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Transition Network Newsletter January

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Transition Network Newsletter - January 2012

CONTENTS

  • December Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition
  • US Edition December Round-up
  • Transition Podcast
  • Stories From Our Social Reporters
    • Arts and Creativity
    • Land Rights
    • A Celebration of the Social Reporting Pilot
    • Highlights from last year and visioning for this
  • FILMS - In Transition 2.0 Update
  • BOOK review
  • TRAINING
  • PRACTICAL
  • FORUM
  • QUOTE OF THE MONTH


December Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition
This month's round up has a few stories of Transition groups working on energy efficiency, fuel poverty and renewable energy. Wilmslow and Worthing have been planting orchards. Other news from Canada, Ireland, Holland and Portugal.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2012-01-04/december-round-what-s-happening-transition

US Edition December Round-up
http://transitionus.org/stories/december-round-whats-happening-out-world-transition-us-edition-2011

Transition Podcast
This month covers Community energy companies, a Farmshare CSA project, and a resource centre and farmers’ market
http://transitionculture.org/2011/12/15/its-the-december-transition-podcast-community-energy-companies-farms-and-resource-centres/


STORIES FROM OUR SOCIAL REPORTERS
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories

Social Reporting Findings and Call for Writers

From September to December 2011, 12 voluntary writers and a voluntary editor from different Transition initiatives committed to collaboratively writing a group blog and publishing a new story every day. For them this was one post per fortnight. For the editor it was seven days a week. Together they produced an extraordinary and honest account of life in Transition; the ups and downs, the thrills and the disappointments, the challenges of swimming against the mainstream narrative's current in an effort to re-set our cultural stories, help us all align to a more realistic worldview, and give back some pride to our local communities.

In 2012 we will be continuing our daily posts, exploring and reflecting on all Transition subjects under the sun, and extend a call for new writers to share their experiences of being in Transition. This is a brief overview of findings from the Social Reporters' end of pilot survey,
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/ed-mitchell/2012-01/social-reporting-findings-and-call-writers

Arts and Creativity

Use or Ornament
This phrase articulates an age-old debate about the role of the arts in our society.
The arts and Transition should be a perfect match. Are we there?
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/guest-editor/2011-12/use-or-ornament

New Dawn for Ceilidh Culture
For countless generations, ceilidhs have been at the heart of Celtic life.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/catriona-ross/2011-12/new-dawn-ceilidh-culture

Light and Dark
Art as a tool to bring across history's lessons to the next generations should not be underestimated.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/ann-owen/2011-12/light-and-dark

Resistance is Beautiful
Transitioning into an unknown future has got to be about creativity. We must let our imaginations run loose to create new ways of living, new types of energy and new games to play.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/joe-rake/2011-12/resistance-beautiful

Land Rights

Transition Branching Out? Land reform: losing and recovering the Commons
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/guest-editor/2011-12/transition-branching-out-land-reform-losing-and-recovering-commons

We belong to the land
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/ann-owen/2011-12/we-belong-land

Occupy by permission
It’s dark outside and I can hear the wind threshing the trees across the road.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/caroline-jackson/2011-12/occupy-permission

Both Sides Now
I've been thinking a lot about the uselessness of polemic thinking.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/jo-homan/2011-12/both-sides-now

Whose Land? Our Land
In the UK, 0.3% of people own 67% of all the land in the country.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/joe-rake/2011-12/whose-land-our-land

A Celebration of the Social Reporting Pilot

With Love From the Post Office
Charlotte Du Cann looks back over the 3 month Social Reporting pilot showing some of the workings behind this pilot and what made it a success.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/charlotte-du-cann/2011-12/love-post-office


Looking Back, Looking Forward
Highlights from last year and visioning for this

To start the year Transition-style we are having a month of Pausing for Reflection and Visioning ahead. In these first two weeks we'll be looking back at our 3 month pilot and selecting some of its most striking posts and republishing one of them each day. Tough call! Because there were many brilliant ones.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/charlotte-du-cann/2012-01/looking-back-looking-forward-our-new-year

An Avalanche of Comments
This one sentence provided the electric jolt to remind me about the importance of our conversation, for without that conversation there is nothing.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/marella-fyffe/2012-01/avalanche-comments

Let's talk about change
Like most other people, I just want to stay under the duvet.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/adrienne-campbell/2012-01/lets-talk-about-change

FILMS

In Transition 2.0 Update

'In Transition 2.0' is nearly ready to be unveiled to the world! It draws together stories from around the world showing Transition initiatives at the various stages of transitioning their communities. In order to be able to feature some of the stories from overseas, they ran a crowd-funding process which raised the money required. An international team of volunteers have translated the film in 18 languages. Also, in spite of telling stories from around the world, no-one set foot on an aeroplane in order to make this film, local camera-people being enlisted to film each sequence, making this one of the lowest-carbon international films ever produced.

