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It’s been a steep learning curve for Emma on the edit of the movie. Chris Watson has stepped back to work on another project that has come in leaving Emma to edit on her own. She’s never sat in the editor’s chair before and after being shown a few key buttons has started to put it together. “By the end of the day my brain is totally fried. I imagine it’s like playing a computer game all day long!” she saiys. It’s one thing to sit back and guide the whole process alongside an editor but it’s quite another to navigate a 7 track timeline and know all the shortcuts keys.
Given that this Sunday is Mothering Sunday, I thought you might enjoy this touching tribute to the mothers in our lives. Might even bring a lump to the throat and a small tear to the corner of your eye, as the hero of the ‘No Fly’ movement talks candidly and beautifully about mums. Check out the shorts.
Here is a fantastic story from Transition Southampton. How about a city-wide local currency, with each note adorned by well-known local-people-made-good? The proposed Southampton Pound would feature Benny Hill, Matt le Tissier and Craig David. Sounds like a great idea to me… we were musing here today about towns and cities running some kind of a process (a bit like Walkers Crisps daft one at the moment about which ridiculous new flavour people prefer) to get people to choose who they want on their notes. Personally I am waiting for the Manchester Pound, George Best on the £5 note, Joy Division on the £10, Bernard Cribbins on the £20 and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on the £50… Anyway, here is the full newspiece on the story…
Today at 2.15pm on BBC Radio 4 is a play called ‘Getting to Zero‘, where George Monbiot, Peter Harper and Paul Allen help a fictional family to reduce their emissions to zero within 6 weeks. It was written by a member of Transition Bro Ddyfi and should definitely be worth a listen.
A couple of weeks ago I was in London, and I visited Coin Street Community Builders (CSCB) on the South Bank. CSCB are a fascinating initiative, one that can teach a great deal to Transition Initiatives. For me, a Transition initiative, once it has created its EDAP, needs to morph, and become in effect, a relocalisation agency, a developer, a housing association, a bank. CSCB have done many of these things, and their experience is invaluable.
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It’s been a steep learning curve for Emma on the edit of the movie. Chris Watson has stepped back to work on another project that has come in leaving Emma to edit on her own. She’s never sat in the editor’s chair before and after being shown a few key buttons has started to put it together. “By the end of the day my brain is totally fried. I imagine it’s like playing a computer game all day long!” she saiys. It’s one thing to sit back and guide the whole process alongside an editor but it’s quite another to navigate a 7 track timeline and know all the shortcuts keys. 
