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/reconomy-lift-happens-come-together-transform-local-economies/
Introducing the Transition Flower Shop
Tanja Aertebjerg shares the story of the Transition Flower Shop in Copenhagen.
transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/transitionflowershop/
Fishguard’s Transition Cafe wins award!
One of our ‘21 Stories of Transition‘, the Transition Community Cafe, is recognised with a prestigious award.
transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/fishguards-transition-cafe-wins-award/
SCREENING TOMORROW
What did people think of ‘Tomorrow’?
As screenings of ‘Tomorrow’ spread across the UK, we hear how a recent screening in Deal, Frome, Petersfield and Holmfirth went down.
transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/people-deal-think-tomorrow/
Screening Tomorrow in Your Community
Everything you need to know about the UK community-led rollout of the film Tomorrow.
transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/tomorrow-demain-available-last-uk/
JOBS
Municipalities Project Job Opportunities
Recruitment for three key positions in this project is now live.
transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/municipalities-project-job-opportunities/
BOOK REVIEW
Tom Henfrey unveils ‘Resilience, Community Action and Societal Transformation’
In conversation with Rob Hopkins, Tom Henfrey introduces a new publication exploring the edge between Transition and resilience.
transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/tom-henfrey-unveils-resilience-community-action-societal-transformation/
TRAINING
One Year in Transition
Now in its fourth year, One Year in Transition (1YT) is a challenging, contemporary, hope-filled programme for people (over 20) who want to make change happen. Over four week-long meet-ups and eleven months of support in between you will evolve your future income-generating livelihood. The next course runs from September 2017 – July 2018. There are spaces for up to 16 participants with an interview process via Skype. Applications for 2017-18 close at the end of July 2017
transitionnetwork.org/do-transition/training/trainings/one-year-transition/