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Katrina Brown on resilience, impact and learning

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

The impact of Transition. In numbers.

Here’s something we’d love your help with.  How can we ca...

The Impact We’re Having: Aveiro em Transição in Portugal

Aveiro em Transição is a Transition initiative in Portugal.  When t...

Andrea Felicetti on Transition as “radicals without rebellion”

At this year’s Political Studies Association International Conf...

Visiting Israel and the West Bank– the Vision and Reality

On 3rd April Naresh and I ran the first Transition: Launch training in...

Eamon O’Hara on the “important catalytic effect” of community-led action

One of the most fascinating recent studies into the impact of Transiti...

The Impact We’re Having: Zsanett and Zoltán of Transition Hosszúhetény

Hosszúhetény is the most populous village in Baranya county, in the ...

Jo Hamilton on why monitoring and evaluation matters for Transition

What role does measuring and evaluating your impacts have to play for ...

Why I despise self checkouts with a rare and unbridled passion

It’s time for a rant about SACAT.  “About what?” yo...

Heartbleed security issue

Earlier this week, a flaw in software that is used to secure Web commu...

The impact we’ve having: Marie Goodwin of Transition Town Media

“What’s the catch?” she asked as she idled up to the table. ...

Nic Marks on measuring wellbeing and happiness

Nic Marks founded the Centre for Wellbeing at the London-based think ...

The impact we’re having: Nicola Vernon of Transition Town Greyton

Greyton Transition Town has been in existence for just over two years ...

Transition in the West Bank?

We held our first training in the Holy Land in Bethlehem, in the Israe...

The impact we’re having: Stephanie Hofielen of From the Ground Up

From the Ground Up (FGU) was launched in March 2010 by Transition Town...

Sir David King on climate change as “the biggest diplomatic challenge of all time”

We are really honoured to be able to share with you today an interview...

On Transition’s impact and reimagining the road to Paris 2015

Monday’s IPCC’s report presented a stark and focused remin...

The impact we’re having: Elise Rothman of Transition Manitou Springs

Manitou Springs is a small town with a population of 5100, located in ...

Comms delivery group meeting report 1 April 2014

Transition Network is seeking Lead Developer

Transition Network is looking for a lead developer/technical architect...

The Transitioners Digest (March)

Here’s something new we’re going to try.  With our monthl...

Living with Climate Change: Alexandra Wax of Transition Marlborough

I live in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England.  From 2006, there was an o...

When Luis talked to his parents about climate change

Today we have a guest post from Luis, an active member of a Transition...

Living with Climate Change: Jonathan Smith on the Isles of Scilly

Through Transition I’ve been active in my community for years, t...

Food in Community: keeping community groups fed in Totnes

In the market town of Totnes in Devon, a small group of volunteers are...

Living with Climate Change: Sylvie Spraakman of Transition Kitchener-Waterloo

To situate this blog post, we’re in Kitchener-Waterloo, two cities t...

Katherine Knox on what ‘climate injustice’ means for poorer communities

While the ecological and infrastructure impacts of climate change are ...

Transition Trainings in Israel part 1

I am in Israel. A place where my knowledge of history and religious up...

Prof. Myles Allen on climate change, flooding, and carbon capture as a ‘silver bullet’

Today we talk with Prof. Myles Allen, head of the Climate Dynamics gro...

Living with Climate Change: Adrian Tait on the Somerset Levels

Transition Athelney links five villages on or bordering the Somerset L...

Climate change – if we were rational, we’d have it sorted by now

Has the climate debate stalled? Does extreme weather in the UK mean we...

Sophy Banks: Climate change – if we were rational, we’d have it sorted by now.

Has the climate debate stalled? Does extreme weather in the UK mean we...

The marvel that is Transition Free Press steps up to the next level

Stand by your newsstands!  May 1st sees the relaunch of Transition Fr...

George Marshall on communicating climate change following extreme weather events

COIN, the Climate Outreach and Information Network, recently published...

Living with Climate Change: Lisa Coons of Transition Mankato

Those of us living and transitioning in the Upper Midwest of the Unite...

A quick trip to Milano

Well, I say a ‘quick’ trip…  Not flying, and living...

Guy Watson on how Riverford Farm is living with climate change

Perhaps those for whom the notion of ‘living with climate change’ ...

Living with Climate Change: Cara Naden in flooded Somerset

I have been ‘living with climate change’ for the last few ...

Chris Rowland of OVESCO on living with climate change

One of the things Transition can bring is the ability to turn ‘l...

Living with Climate Change: Karen Tracy in Joshua Tree

What does Transition look like in a place with just 4″ of rain a...

Primary schools in the watershed

Embedding in place and embedding in community are two of the strands o...

Transition Network seeks new Trustees: Sarah McAdam on what makes a good Trustee

Transition Network is seeking four new Trustees to help the organisati...

Living with Climate Change: Cathy Verschoor in Deventer

“I am not sure what it is you are doing but it seems like a lot ...

Paul Kingsnorth on living with climate change.

Paul Kingsnorth wrote recently of the floods that have hit the UK, arg...

Getting back to the BBC about Lord Lawson’s ‘Today Programme’ appearance.

Here is an Open Letter which responds to the BBC’s letter defenc...

“Blow wind and crack your cheeks”: introducing a month on living with climate change

This month our theme is “living with climate change”.  We...

Comms delivery group meeting report 4 March 2014

Living with Climate Change: Joanne Poyourow in Los Angeles

No water.  That pretty much sums up living with climate change around...

Your ‘Step Up’ moments: No.11: Ian Webb of Transition Long Ashton

I was born in 1933 so my upbringing involved all those things associat...

Your ‘Step Up’ moments: No.10: Dave Mauger of Transition Town Tooting

I had been hanging around the periphery of Transition Town Tooting for...

Introducing Streetbank: a new tool for rethinking resources

One tool that some Transition initiatives have been finding useful in ...

Sophy Banks on creating Transition initiatives with staying power..

The most commonly asked question I’ve heard from Transition initiati...

Resourcing Transition in Peterborough, Ontario.

In 2012, an article in Troy Media entitled How Transition is starting ...

Your ‘Step Up’ moments: No.10: Duncan Law of Transition Town Brixton

I was lucky to grow up during the much maligned 70s when we learnt so ...

Your ‘Step Up’ moments: No.9: Joyce Almaguer-Reisdorf

While getting my Master’s degree I studied our planet’s ri...

Unveiling Transition Network’s new Funding Primer!

Today Transition Network launches the first version of our Funding Pri...

Reflecting on resources: the Transition Town Totnes ‘Reunion’. Part Two.

We recently posted Part One of our Transition Town Totnes Reunion, loo...

A cautionary tale: when funding goes bad

Your ‘Step Up’ moments: No.8: Mihai Abagief

Looking back now, it feels that I have been Transitioning since I know...

Paul Kingsnorth on Crowdfunding

One way of resourcing a Transition initiative that has grown in popula...