Introducing the first book about Transition in Spanish

This month sees publication of the first new book about Transition not...

The Transition Agony Aunt on Initiating Groups that can’t agree on anything.

Dear Auntie.  Please help!  I am finding our Initiating Group’...

Premier League rugby’s ‘Exeter Chiefs’ commit to handling the Exeter Pound

Fascinating story from the Exeter Pound website:   The Exeter Chiefs...

Which great moments tell the Transition story?

When you talk about the Transition movement, what works, and just as i...

Planning: the untapped power of community consent.

When planning consent is given for a development which local people bi...

Obituary: Transition Free Press (2012-2015)

We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of our dear friend, Tr...

Zero Carbon Powys Conference

I was up early on a Saturday morning to get up to Centre for Alternati...

1% local food?: Unveiling Transition Buxton’s Economic Resilience Study

January 14th saw the launch of a new Economic Resilience Study (follow...

One Minute Review: Tiny Homes by Lloyd Kahn.

Shelter, originally published in 1973, is one of my favourite books. ...

Christophe McGlade on who gets left with the unburnable carbon

Christophe McGlade is a research associate in energy materials modelli...

Fancy some funding to run a Green Open Homes event?

Many Transition initiatives have run successful Green Open Homes event...

February 2015 – Transition Network Newsletter

We hear how Belgians ‘Changent le Monde’ and the forthcomi...

Book review: “The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels”. Really?

I first heard about Alex Epstein’s book ‘The Moral Case for Fossil...

How Transition Town Tooting convene through celebration and imagination

The words of the ‘Sankofa’ bird were written during one of many da...

The Transition Agony Aunt on how to talk about peak oil

How we got started: Transition Black Isle

The story of how Transition Black Isle got started is told by two foun...

“The Fierce Urgency of Now”: 3 days in Belgium

Something very powerful feels to me like it is starting to move.  I s...

Pamela Boyce Simms on convening faith groups

Pamela Boyce Simms is convener of the Mid-Atlantic Transition Hub, whi...

The Transition Agony Aunt on reviving failed initiatives

“Dear Transition Agony Aunt.  What’s the best way to star...

Atmos Totnes and the Power to Convene

One of the most ambitious examples of The Power to Convene to come thr...

Could you live zero waste for a year? Jenny did…

Last month our theme was ‘Less is More’. We had one interv...

What does the Power to Convene look like in Stroud?

What does the Power to Convene look like in the work of Transition St...

Transition Buxton take on former council plant nursery

Here is some inspiring news from Transition Buxton about their recent ...

Jules Peck introduces the Real Economy Lab

Recently Transition’s co-Founder Rob Hopkins responded to a critique...

How we got started: Transition Stratford

For most people, Stratford-upon-Avon is about Shakespeare and tourists...

The Transition Agony Aunt on Transition and co-housing

“We have been exploring the establishment of a co-housing projec...

Mapping the Transition Movement in Aotearoa New Zealand

Following the expansion of the Transition movement globally in the lat...

What makes a good mediator?

Part of the Power to Convene (our theme for January and February) is t...

How the BBC might hold the election to account, carbon-wise

‘Transition Town: The Musical’ launches Kickstarter appeal

‘Transition Town: The Musical’: Plans revealed for a new ...

January 2015 – Transition Network Newsletter

To start the new year we offer lots of inspiring news and new features...

How ‘The Power to Convene’ can transform Transition.

I had seen it in lots of different places. I’d seen it in the 30 peo...

The Transition Agony Aunt on when theme groups fail to form

How we got started: New Forest Transition

Richard Barnett of New Forest Transition tells the story of their begi...

One Minute Review: Behind the Green Door by Rotor

What is a sustainable building?  A sustainable built environment?  A...

Transitioners’ Digest (December 2014)

Welcome to our last Digest of 2014.  Our theme this month was ‘...

Transition Network’s Annual Report 2014

We are delighted to share Transition Network’s Trustees Report a...

Pandora Thomas on responding to the Prison Industrial Complex with permaculture and resilience

Pandora Thomas is a teacher, writer, speaker and designer. She curren...

Results from the Transition Culture survey

A few weeks ago we asked you for your thoughts, via a short survey, on...

If I Ruled The World

A couple of weeks ago the Western Morning News asked me to write somet...

Knowing what ‘just enough’ is: Azby Brown on Japan’s Edo period – Part Two

So how did you set about researching the book? I was really fortunate ...

Appearing on Desert Island Discs, Totnes-style

On Friday, at St John’s Church in Bridgetown, Totnes, I was the ...

Knowing what ‘just enough’ is: Azby Brown on Japan’s Edo period – Part One

One of the most extraordinary books I have read in recent years is Jus...

Inez Aponte: From dismal science to language of beauty – Towards a new story of economics

Humans are storytelling beings. In fact one could argue that it is imp...

My year without Amazon

Exactly a year ago today I wrote a piece on this blog called The day I...

Fukushima – living with the aftermath of a disaster

Fukushima. We all arrive by bullet train and take a photo of the stati...

December 2014 – Transition Network Newsletter

While our theme in November was catching up, December’s theme is...

One Minute Review: Incredible! by Pam Warhurst & Joanna Dobson

Incredible!: Plant Veg, Grow a Revolution is the story of Incredible E...

Our new support framework is here – give it a go and let us know what you think

A guest post from Michael Thomas, Transition Network’s Support C...

Looking Back Over 100 Years: an interview with Douglas Matthews

In 2008, when I was researching my PhD looking at Transition Town Totn...

Unveiling the 2014 Transition Christmas TV Advert

I have sometimes been asked “if you had a prime time TV advertis...

Transition Network scoop a 2014 PEA Award!

Transition Network’s Rob Hopkins was the proud winner of a Peopl...

Are we doing it right? Let us know.

It’s now 17 months since Transition Culture moved from its home ...

Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’: a review

Reading a Naomi Klein book is always a deeply absorbing experience.  ...

Scottish Transition groups join call for fracking moratorium

Three Scottish Transition groups, Black Isle, Stirling and Linlithgow ...

The October/November 2014 Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition

Bath & West Community Energy just closed their third public share ...

Our theme this month is catching up

You may have noticed that it is the 11th, and we still haven’t s...

Helping shape the planning process: Transition Belper

Back in December 2009 when a few Belper residents first met to talk ab...

November 2014 – Transition Network Newsletter

 The website theme ‘Rethinking Real Estate’ asks “i...

Introducing the Scottish Community Empowerment Bill…

One of my highlights at the recent Transition Roadshow at the Universi...