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May 2011 Transition Network Newsletter

Free Trees for communities

The Woodland Trust is offering free trees for communities to plant in ...

Job: part-time grower at Norwich Community Supported Agriculture

This is from our friends in Norfolk who are setting up a Community Sup...

Treehouse project: UK community design competition

Just received from a consultant with good green credentials “Sky...

Conference 2011 tickets on sale

We’re delighted to announce that bookings are now open for the 2011 ...

London and Thames Valley transition gathering, 11-June, Heathrow

Transitioners in London and the Thames Valley to meet on 11-June-2011 ...

Job opportunities: Wales, Ruskin Mill

An invitation to take part in “A little patch of ground”

Call for Participants Encounters Arts are looking for people to take p...

Announcing the movie “In Transition 2.0”

‘In Transition1.0′ was a huge success.  Shown thousands of times ...

March round up of what’s happening in Transition

It’s the end of the month again, which means it’s time to bring yo...

UK First Community Owned Solar Power Station

Transition Town Lewes‘s energy company, Ovesco, is planning to b...

April 2011 Network Newsletter

April 2011 Transition Network Newsletterhttp://www.transitionnetwork.o...

Book review: The End of Money and the Future of Civilisation

Thanks to John Bristow for reviewing “The End of Money and the F...

Otesha Project UK: young people’s cycle tour + workshops and plays

Lovely project potentially coming to a Transition Initiative near you ...

Job Opportunity: Enterprise and Partnership Manager

Job opportunity at Trafford Hall, a national centre which offers train...

Transition Network Diversity Newsletter March 2011

Transition Network Diversity and Inclusion Newsletter March 2011 WELCO...

New Resource! Creating interfaith and environment initiatives

LIFE – Local Initiative for Faith and Environment – began in the s...

Transition Network 2011 UK conference: 8 to 11-July, Liverpool

This is just a quick heads up to say that we’re going ahead with...

US: Citizens’ peak oil report accepted by council

Nevada City has just accepted a citizen-triggered Peak Oil report The ...

Take part in the 350 Home and Garden Challenge

Transition US is planning the mega ‘350 home and garden challeng...

Transition Training in Colombia

Being Shortlisted for Climate Week Award

Being shortlisted for a Climate Week award – some brief thoughts...

Somerset Transition reversal raises questions over localism agenda

You win some, you lose some.  In July 2008, Somerset County Council, ...

Reverend Billy’s Church of Stop Shopping coming to Europe and UK, July-2011

Reverend Billy and his advanced, some might say “quirky”, ...

Job opportunity: Head of “Economics for Transition”, Schumacher College, UK

A new Masters Course is starting up at Schumacher – Economics fo...

Energyshare launches big community energy fund

Since starting their new community energy portal, Energyshare have bee...

March 2011 Network Newsletter

Transition Network newsletter – March 2011 NEWS~ February Round-...

Win Transition books by completing our REconomy social enterprise/business survey

Calling everyone who’s interested in business or social enterpri...

February round up of what’s happening in Transition

This is a copy of the article on Transition Culture. You have amazed u...

Transition Heathrow: the most inspiring video of 2011 so far

 When hard-core activism and transition combine… When the Plane...

Job opportunity: Transition Development worker, Stroud, UK

Update from Transition Training and Consulting

An update from TTandC: exploring how to build new local economies, and...

Job: Personal Assistant and Volunteer Manager

New support for Transition film showings

If you put on films for your initiative, you are likely to be interest...

‘Handmade’ book of inspiring projects

Hand Made is a beautiful collaborative book of 26 innovative projects ...

Survey on fast track review of Feed in Tariffs for community projects

If you are a community energy project, we need your input to support a...

Transition Support Scotland reaches the end of project

Transition Scotland Support have come to the end of their project fund...

Earthship building course, Devon UK: bursaries now available

Fancy learning to build an Earthship? If so, check out the course star...

Think we should be measuring “happiness” rather than GDP? Tell the UK gov’t…

UK’s Office for National Statistics is developing new measures ...

February 2011 Network Newsletter

The February 2011 Transition Network newsletter CONTENTS NEWS~ Monthly...

Find land or buildings for community enterprises

Finding buildings and land where we can set up community enterprises W...

Find out about local energy projects in the UK

It’s all about sharing energy stories Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstal...

Social Enterprise information packs for community groups

Local United is a new group of climate change groups dedicated to shar...

January round up of what’s happening in Transition

(This is a copy of the article on Transition Culture with thanks to He...

Spare places for community groups

Spare Place is a handy looking service that enables community groups t...

Energyshare launches

Our friends at Landshare are launching a new social network for energy...

Send Rob your posters!

Having only recently finished his phD, Rob is now writing the next Tra...

Trees for Transition and Big Society?

Remember that windy woodland walk in Devon at the UK Transition Confer...

Project spotlight: Crop Swap

 Looking for a bit of inspiration? Check out the project directory...

Tradeable energy quotas launched in House of Commons

Last week saw the Parlimentary launch of Tradeable Energy Quotas (TEQs...

Living without money – a film

We’re big fans of Mark Boyle, the ‘moneyless man’ (w...

Funding for community organisations to engage with local planning

The UK Department for Communities and Local Government has got £3 Mil...

Funding from Patagonia for environmental projects

More funding information – it looks like the New Year is full of...

Transition groups and Climate Week

“Climate Week” is all about letting people know what you&#...

London Training for Food Growing in Schools

Two new dates are available for Growing for Schools training. Designed...

Fascinating report on our low energy heritage

Ecolocal Report: Our Low Energy Heritage We’ve just been sent a ...

Community Energy: just how much demand is there for it? A survey from Aaron Gould

Community Energy Survey requesting your input Aaron Gould, a contact o...

Faith and the Environment Booklet

We’ve been given very kind permission from Kingston Borough Coun...

Artistic Regeneration in Tooting

In the wake of the epic Trashcatcher’s Carnival of 2010, Transit...

Job opportunity: Community Energy Project Manager, Lewes, UK

Job opportunity at the cutting edge of community energy generation Lew...