Pre-order the Transition Companion
By Ed Mitchell 14th September 2011
Our very own Rob is in a whirl of excitement, exhaustion and giddy anticipation as the new Transition Book – The Transition Companion – has just been sent to the printers. So you can now pre-order it from Transition Culture – here is Rob’s outline:
I thought you might be interested to know that my new book, ‘The Transition Companion: making your community more resilient in uncertain times’ is due to be published by Green Books on October 27th.
It is the result of a collaborative process involving thousands of people, possibly yourself included, over the past 18 months, and picks up where ‘The Transition Handbook’ left off. It sets out what Transition has become, packed with stories and photos from around the world, of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
- Read about, and pre-order the book on Transition Culture website
- Read more about the book on Transition Network website
What’s it about?
The Transition idea has gone viral around the world, from Italian villages and Brazilian favelas to universities and London neighbourhoods. In contrast to the ever-worsening stream of information about climate change, the economy and resource depletion, Transition focuses on solutions; on community-scale responses; on meeting new people and having fun.
The Transition Companion sets out what Transition is and how to do it in a far deeper, richer and more useful way than the Handbook did (fond of it though we are). It presents a collection of ‘ingredients and tools of Transition’, suggesting that Transition is like cookery, each initiative assembling ingredients in a way most suited to their culture and their community. Changing the world as a process that is delicious and self-organised? Why not. You’re going to love it…
It’s a big book! 320 pages, in full colour and large format, and much time and attention has been lavished on it to produce something that really does justice to what has become one of the most fascinating world-wide social experiments of our time, what Nicholas Crane, presenter of the recent BBC2 series ‘Town’, called “the biggest urban brainwave of the century”.
- Read about, and pre-order the book on Transition Culture website
- Read more about the book on Transition Network website
When’s it coming out?
The book will be officially released on October 27th, but you can already pre-order your copy from Transition Culture, as of today! Just follow this link, where you will also find endorsements from the likes of Richard Heinberg, Tim Jackson and Bill McKibben, as well as from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, who has also written a beautiful foreword.
Here is an idea of the timeline of events around its release:
- Tuesday October 4th: The official launch of the book will take place at Totnes Civic Hall (do come along, it’s free, and you’re very welcome).
- Thursday October 13th: I will be doing a ‘Twitter Book Launch’ (Green Books wanted to call it a ‘Twinterview’, but you’ll be glad to hear I put my foot down) where you will be able to ask questions about the book (keep an eye on Transition Culture for details)
- Thursday October 27th: The official launch date from when it is available in all good bookshops (and Amazon (boo hiss))
- We have also made a series of 10 short promotional films called ‘The Story of Transition in 10 Objects’ which will be posted over the days running up to the launch of the book. The first one, celebrating a jumper from Taunton, is already online.
Please use this book as an opportunity to support independent booksellers, to keep your High Street alive, to put localisation into practice, or if you buy The Transition Companion direct from TransitionCulture.org you can do so safe in the knowledge that you are supporting the website (which is funded only out of my pocket) and the author.
Many thanks for your support.
Rob