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Spain in Transition?: Answers from the grassroots facing a collapsing country
Spain in Transition?: Answers from the grassroots facing a collapsing country Introduction Some months ago, I had a conversation with a friend which seemed meaningful to me as an anthropologist. My friend –an old-school activist with a lot of experience in social struggle- said: “Curiously, during these years of crisis I sometimes feel it’s the […]
The inspiring tale of the re imagining of Preston’s economy.
The inspiring tale of the re imagining of Preston’s economy. We are often asked “what would a Transition local government look like?” It’s a complex question, but one Council taking a pioneering approach to its local economy is Preston in Lancashire. Preston City Council, working with Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) recently published ‘Creating a Good […]
Climate change will push Canadian business onside
Climate change will push Canadian business onside Companies seem conservative today, but just watch when they reach the profitable tipping point Until he lost his shirt in the Dirty Thirties, a relative of mine was an influential businessman in southern Saskatchewan. Among his interests was a livery stable, with a blacksmith, harnesses, buggy whips and everything you needed to keep […]
The 8 Paradigm Shifts at the Heart of REconomy
The 8 Paradigm Shifts at the Heart of REconomy For the next two months here we will be talkingREconomy, looking in depth at this aspect of Transition which is about creating new enterprises, new economies, new livelihoods. We’ll talk to entrepreneurs, to people in local authorities embracing this approach, to people about to launch local […]
Have you done the Transition Health Check yet?
Have you done the Transition Health Check yet? Believe or not the Transition Health Check is not about measuring everyone’s blood pressure in your Transition group or seeing how fit you all are. It’s actually a great tool for you to use to see how your group is doing, one that many Transition groups have already found […]
The Newly Launched Commons Transition Plan
The Newly Launched Commons Transition Plan The P2P Foundation recently launched a new website, the Commons Transition Platform, as a central repository for policy ideas that help promote a wide variety of commons and peer-to-peer dynamics. The site represents a new, more coordinated stage of activism in this area – collecting practical policy proposals for legally […]
How ‘The Power to Convene’ can transform Transition
How ‘The Power to Convene’ can transform Transition I had seen it in lots of different places. I’d seen it in the 30 people who turned out to plant nut trees on a grey Sunday morning in Totnes. I’d seen it in Liege in Belgium, where representatives of many local organisations had come to an event […]
Permaculture, a Vision of the Post-Oil World
Permaculture, a Vision of the Post-Oil World. Originally published in French as the Preface to the French language edition of David Holmgren’s Permaculture Principles and Pathways beyond Sustainability. (Translated by Eugene Moreau and edited by David Holmgren) More than an agricultural technology, permaculture is a vision of the societies of tomorrow, ours, which will be […]
Energy Balance: Regenerative Agriculture: The Transition.
Energy Balance: Regenerative Agriculture: The Transition. In the face of peak oil and in order to curb carbon emissions, methods of farming that depend less on oil and natural gas, respectively to run machinery and to make synthetic fertilizers, must be sought. Such options are to be found within the framework of regenerative agriculture, but […]
Inspiring New Film, “Voices of Transition,” on the Agriculture That We Need | David Bollier
Inspiring New Film, “Voices of Transition,” on the Agriculture That We Need | David Bollier. How will agriculture have to change if we are going to successfully navigate past Peak Oil and address climate change? A new film documentary, Voices of Transition, provides plenty of answers from Transition-oriented farmers in France, Great Britain and Cuba. Produced […]