In early February, each of the initiatives whose stories are told in the film have been invited to host a preview. The premiere of 'In Transition 2.0' will be at a high profile event in late March (still under wraps). The DVD will be released around the time of the premiere.

Find out more and view the trailer (completed just yesterday) here
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2012-01-05/transition-20


New Forest - Connecting Our Food
'Connecting to Our Food is a look at the resurgence of local food activity in the New Forest. The film shows the creativity that can spring from a passion for community-sourced produce, and how reconnecting with our food is at the fulcrum of our relationship to our own health, our home planet and each other.'
DVD of the 22 min film including screening license costs £5.00 plus any P&P.


Contacts and trailer:

BOOK

New Ingredients of Transition
The Transition Companion reviewed in Positive News says the "new guide to the Transition movement reflects its growing diversity and richness"
http://positivenews.org.uk/2012/community/transition_news/5707/ingredients-transition/
Order books direct from Green Books
http://www.greenbooks.co.uk/

TRAINING

How well is your Transition Initiative going? What can you do to take your Transition Initiative to the next level?
On 28-29 January in Bath, Transition Network will be holding its second Transition THRIVE training. We have designed this 2-day course to help existing Transition Initiatives take stock, identify their main barriers to sustaining momentum and develop strategies on how to move forward. Through case stories of other Transition Initiatives, group work and discussions, this training addresses each participant’s needs. It will offer practical advice on topics such as creating jobs in a local, green economy and could some of some the really inspiring examples of social enterprises work in your initiative.

The training will be run by Naresh Giangrande, co-founder of Transition Town Totnes and Transition Training, and Jenny Mackewn a senior lecturer at Bath University and member of Transition Bath.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/events/2012-01-28/transition-thrive

PRACTICAL

Looking for Transitioners Interested in Woodlands (UK)
The Woodland Trust want to find out if there are any Transition groups actively engaged in or contemplating projects involving woodlands.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2011-12-20/woodland-trust-looking-transitioners-interested-woodlands-uk

Co-operative Renewable Energy in the UK
Co-operatively-owned energy generation is a vibrant and growing sector in the UK. The first co-operatively-owned wind turbines, Baywind in Cumbria, started turning in 1997. Since then, over 7,000 individual investors have ploughed over £16 million into community-owned renewable energy.
This report summarises insights gained from visits to five co-operatively owned energy projects during the summer of 2011.
http://energybulletin.net/stories/2012-01-05/co-operative-renewable-energy-uk-guide-growing-sector

FORUM
Topics under discussion include:
Conflict in TI groups; UK Localism Act - have your say; Garden and Household Tool Co -operative -any advice?
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/forum

Transition Projects Directory
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/projects


QUOTE OF THE MONTH
"Community is nearly impossible in a highly monetized society like our own."
("That is because community is woven from gifts, which is ultimately why poor people often have stronger communities than rich people. If you are financially independent, then you really don't depend on your neighbors—or indeed on any specific person—for anything. You can just pay someone to do it, or pay someone else to do it.)"
Charles Eisenstein
http://www.nationofchange.org/build-community-economy-gifts-1325082127

 

Transition network newsletter December

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Transition Network Newsletter - December 2011

CONTENTS

  • Transition News Round-up
  • Introduction to ‘The Transition Companion’
  • SOCIAL REPORTING
    • Food and Health
    • Inner Transition
    • Economics
    • Navigating Community Chaos
    • People and Connections
  • THINKING ALOUD
    • The Seven Ages of Transition
    • Community resilience, Transition, and government thinking
    • Transitioners debate how to engage Occupy
    • Rob Hopkins Reflections at OccupyLSX
    • The October Transition podcast
    • Life after the end of economic growth
  • RESOURCES
    • The Low Carbon Cookbook
  • PROJECTS
    • Himalayan Permaculture Centre, Nepal
    • Church 10 kW solar PV system
    • Cornish Diet
  • TO DO
  • REVIEW
  • COMING UP
  • QUOTE OF THE MONTH

