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Monthly archive for February 2011

Showing results 6 - 10 of 22 for the month of February, 2011.


18 Feb 2011

A second review of ‘Localisation and Resilience’

Here’s another review of ‘Localisation and Resilience’, this time from the latest edition of Permaculture Magazine:

It’s nearly three years since I received a copy of The Transition Handbook and was inspired to become involved in the movement. Much has happened since then both in terms of the way Transition has developed and in the wider world of global economics and environmental concerns. So it was with great interest that I read Rob Hopkins’ PhD thesis (progenitor of the Transition model). 

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Categories: Book Reviews, Localisation, Research on Transition, Resilience


18 Feb 2011

The Intergalactic Health and Safety Inspectorate 4

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Categories: Gort & Klaatu cartoons


16 Feb 2011

Energy Cities report explores Transition in Kinsale

Here’s something you might find to be a useful resource. It is a study produced by Energy Cities called “Governance and Vision: Visions of Cities towards a low-energy future”. It contains a very good section on Transition in Kinsale (although they perhaps didn’t get that Kinsale is a town, not a city…). It contains several other interesting case studies, and is available to browse online in that format where the pages actually turn over before your very eyes, as well as making the sound of a turning page, a format that I still find amazing and am quite awed by.

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Categories: Climate Change, Community Involvement, Energy Descent Planning, Localisation, Peak Oil, Research on Transition, Resilience, Transition Initiatives


15 Feb 2011

Steve Bell on the Big Society

This did cause a great deal of amusement this morning….

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14 Feb 2011

The Intergalactic Health and Safety Inspectorate 3

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Categories: Gort & Klaatu cartoons