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I no longer blog on this site. You can now find me, my general blogs, and the work I am doing researching my forthcoming book on imagination, on my new blog.
Here we are again with a long round up of stories, links, film clips and much more that gives a flavour of the eclectic and diverse stuff happening out there in Transition initiatives around the world. The time of year being what it is, we have foody things at the top of the list. TT Portobello kicks off this month’s update with news of short courses in vegetable growing and raised bed construction. For all those green fingered people in South London, can you help TT Brixton by training others on their Master Gardener training course? These start mid-June, so get in quick and share your skills! TT Sevenoaks was highlighted in ‘This is Kent’ for its rapid success, and news of its community projects including a seedling swap, advice on raising chickens and bees, as well as plans for a Food Hub information centre. There’s a wonderful Transition City Community Allotment going on in Canterbury: see here for lovely pics and the MOST beautiful pair of wellies!
Here is a guest post from Sophy Banks from Transition Training, recording a recent workshop held just outside Totnes exploring Co-Creating Earth Based Communities.
“The weekend of 14 – 16 May 2010 saw the first joint venture between Transition Network and Process Oriented Psychology, shortened to POP or Process Work, in the form of a weekend workshop on “Co-Creating Earth Based Community”. Thirty two people attended, a mix of people training in Process Work, those from the Transition movement, and several who are involved in both.
Here is a great short film, produced by the Energy Savings Trust, which looks at the work of the North Howe Transition Toun group in Scotland, in particular at their Energy Saving Toolkit. Great stuff….
A while ago, Peter Lipman and myself did an interview with Chris Martenson when he was in Bristol as part of his tour of the UK. We did an extensive and far-ranging interview, which was absolutely fascinating. Unfortunately, the memory card in my recording machine was irreparably damaged shortly thereafter and the interview lost, and so, a couple of weeks ago, we repeated the exercise, this time over the phone. This ‘second-time lucky’ interview covers much of the same ground, and proved to be just as fascinating.
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