 

A November Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition
Everyone is talking about money, so this month we start in Cornwall where the suggestion that Cornwall should set up its own currency made the national news; Prince Charles went shopping with Brixton Pounds!; Transition Town Cheltenham held a Transition festival to celebrate their first year of community, environmental and creative activities in town; In Monteveglio in Bologna they have revived an old tradition of planting a new tree for every child born in the town that year; In a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, an open evening invited people to “create the community we want to live in”. These are just a small taster of the many Transition activities - read more here:
http://bit.ly/roundup-nov11

US Edition Round-up
Some highlights of what's keeping Transition Initiatives busy across the US.
http://bit.ly/roundupUS-nov11

The Introduction to ‘The Transition Companion’
This book seeks to answer the question: “What would it look like if the best responses to peak oil and climate change came not from committees and Acts of Parliament, but from you and me and the people around us?” It’s a big question, which is why it requires this relatively big book to address it. Read the rest of the Introduction to the book here:
http://transitionculture.org/2011/11/14/the-introduction-to-the-transition-companion/

SOCIAL REPORTING

A round up of some social reporting articles from November, from the big picture to the small print, with everything you wanted to read about transition and more!

Food and Health

The Seeds of Healing
The easy part of Transition is all that attractive busy-ness about food and energy, local currency and sustainable business.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/caroline-jackson/2011-11/seeds-healing

Inner Transition

Culture for a Healthy World
Culture both expresses something of who we are and also shapes us – tells us what’s expected in order to belong.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/guest-editor/2011-11/culture-healthy-world

Under the Rocks and Stones
To quote the post-punk classic Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads, ‘You may ask yourself: “Well, how did I get here?”’
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/catriona-ross/2011-11/under-rocks-and-stones

Cenedl heb iaith yw cenedl heb galon*
You cannot live in Wales for any length of time and not be aware of the deep cultural
wounds this country has suffered under the occupation of the English.
[*A nation without a language is a nation without a heart.]
http://bit.ly/Cenedl_heb_iaith

Economics

OccupyTransition, or ‘this Halloween I dressed as the economy’
Most of those I have met at OccupyLondon hadn’t previously heard of Transition, and
that got me thinking about the parallels and differences between the two movements…
http://bit.ly/Halloween_economy

Our Money Our Future - Money for the 99% by the 99%
Helping to create the Bristol Pound is in part because I love Bristol.
http://bit.ly/OurMoneyOurFuture

Time to Get to Work
“it’s the economy, stupid” could join “let them eat cake” in the double irony Hall of Fame.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/jay-tompt/2011-11/time-get-work

Navigating Community Chaos

Navigating Change
Evolution or mutation? From 'hungry caterpillar' to 'beautiful butterfly'?
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/guest-editor/2011-11/navigating-change

All Hands on Deck - from Control to Relationship
What does chaos look like? an inability to respond in the face of an overwhelm of stimulus?
http://bit.ly/All_hands_on_deck

People Get Ready, There's a Crisis Coming!
Communities with active Transition initiatives will fare undoubtedly better than those without because already there will be a committed group of people who is used to meet
and work together
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/ann-owen/2011-11/people-get-ready-theres-crisis-coming

People and Connections

People and Connections - David Fleming
The legacy of the many life changing and life enhancing conversations that occurred
there, and ideas that found form under its eaves.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/guest-editor/2011-11/people-and-connections-david-fleming

The Fire Stealers - a love story
Some of us can see in the dark, and we know what's coming if we don't pass on the fire.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/charlotte-du-cann/2011-11/fire-stealers-love-story

Consensus
There's something a bit childish about the traditional adversarial style of making decisions.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/jo-homan/2011-12/consensus

More Social Reporting here:
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories

THINKING ALOUD

The Seven Ages of Transition
Sometimes it is suggested that Transition only appeals to older people, whereas Occupy,
for example, tends to attract more younger people. But is that the case?
http://transitionculture.org/2011/11/25/the-seven-ages-of-transition/

