Transition as Social Medicine?: health leaders discuss

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

Inner Transition for everyone.. who wants it

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

Meet the man bringing Transition to the NHS

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

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...

EcoBricks and Education

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

Sophy Banks on Bringing Systems Back to Health

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

Transition Bro Gwaun win Future Dragons Den at Hay Literary Festival!

Transition cafe volunteers pitched to the Future Dragons Den at Hay Fe...

Kerry Lane on regenerating urban and rural health

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

What is health for human beings and human systems?

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

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...

Martin McKee on the Manifesto for Planetary Health

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

Would you like to host a Transition Roadshow?

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

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...

OVESCO win 2014 Ashden Award for Community Energy

At last night’s prestigious Ashden Awards in London, the Ouse Va...

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...

New Transition Free Press hits the streets

The latest edition of Transition Free Press came out this week, Issue ...

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...

Free trees for your Transition initiative to mark the anniversary of World War One

This August marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First W...

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

May 2014 – Transition Network Newsletter

Our website theme “what is the impact of Transition, and how do ...

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...

New support framework for Transition Groups being developed, let us know what you think!

Hi everyone, it’s great that you are taking your time to give us you...

How Transition Newent inspired Boy Scouts in New Jersey

Here’s a lovely story from the Huffington Post. We are grateful ...

John Bell on Bedfordshire Transition groups’ recent get together

I’m very proud to say that on 23 March we held the first Transition ...

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...

Comms delivery group meeting report 28 April 2014

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

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

What would a Transition Co-operative store look like?

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

Transition Streets: growing success for communities to conserve energy

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

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...

Mundaring in Transition launch a success

Over one hundred people attended the launch of Mundaring in Transition...

Transition Technologist meeting notes 17 April 2014

Ttech meet 17/04/14Bristol13:00 – 17:00 BenChrisEdSam Actions~~~...

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...

Andrea Felicetti on Transition as “radicals without rebellion”

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

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

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

Visiting Israel and the West Bank– the Vision and Reality

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

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

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

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

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

Why I despise self checkouts with a rare and unbridled passion

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

Jo Hamilton on why monitoring and evaluation matters for Transition

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

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. ...

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

Let’s start on the UK’s south coast, where Transition Town...

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

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