George Marshall on communicating climate change following extreme weather events
How should Transition initiatives in communities hit by extreme weather talk about climate change with their neighbours?
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Living with Climate Change: Karen Tracy in Joshua Tree
What does Transition look like in a place with just 4" of rain a year?
Paul Kingsnorth on living with climate change
Paul Kingsnorth wrote recently of the floods that have hit the UK, arguing that they represent the beginning of "a gradual, messy, winding-down of everything we once believed we were entitled to".
Living with Climate Change: Joanne Poyourow in Los Angeles
No water. That pretty much sums up living with climate change around here, in Los Angeles.
The Power of Communicating Stuff
Doing stuff and communicating are the yin and yang energies of every social movement.
The Free Press Gang
For thousands of years artists and communicators have sung in the day, we’ve sung praises and lullabies, shared stories, and learned, through the art of writing, how to convey our thoughts and feelings across the globe…One of those stories is about the Transition movement…
How our narratives inform our hopes for change
When co-founder of the Permaculture Movement David Holmgren recently suggested it might be better for the world if we were to try to precipitate global economic collapse in order to mitigate runaway climate change, he received a harsh response from Transition Movement founder Rob Hopkins, and somewhat more sympathetic responses from Dmitry Orlov and Nicole Foss. The second article (due out next month) in my series for Shift Magazine will talk more about this, but in the meantime I wanted to recommend to you Agency on Demand, a fascinating take on this debate, written by Eric Lindberg.
Introducing a month on Resourcing your Initiative
This month we will be exploring the theme of resourcing your group.
Andy Lipkis, the man taking on LA’s water system
The situation LA faces in relation to water is both stark and as clear an example of un-joined up thinking as you could hope to see.
Reflections on being a ‘Cultural Optimist’ and a month of scaling up
Yes, I’m a Cultural Optimist. I believe that people are capable of doing remarkable things.
Why the world needs transition
There are many approaches to the three main crises threatening civilization today, namely, climate change, peak oil and economic crisis. The problem is that most of them won’t work.
Sophy Banks on the risks of going for growth, and other ways to make an impact
I would like to encourage the hundreds of leaders, thinkers, do-ers and seekers in our movement to pause from time to time and reflect together on how we understand our true purpose and mission.