Community resilience, Transition, and why government thinking needs both
The latest “national statement for how individual and community resilience can work”, published by the Cabinet Office in March of this year refers explicitly to the Transition movement, and as such deserves a post reflecting on it.
http://transitionculture.org/2011/11/22/community-resilience-transition-and-why-government-thinking-needs-both/

Transitioners debate how to engage Occupy movement
Not all Transitioners agree that Occupy is a good angle for local groups devoted to
making their communities more resilient.
http://transitionvoice.com/2011/11/transitioners-debate-how-to-engage-occupy-movement/

Rob Hopkins Reflections at OccupyLSX St Paul’s Cathedral
What Occupy is doing that matters so much is that it is holding a space.
http://transitionculture.org/2011/11/10/some-reflections-on-a-day-at-occupy-lsx-at-st-pauls-cathedral/

The October Transition podcast
Local currencies, Transition Councils and Declarations of Food Independence
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/rob-hopkins/2011-11-08/local-currencies-transition-councils-and-declarations-food-independence

Life after the end of economic growth
A continually rising GDP is not necessarily possible – or even desirable. So why do
policymakers obsess over it? Richard Heinberg comments in the Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/30/end-of-growth

RESOURCES
The Low Carbon Cookbook
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/projects/one-planet-community-kitchen-low-carbon-cookbook

PROJECTS

Himalayan Permaculture Centre, Nepal
Nepal's first "Transition Project" entitled "Building Household and Community Resilience" began in April.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/projects/himalayan-permaculture-centre-nepal

Church 10 kW solar PV system
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/projects/church-10-kw-solar-pv-system

Cornish Diet
A campaign to source 85% of food from Cornwall.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/projects/cornish-diet

More projects here
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/projects

TO DO

New funding opportunity for Transition initiatives (UK)
The ‘Communities Living Sustainably’ is framed as being about supporting communities in England to live and work in a more sustainable way. Grants of up to £1 million are being distributed between 10 successful projects.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2011-11-29/new-funding-opportunity-transition-initiatives-uk

Publishing Opps for Transitioners
Two Ravens Press: The Outer Hebrides, a working croft, a publishing house and
a new magazine
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/guest-editor/2011-11/transitioning-ethical-eco-publishing-and-birth-new-magazine

 

REVIEW
Shut Down: A Story of Economic Collapse and Hope
Collapse could happen, literally, overnight! I didn’t imagine that the most powerful
and complex civilization in world history could collapse in 24-72 hours. That is,
until I read this book.
http://transitionvoice.com/2011/11/collapse-could-happen-literally-overnight/

COMING UP

Transition in Practice
January 3 – 13, Schumacher College
This two week course, taught by pioneers and leaders of the Transition movement looks at what it is about Transition that has created such widespread engagement around changing how we live. The course has a special focus on the emerging economic innovations being pioneered in Totnes. The ambitious aim of this course is to bring together models and practices from many different fields to create a synthesised working map of the transition to a healthy, sustainable, thriving way of life. Based on direct experience of community change from the Transition movement we will explore understandings of how change happens from economics and permaculture as well as social movements, psychology and spiritual traditions. And we will visit and learn from people who are putting these understandings into practice as businesses and community projects.
http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/transition-in-practice

Fundraising for Environmental Projects
25-26th Jan, Chester
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/events/2012-01-25/fundraising-environmental-projects

More events here
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/events

QUOTE OF THE MONTH
“Love is the felt experience of connection to another being.
An economist says ‘more for you is less for me.’
But the lover knows that more of you is more for me too."
CHARLES EISENSTEIN
Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
http://occupylove.org/occupy-wall-st-the-revolution-is-love/

 

Network News september 2011

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September 2011 Transition Network Newsletter

CONTENTS

EXPLORING THE TRANSITION WORLD
~ August Round-ups
~ Travels visiting Transition Initiatives
~ Transition Fujino — Prospects for a better future
~ Cycling to raise money for Transition and Sustrans
THINKING ALOUD
~ Coming Round The Dark Mountain
~ Why do so many people believe in the fantasy of infinite growth on a finite planet?
~ Five bummer problems that make societies collapse
~ A Different Kind of Tea Party
~ Why I Don't Read Like I Used To
~ Economic Resilience
~ Panic on the streets of London
~ A Discussion on Resilience
NETWORK TRAINING
~ New Training section on the website
~ Transition Training survey: the results
~ A follow on to the 2 day course: Transition;Thrive
~ Your thoughts needed: Where does equality fit in Transition?
PROJECTS
~ Linen Project
~ Project sharing engine funding bid
RESOURCES
~ Exploring Community Resilience
~ The End of Growth; Adapting to Our New Economic Reality
~ German military analysis of peak oil now available
COMING UP
~ Transition Companion
~ Exploring the Ingredients for Transition
~ Bill McKibben: Building Social Movements and Organising for Change
~ Transition Camp south east
~ German/Austrian/Swiss Transition (Un-)Konference

