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Monthly archive for May 2009
Showing results 26 - 30 of 30 for the month of May, 2009.
6 May 2009
Burn out is a real and present danger for anyone involved in Transition, as indeed for any kind of community work or environmental activism. I have known several green activist/campaigners who suffered from terrible burnout, that led to depression, withdrawal and cynicism. At this year’s Transition Network conference there will be a workshop on dealing with burnout, a subject that has been a regular feature of Transition gatherings since its inception. When I visit Transition groups around the country, burnout is raised regularly as a concern, given that most initiatives are self-funding and driven by volunteers. I am not immune to it myself, but I was wondering the other day how come, given the incredible amount of commitment and energy people around the world are putting into Transition, there isn’t far more burnout than we actually see. In yesterday’s paper I read a fascinating piece that offered an interesting insight into this.
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5 May 2009
"Road Paint Fail"
It is often said that in Transition we celebrate our failures as much as our successes, and that an openess and honesty about when things fail is vital for Transition to proceed. In the film ‘Garbage Warrior’, the thing that most incensed Michael Reynolds when he lost his building permit was that “they have taken away my right to fail”. I was delighted therefore last week to come across the website FailBlog.org. It is a site that celebrates failure in all its many form. It has a sharp eye for things done badly, or disastrously, and as I explored its posts on Friday lunchtime, my roars of laughter could be heard resounding throughout Transition Towers. One of my favourites is this one, on the left. Give yourself half an hour or so to have a look through it, it’s a treasure trove of inspired failure.
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4 May 2009
As by now you are no doubt excitedly telling everyone you come into contact with, the postman, work colleagues, neighbours, complete strangers and anyone else who will listen, the Transition film ‘In Transition’ has its online premiere on Saturday May 23rd at 1.45pm (GMT). This week we are putting the finishing touches to it. We are keen that the film expresses, as clearly as possible, the breadth and depth of the Transition movement. We therefore need to know about any projects you are doing in your initiatives so that they can get a mention…
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4 May 2009
In Transition: from oil dependency to local resilience. A Film.
We are delighted to announce the near-launch of ‘In Transition’, the hour-long documentary about Transition. The film is the work of director Emma Goude, with production by Smith and Watson, and with input from Transition communities around the world (for the story of the film, click here. For those of you who felt the Age of Stupid only told one half of the story, here is the other half. It tells the story of the generation that looked peak oil and climate change square in the face, and responded with creativity, compassion and genius. We think you’re going to love it. Here is the trailer…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkxJssl950w
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1 May 2009
Digging in for the gardening season ahead are Carin Schwartz, chairperson of the Transition Town Forres group, and Paul Harvey, newly appointed chairman of the Forres Community Garden Group.
Garden Group All Set To Get Digging. From the Forres Gazzette
April 8th 2009.
MEMBERS of the Transition Town Forres (TTF) group were celebrating last week after being officially given the keys to land on Bogton Road for their community garden and allotment project.
The group have been trying to get their hands on the land for about a year, and seemed to have to cut through a seemingly endless amount of necessary red tape before Moray Council would agree to lease the land to them.
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