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17 Jan 2008
**8. Do you have a document setting out inspiring achievements, examples of what some towns have done? I am not sure the information on the website is what I have in mind here; maybe need a short overview document that could be given to students in courses like mine.**
Not yet, although some of that will be gathered together in The Transition Handbook when it comes out. We are currently looking to redesign the website so that that kind of information will be easier to access, so that say, the food group in Lewes can learn from the best practices of other Transition food groups around the country.
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16 Jan 2008
**7. What are the problems being encountered? Is there resistance? What groups don’t like what’s happening? Is the corporate world hostile, the supermarkets?**
There may be, but I haven’t encountered any yet. Indeed, I would interpret such a response as being a failure of the process, as it should, from the outset, not be possible to interpret a Transition Initiative as confrontational or threatening. Richard Heinberg has described Transition Initiatives as being “more like a party than a protest march”, and to encounter strong resistance would indicate to me a failure of engagement.
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14 Jan 2008
**The Slow Money Revolution** by Cliona O Conaill. New Consumer magazine.
Money is so inextricably woven into the fabric of our lives that it has become fundamental to our survival in the West. It affects almost everything we do, and yet we actually know very little about it. However, understanding of the nature of money will empower us as consumers. Money is not an actual thing. It is only an agreement between businesses, banks, governments, communities and nations to treat something as though it has value. It is “like a marriage, like a political party, like a business deal”, says Bernard Lietaer, author of nine books on money and finances and an economist for over 25 years who was involved in designing the Euro.
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11 Jan 2008
Good morning. I thought you might be interested to know firstly that on **BBC One’s ‘The One Show’** tonight, Lucy Siegle will be presenting a piece about Transition Town Totnes. She came down before Christmas with a crew and filmed some interviews, as well as going off round town spending Totnes Pounds. It’ll be interesting to see how the piece turns out. BBC One. 7pm.
**UPDATE** Apparently, despite it being trailed on the website, *(Lucy Siegle is in the green haven that is Totnes in Devon, to find out about locals’ latest eco-mission – to cut down their reliance on oil)* the piece about Totnes wasn’t actually shown tonight. I’ll investigate on Monday and update you.
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8 Jan 2008
**7. How conscious are participants of the crucial need for frugality, that a sustainable and just world cannot have affluent lifestyles, that sufficiency must be the concern…and that living frugally and self-sufficiently can be highly satisfying? I think this is the most difficult problem here; there is no sign whatsoever that the squandering affluent way needs to be questioned. Maybe the best way to make a difference is to begin with the reality of peak oil, and soon people will realise that the affluence will go with the oil??**
Indeed. I think peak oil is a very powerful tool for putting a mirror up to communities to ask, “where has the resilience in this community gone?”, and for focusing the mind on how vulnerable we have become. It is my experience that there is little mileage in telling people that they will need to live more frugally, but that what is much more powerful is to take people through a thinking process where they arrive at that conclusion themselves, which is one of the key aspects of what Transition Intiatives do.
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**8. Do you have a document setting out inspiring achievements, examples of what some towns have done? I am not sure the information on the website is what I have in mind here; maybe need a short overview document that could be given to students in courses like mine.**