EXPLORING THE TRANSITION WORLD

An August Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition
Australia, Japan, Spain, Kinsale, Canada, Italy and the UK and more are included.
http://bit.ly/august11-roundup

US Edition Round Up
Some highlights of what's keeping Transition Initiatives busy across the US.
http://bit.ly/august11-roundup-USA

Let it go where it needs to go
A status report about Transition in Los Angeles
http://transitionus.org/blog/let-it-go-where-it-needs-go

Ruah Swennerfelt recounts her travels visiting Transition Initiatives in Belgium, Netherlands, and Sweden
http://transitionus.org/blog/visiting-transition-initiatives-belgium-netherlands-and-sweden
and then on to exploring Transition in England in Chesterfield and Bristol.
http://transitionus.org/blog/exploring-transition-england-part-one

A journey home – Seeking the essence of Transition in England
http://bit.ly/England-transition-essence

Transition Fujino — Prospects for a better future
In these difficult months following the 11 March quake and tsunami, it has been a time for reflection and an opportunity to ponder what the future holds in store for Japan.
http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/transition-fujino-%E2%80%93-prospects-for-a-better-future/

Cycling to raise money for Transition and Sustrans
A 4,500 mile bicycle ride around the coast of Britain.
http://bit.ly/fundraising-cycle-coast

THINKING ALOUD

Coming Round The Dark Mountain Part 1: Uncivilisation
Last month Charlotte du cann went to Uncivilisation, a festival organised by the Dark Mountain project. Below is a writer’s cut of article she wrote for The Independent newspaper.
http://transitionnorwich.blogspot.com/2011/09/coming-round-dark-mountain-1.html

Coming Round The Dark Mountain Part 2: the Shaman and the Village
Here Charlotte explores the idea that Dark Mountain is something you can visit, Transition is something you live.
http://transitionnorwich.blogspot.com/2011/02/coming-round-dark-mountain-part-2.html

Why do so many people believe in the fantasy of infinite growth on a finite planet?
There are three honest (but bogus) reasons why we pursue economic growth past the point of effectiveness and reason.
http://bit.ly/infinite-growth-finite-planet

Five bummer problems that make societies collapse
A TED talk Jared Diamond gave has examples from the Greenland Norse. These were the unlucky Vikings who missed the boat to Normandy, where their more fortunate countrymen set up colonies.
http://transitionvoice.com/2011/08/five-bummer-problems-that-make-societies-collapse/

A Different Kind of Tea Party
What kind of teatime conversations are you having?
http://bit.ly/different-tea-party

Why I Don't Read Like I Used To
I have a confession. I don’t read books anymore. Or rather I read books very rarely, is this just me, or is it a symptom of our age?
http://transitionnorwich.blogspot.com/2011/08/benchmarks.html

Economic Resilience
In Sacred Economy, Charles Eisenstein poses the seemingly outrageous idea that money should be sacred
http://www.transitionus.org/blog/economy-possible-scenarios-future-3

Panic on the streets of London
Now is the time when we decide what sort of country it is that we want to live in.
http://energybulletin.net/stories/2011-08-09/panic-streets-london

A Discussion on Resilience
What does it mean, and what it looks like in practice? This video of a panel discussion at Sunrise Off Grid took a good hard look at the subject.
http://bit.ly/resilience-debate

 

NETWORK TRAINING

New Training section on the website
The how, what, where and how of Transition Training but didn't know where to look is now online.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/training

Transition Training survey: the results
Since October 2007 Transition Training has been offering a two day training course and a survey in May assessed the impact it has had.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2011-08-23/training-survey-results

A follow on to the 2 day course: Transition Thrive
A positive, no-nonsense exploration of the Transition model and process, tailor-made to fit the requirements of those people attending that we will be piloting shortly.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2011-09-02/follow-2-day-course-transition-thrive

