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A Celebration of Kinsale College’s Amphitheatre

Here’s a lovely piece by Ian Wild, a celebration of a project ve...

Sara Ayech: “Why Transition is all about politics”

The Transition movement sometimes claims to be apolitical, but I think...

Transition in the Heart of England

The final stage of my latest Transition Tales tour took me to exciting...

The Transitioners’ Digest (June)

This month our theme has been Transition and Politics.  Here we diges...

Interview: Caroline Flint, Shadow Energy Minister

What would you say were the defining characteristics of Labour politic...

Our 10 Tips for Reinvigorating Local Democracy – in one place

Peter MacFadyen is a founder of Sustainable Frome (a Transition initia...

Power and Money in Transition

Nowhere is it quite so evident how the stories that perpetuate power a...

Interview: Energy minister Greg Barker

The second in our short series of interviews with representatives of d...

Politics of the Heart

When I came across a set of principles for creating a peaceful society...

Sophy Banks on the politics of the heart

When I came across a set of principles for creating a peaceful society...

Three inspirational days in Liege

One of the most delightful things about Transition is time spent with ...

Alan Simpson: “Transition has enormous strength at the moment”

Alan Simpson describes himself as a “recovering politician”.  He ...

Interview: Green Party leader Natalie Bennett

Natalie Bennett is the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales....

Web steering group meeting notes 170614

WEb steering Group meeting notes Tuesday 17th June 10:30 – 12:00...

Stories of the Future – and why they’re essential for our survival

What do you think the future will hold? Transition to a greener better...

Transition: time to emerge from under the radar?

I was recently sent a really interesting paper by Philip Barnes of th...

Mike Thomas on the Powys Regional Network Launch event

I was really happy to go to the County network for Powys of Transition...

Another great Transition Conspiracy Theory

So, picture the scene.  There I was, standing on a Totnes street corn...

Comms delivery group meeting report 3 June 2014

Highlights: Agreed the group’s purpose Agreed what types of decision...

Peter MacFadyen on Independents for Frome

Something remarkable is happening in Frome, a story that offers many u...

Is Transition political?

Criticising Transition for being explicitly apolitical, and for not en...

Transition as Social Medicine?: health leaders discuss

One of the following quotes comes from the Transition movement.  The ...

The Transitioners’ Digest (May)

Our theme this month has been ‘Transition and Health’, and...

Meet the man bringing Transition to the NHS

David Pencheon is a public health doctor and Director of the NHS Susta...

Inner Transition for everyone.. who wants it

What helps Inner Transition to be accessible to as many people as poss...

How public health + grassroots creativity = innovation

Mark Dooris is Professor of Health and Sustainability at the Universit...

Can we assess Transition’s health impacts?

Is Transition good for a community’s health?  Janet Richardson is P...

Sophy Banks on Bringing Systems Back to Health

“What is the change we want to see in the world, and how will th...

EcoBricks and Education

Here is the latest blog I have written for The Guardian’s Live B...

Kerry Lane on regenerating urban and rural health

Kerry Lane (see right) is a Transitioner and Social Reporter, and in ...

Martin McKee on the Manifesto for Planetary Health

One of the most fascinating things I read recently was The Lancet̵...

What is health? And why do we make systems which aren’t?

“What is the change we want to see in the world, and how will th...

What is health for human beings and human systems?

“What is the change we want to see in the world, and how will th...

A Healthier Community: Margy Henderson on Transition Stourbridge’s Harvest Share

I used to sometimes see an apple, damson or plum tree in a garden, lad...

Would you like to host a Transition Roadshow?

We are delighted to announce that we are now inviting applications to ...

Four reasons why too much local democracy can be a bad thing

So the European and local elections are over, and once again it looks ...

The May 2014 Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition

Crystal Palace Transition Town’s market is celebrating its first...

Web and Comms high level review of the past year

Angela Raffle of Transition Bristol: “Health and sustainability are like twins”

Angela Raffle is a founder member of Transition Bristol and a public h...

Transition Emerging: a snapshot from Canada

We are grateful to Rivka Kushner, Chris Buse, Blake Poland and Rebecca...

Frances Northrop on ‘Caring Town Totnes’

When people talk about ‘green jobs’ the health and care sector is ...

The Impact of Transition Training in Israel and the West Bank

The question “what’s our impact?” went with me to Israel and the...

Sarah Timmins: the Low Carbon Nurse

Sarah Timmins is a qualified adult nurse who is now doing a postgradua...

Clive Hamilton on ‘Earthmasters’: deciding where to set the earth’s thermostat

Clive Hamilton is an Australian academic and author. His last two book...

A Healthier Community: Monica Picavea on Transition Brasilandia’s Sustainable Health Fair

Health care is a very important issue to Transition Brasilandia, espec...

Our month on Transition and Health, and what would a Transition hospital look like?

Our theme for May is ‘Transition and Health’. This month ...

The Circular Economy in a glass

William Blake famously wrote:  “To see a World in a Grain of Sa...

Comms delivery group meeting report 1 May 2014

Shaun Chamberlin offers a note of caution on ‘The Impact of Transition. In numbers’

Transition is a wonderful melange of conversations, projects, interact...

Announcing the pilot Transition Roadshow event!

In a couple of weeks we will be inviting Transition initiatives across...

The Transitioners Digest (April)

It’s been a fascinating month here, with our theme of “wha...

Giuseppe Feola and Richard J Nunes on researching Transition

One of the most in-depth pieces of research on Transition published re...

Sophy Banks on the impact of Transition Training in Israel and the West Bank

The question “what’s our impact?” went with me to Israel and the...

The Impact We’re Having: Sylvie Spraakman of TransitionKW

At Transition in Kitchener-Waterloo, we have recently achieved a lot o...

What would a Transition Co-operative store look like?

Originally published last week at Co-operative News under the headline...

Michael Shuman: “I would say that we are winning”

We last spoke to Michael Shuman just over three years ago.  He is aut...

Comms delivery group meeting report 28 April 2014

The Impact We’re Having: Anthony Woolhouse on the West Solent Solar Cooperative

“And God said, “Let there be light” and there was light, but...

Transition Streets: growing success for communities to conserve energy

Here is the second of my monthly pieces for the Guardian’s Live ...

Katrina Brown on resilience, impact and learning

Katrina Brown is a Professor of Social Sciences based at the Environm...