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Archive for “Storytelling” category

Showing results 151 - 155 of 219 for the category: Storytelling.


24 Jun 2011

Resilience, community and earthquakes

Lovely little film from New Zealand about the recent earthquake, community and resilience.  A powerful reposte to those who argue that in difficult times people become more selfish and turn on each other.  Beautiful.

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22 Jun 2011

Why localisation is a key part of the answer. An article from today’s Guardian online…

Transition Network empowers local groups to promote sustainable issues by Rob Hopkins (appeared today in the Guardian’s online Sustainable Business section).

Last week it emerged that the Department of Energy and Climate Change, whose official position remains that “we do not have any contingency plans specific to a peak in oil production”, was actually stating in internal documents released under the Freedom of Information Act that “it is not possible to predict with any accuracy exactly when or why oil production will peak”.

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22 Jun 2011

New film: ‘Growing Food Locally’

Transition Forest Row recently produced an excellent 20 minute film called ‘Growing food locally’ which looked at local food initiatives in the area.  It focuses on the impact of rising oil prices on food, the community supported agriculture model, allotments, garden share, schools and veg boxes.  You can buy copies of the DVD for £5 plus p&p here.

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Categories: Climate Change, Community Involvement, Culture, Education for Sustainability, Energy, Food, Localisation, Peak Oil, Resilience, Storytelling, Transition Initiatives


16 Jun 2011

Transition as Cookery: my presentation at the 2011 Tagore Festival

A couple of months ago I did a talk at the Tagore Festival at Dartington which eschewed Powerpoint and used objects sent in by Transition groups to tell the story of how Transition unfolds.  I really enjoyed it.  Here it is:

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9 Jun 2011

French Connection: a report on the acceleration of Transition in France

Here’s a guest blog from Naresh Giangrande on his recent trip to France.

Snow capped mountains and broad fertile valleys, welcome to Trieves; a region of France in the foothills of the Alps above Provence, and the host for the first major French gathering of Transition Initiatives. You won’t find Trieves on any map, and even Google seems not to know of its existence, however there is a strong local identity centred around ecological awareness, and it come as no surprise that it is the host of this, France’s first Transition conference. It is place of small holdings and many young people returning to the land.

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