Your thoughts needed: Where does equality fit in Transition?
We’ve come up with a possible new purpose statement to reflect which says: “Transition Network supports community-led responses to climate change, inequality and shrinking supplies of cheap energy, building resilience and happiness.” Do you feel strongly about this either way? If so, we want to hear your thoughts.
http://bit.ly/does-equality-fit-transition

The Road to Resilience in Low Income Communities,
23-25th September Chester
http://bit.ly/Road-to-Resilience-training

 

PROJECTS

Linen Project
A group in Australia has set about developing the skills and knowledge to produce and process fibre flax locally.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/projects/linen-project

Project sharing engine funding bid
Like the News Sharing Engine, its intention is to distribute the movement's project information to Initiatives' websites, enabling webmasters to easily embed all the functionality of our projects directory into their own sites.
http://bit.ly/project-sharing-engine-funding-bid

More projects and add yours here
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/node/add/project-profile

 

RESOURCES

Exploring Community Resilience
This new free publication from Nick Wilding and the Fiery Spirits CoP gathers a mix of experience and academic insight into how local communities are learning how to cope – and even thrive - through difficult times. Written in an accessible style its stories highlight experience from Cumbria to the Scottish Highlands, and from New Orleans to Tooting, London. Web links direct readers to topical references, and a practical guide shows how to run a community workshop on the topic.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/resources/exploring-community-resilience

The End of Growth; Adapting to Our New Economic Reality
Review of Richard Heinberg's new book
http://transitionvoice.com/2011/08/economics-has-failed-us-but-there-is-life-after-growth/

German military analysis of peak oil now available
The Bundeswehr has posted an English version (112 pages) of their extraordinary analysis of peak oil. The original German document was approved for public release last November, yet neither the complete German version nor the partial English translation has attracted interest from mainstream media.
http://t.co/lsENYBY

COMING UP

Transition Companion
At the end of October 'The Transition Companion: making your community more resilient in uncertain times by Rob Hopkins will be published. The launch timeline is here including the ‘Twitter Book Launch'!
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/transition-companion

Exploring the Ingredients for Transition
12th September - 3:00pm (BST)
An online conversation with Rob Hopkins where he will go more deeply into the "ingredients of Transition" as well as answering questions supplied by participants.
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/events/2011-09-12/exploring-ingredients-transition

Bill McKibben: Building Social Movements and Organising for Change
3-7th October Schumacher College, Totnes
http://bit.ly/bill-mckibben-building-social-movements

Transition Camp south east
7-9th October
http://there.is/transitioncamp/

German/Austrian/Swiss Transition (Un-)Konference
14-16th Oct. in Bielefeld/Germany now open for booking
Program, details and booking (in German) here:
http://www.transition-initiativen.de/page/2011-un-konferenz

More events here
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/events


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http://twitter.com/#!/transitiontowns

 

Network Newsletter August 2011

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August 2011 Transition Network Newsletter
~ In Transition 2 film crowd funding call
COMMUNITY REPORTS
~ July Round Up of What's Happening in the World of Transition
~ July Round-up - US Edition
~ Update from Germany
~ Fete de la Transition apres petrole--France
~ A story about the Totnes Renewable Energy Society
THINKING ALOUD
~ The Greenhorns: No fear of farming
~ Who Wants to be a Billionaire?
~ On an ordinary summer's evening in a Transition town
~ Resilient to what?: a fascinating new look at risk
~ Stupermarket Break Out!
~ The peak oil crisis: reality on hold
TALKING ALOUD
~ Transition as Cookery
~ New Thinking in the Transition Movement
~ The End of Growth
EVENTS
~ Come Together Right Now
~ Sunrise Off-Grid 18-21st August
~ Uncivilisation 2011 - Looking for Hope in the Dark 19-21 August
~ Transition Camp South East 7-9th October
DIVERSITY
~ The Road to Resilience in Low Income Communities
~ Call for Stories for Diversity and Social Justice Recourse
~ Transition Network Diversity Newsletter July 2011
~ Beyond conflict workshop write up
RESOURCES
~ Resources from the Transition conference 2011
~ Energy Quiz
FORUM
~ Bob and Doris Are Not Afraid
~ Any designs for Transition Displays we can use?
PROJECTS
~ Wokingham Community Apple Press
Quote Of The Month
In Transition 2 film crowd funding call

