Village Vancouver – Increasing Economic Literacy
Conventional thinking is that growth is good: Politicians are lauded when they preside over terms experiencing growth, and chided when GDP falls.
Transition movement
Somebody somewhere should do something about this sometime
This is very much what “doing Transition” means to me: it’s creating vibrant, positive change by the community for that community.
Transition Politics
As a member of Transition City Lancaster I’ve sometimes thought provocatively of starting a Politics Group.
Exploring the role of elders in Transition
‘Honoring the elders’ is one of the key original ingredients of creating a Transition Town (or city, or village).
Making change happen – June 6
•Alex Laskey: How behavioral science can lower your energy bill •The Death and Life of Chicago •’The Power of Just Doing Stuff •’Where will all the traffic go?
Thinking of starting a Transition Initiative?
Are you thinking about starting a new Transition initiative in your town, village or city? I was among those who initiated Transition Dartmouth Park, in North London, around a year and a half ago.
Lost in Transition
This is a story about Transition Bath, from the eyes of two Transitioners – Nathan and Iva – as they become lost in Transition: moved, inspired and empowered by the achievements and possibilities, but also confused and challenged by the complexities of working with voluntary projects taking on a huge and pressing task.
WEBINAR: ‘Local Economic Blueprints: pioneering or pointless?’
Join Rob Hopkins, Molly Scott Cato, Tony Greenham, Fiona Ward and Nigel Jump for a live discussion.
Announcing the Power of Just Doing Stuff!
There are now just over six weeks until the publication of The Power of Just Doing Stuff: how local action can change the world. I thought this would be a good opportunity to tell you a bit more about it and why you might want to start building into a fever pitch of excitement. It will be published second week of June, will have 160 pages, will sell for £7.95, will be a thing of great beauty, and an inspiring introduction to what Transition is and the ‘Big Idea’ that it represents.
Taking Practical Action Toward Resilience: On the Road Again – A Yang Experience
Beginning May 9th, I will be biking across the country, from Maine to Washington, as part of the Transition Challenge and my own journey to “Occupy Carbon.”
Four powers
When various transitioners and change makers seek to influence the politics, economy and future course of a small town, they first organize a civic association. There are many kinds, from churches and town beautification committees all the way to activist groups and guerrilla gardener clubs. Alexis de Tocqueville rightly saw such civic underpinnings as something essential, the very foundation of American democracy.
Considering Transition community events as cultural and creative acts
Our work comes from necessity, rather than theory: it’s grassroots, vernacular, based on gatherings, rooted in time and place. It doesn’t have a hero writer or diva centre stage, with an audience gazing passively upward, but takes place in a room full of participants, with an organising, often invisible, core. Everyone belongs in this space and time. Everyone has a voice.