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Monthly archive for May 2012

Showing results 16 - 17 of 17 for the month of May, 2012.

1 May 2012

My TEDxExeter talk: ‘My town in Transition’

A couple of weeks ago I spoke at TedxExeter, a fantastic occasion with many great speakers (have a look at their website as more and more of the films from the day go online).  I spoke for the first time in detail about Totnes as a case study, and what, after 6 years, we can draw from the experience of Transition Town Totnes.  I hope you enjoy it.

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Categories: Climate Change, Community Involvement, Economics, Education for Sustainability, Energy Descent Planning, Local Currencies, Localisation, Peak Oil, Resilience, Social enterprise, Storytelling, TED Talks, Transition Initiatives, Trees and Woodlands

1 May 2012

Reflections on the first Spanish Transition conference

A couple of weeks ago, 150 people from across Spain gathered in Zarzalejo for the country’s first Transition gathering.  By all accounts it was an extraordinary event.  This post draws together various accounts of the event, and photos from it (a film is soon to follow), but we start with a short interview with Emilio Mula who attended the event.  How was it?  Who came? How is the emergence of Transition in Spain looking?  How did he leave the event feeling?

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Categories: 'In Transition' 2.0., Community Involvement, Education for Sustainability, General, Transition Initiatives