It takes a community to make a community film. The 'In Transition 2.0' film production team announces its first ever crowd funding campaign! Help us raise funds to pay film makers around the world to tell stories showing what Transition looks like in Brazil, Portugal, US, Canada, New Zealand and Japan. Hear about the film's progress and how you can get involved.
COMMUNITY REPORTS
July Round Up
Bikes and skateboards celebrate a Zero Carbon day in Kingston, Hebden Bridge HebVeg box scheme grows, and CSAs in sprout Norwich and form thought bubbles in Worthing. Kensal Green grow free food by the Tube, Dunbar's community bakery is nearly ready, while window ledges in Portugal are just the bag. In India, Heal the Soil CSA in Auroville is helping start-up small vegetable gardens in village homes with the motto 'One seed at a time, One house at a time!' These and many more here
July Round-up of What's Happening in the World of Transition - US Edition
There are now 93 official Transition initiatives in the USA and many more mulling. From Hollywood to Vermon and even in the oil capital Houston there is lots going on.
Update from Germany
The Transition Primer is now available in German and there are more than 800 members registered on German-speaking Transition Platform from Germany, Austria & Switzerland; all busy collaborating. As well as Transition Training in Austria and Germany in September this year's Transition "Un-Conference" is on 14-16th October in Bielefeld, Germany. More details here
Fete de la Transition apres petrole--France
First hand report from the French Transition Conference
A story about the Totnes Renewable Energy Society
Hard work + Vision= Kilowatts
THINKING ALOUD
The Greenhorns: No fear of farming
A film about young farmers in the US, part of a larger campaign for agricultural reform.
Who Wants to be a Billionaire?
A fantasy that has us in its thrall.
On an ordinary summer's evening in a Transition town
This working-together in the visioning looked like an energy field, the kind of energy field you sense when you stand by a hive humming with bees.
Resilient to what?: a fascinating new look at risk
Rob nearly fell off his perch when he read that the World Economic Forum stating categorically that the three key risks over the next 10 years are actually energy price volatility, climate change and economic crises.
Stupermarket Break Out!
Rachel Lalchan reports on her recent withdrawal from buying stuff at supermarkets.
The peak oil crisis: reality on hold
As much of America bakes in some of the highest temperatures ever recorded and while Washington argues interminably over taxes, budget cuts and debt caps, one is struck by the unreality of it all.
A stream of blog posts from our on-site bloggers, and, a growing list of blogs we re-publish from Transition Voice, This Low Carbon Life, Energy Bulletin's economics feed and Transition US.
TALKING ALOUD
Transition as Cookery
Rob Hopkins talk at the RESOLVE conference with slides.
New Thinking in the Transition Movement
Rob Hopkins was recently in conversation with Richard Heinberg organised by Transition USA
There is a summary of the talk and you can listen again to it here
The End of Growth
Richard Heinberg chats about his new book The End of Growth and the causes of the economic crisis and meaningful responses to it.
Here is a short animated video on the same theme by Richard Heinberg
EVENTS
Come Together Right Now
All over England tents are appearing in their thousands across green fields and meadows. Festivals are fast becoming a great way to get a taste of a whole variety of practical skills at the many workshops on offer. This report from Sunrise in June.
Sunrise Off-Grid 18-21st August
"Turn Off & Switch On" is the theme for this year's Sunrise Off-Grid. There is a jam packed programme of workshops and talks in the Tin Village, a 12 module course in the Off-Grid College, a Resilient Farms Conference examining the future of farming in the UK with contributions from Michael Eavis. Plus a host of top speakers including Rob Hopkins and Patrick Whitefield. Oh and there is music as well as lots and lots more!
Uncivilisation 2011 - Looking for Hope in the Dark 19-21 August
While the Dark Mountain Festival looks at the challenges we face from a slightly different angle from Transition, it has much in sympathy with our view on how we should respond.
Transition Camp South East 7-9th October
In it's fourth year, this late autumn camp has more on site facilities this year and a fuller programme. So don't put that tent away for the winter untill you've been to this camp in the heart of Sussex.
DIVERSITY
The Road to Resilience in Low Income Communities
23-25th September - Chester
This two day workshop is for people involved in Transition who want to develop projects in low income areas.
Call for Stories for Diversity and Social Justice Recourse
The Transition Network is currently putting together a resource on diversity and social justice and we want to include your stories of projects from Transition and beyond. Whether it be a story about a food growing project on a housing estate or a project that alleviates fuel poverty in a local community, please send your stories to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Transition Network Diversity Newsletter July 2011
Beyond conflict workshop write up
A workshop at the Conference was framed as “Our experiences of tension and conflict: what happened? Why did it happen? What can we learn?”.
RESOURCES
Resources from the Transition conference 2011
A collecton of the various videos, photos, workshop write ups and blog posts from the Transition Network conference 2011. We hope that it gives you an idea of what happened and a chance to catch some of the conversations.
Energy Quiz
This little quiz tests your knowledge of how much energy you use around the house - which things use a lot and which only a little. It was created for Transition Cambridge Energy group to engage people in discussion about energy at a stall in a shopping centre - and we think it could be used in lots more places
FORUM
Bob and Doris Are Not Afraid
Havant Transition Network joined forces recently with Soop Theatre Company and the Havant Literary Festival to create Bob and Doris Are Not Afraid - a light-hearted but serious play about how climate change might affect our community, and how not to deal with it.
Any designs for Transition Displays we can use?
More Forum discussions here
PROJECTS
Wokingham Community Apple Press
More Projects here
Quote Of The Month
"When I looked at this working-together in the visioning it looked like an energy field, the kind of energy field you sense when you stand by a hive humming with bees. A hum of warmth and intelligence that allows people to naturally collaborate and make that low-energy downshift happen. You don’t need data or climate science to persuade your tricky mind. You just need to tune in and act."
 

Network Newsletter July 2011

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July 2011 Transition Network Newsletter

CONTENTS

~ Conference 2011
COMMUNITY NEWS
~ June round up of what's happening in Transition world
~ US Edition June Round-up
~ Transition spreads through NW London
~ Report on Transition in France
~ Lewes Goes Solar
PROJECTS
~ Project Support Survey
~ NICE recruiting community members for health group
~ A third update on the film 'In Transition 2'
~ Transition Network empowers local groups to promote sustainable issues
~ So, what exactly is a Transition enterprise?
GROWING FOOD
~ New film: ‘Growing Food Locally’
~ Cereals, agroforestry and droughts
~ Top of the Crops
THINKING ALOUD
~ Medicine of the Heart
~ Midsummer Night Tales, Black Silky Knickers and a Black Eye
~ When disaster strikes: looting or love?
~ Nigel in Transition
~ BOOKS David Fleming’s ‘Lean Logic’
WHATS ON
FORUM

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2011-06-23/conference-2011-update

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/forums/process/conference-2011

COMMUNITY NEWS

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2011-06-30/june-round-whats-happening-transition

http://transitionus.org/stories/june-round-whats-happening-world-transition-us-edition-2011

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2011-06-18/transition-spreads-through-nw-london

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2011-06-09/report-transition-france

http://www.transitiontownlewes.org/news.html#item317


PROJECTS

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2011-06-23/project-support-survey

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2011-06-20/nice-recruiting-community-members-health-group

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2011-06-15/third-update-film-transition-2

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/transition-network-local-sustainable-issues

http://transitionculture.org/2011/06/14/so-what-exactly-is-a-transition-enterprise/


GROWING FOOD

http://transitionforestrow.org/video/growing-food-locally

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/rob-hopkins/2011-06-27/cereals-agroforestry-and-droughts-interview-martin-crawford

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/resources/top-crops

 

THINKING ALOUD

http://transitionnorwich.blogspot.com/2011/06/medicine-of-heart.html

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/steph-bradley/2011-06/midsummer-night-tales-black-silky-knickers-and-black-eye

http://transitionvoice.com/2011/06/when-disaster-strikes-looting-or-love/

http://transitionculture.org/2011/06/08/nigel-in-transition/


BOOKS

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/rob-hopkins/2011-06-28/david-fleming-s-lean-logic-finally-sees-light-day


WHAT'S ON

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2011-06-23/planning-low-carbon-living-workshop

Starting Up a Community Reuse and Resource Centre - 13th July
London Permaculture Festival - Sat 16th July
Green Gathering - 28 Jul-1 Aug
Sunrise Off-Grid festival 18-21 Aug
UNCIVILISATION: The Dark Mountain Festival - 19-21 August
and of course the Transition Network Conference 8-10th July

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/events

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/forum/recent

 
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