Some of the articles about Transition Initiatives in the news media.
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The Times (UK) November 17, 2008
Transition: gearing up for the great power-down
Climate change is upon us and the oil is running out. Is mankind’s darkest hour really approaching? If so, a growing army of local heroes is determined to turn it into our finest.
Lewes Pound – sparkler or damp squib?
The town best-known for its over-the-top bonfire night celebrations made another bang when it launched its own currency
‘The Archers’ brings the idea of a self-sufficient community to the fore
As ‘The Archers’ brings to the fore the idea of a self-sufficient community, Rowena Mason asks whether this new movement is the product of panic or a common-sense solution.
A CHEPSTOW community action group which is trying to make the town more sustainable in the battle against climate change is celebrating the success of its first year.
Transition Chepstow will celebrate its first year with a presentation by the founder of the Transition movement, Rob Hopkins, at the Drill Hall in Chepstow on Wednesday, February 25.
Why we forgot how to grow food
The Sunday Times April 19, 2009
An article by old friend of Transition and Transition Belsize activist John Paul Flintoff. It is described as a rip-roaring stomp through John-Paul’s allotment, cycling round Brixton with Duncan Law looking for windfalls, and getting his neighbours gardening, it somehow captures the spirit of Transition. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/real_food/article6098277.ece
The Times (UK) November 17, 2008
Transition: gearing up for the great power-down
Climate change is upon us and the oil is running out. Is mankind’s darkest hour really approaching? If so, a growing army of local heroes is determined to turn it into our finest.
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article5158241.ece
By: Mike Grenville on 17 November 2008
at 12:53 pm
The Christian Science Monitor – September 11, 2008
Communities plan for a low-energy future
‘Transition initiatives,’ begun in Britain, aim to empower people to tackle effects of climate change and decline of oil.
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/09/11/communities-plan-for-a-low-energy-future/
By: Mike Grenville on 17 November 2008
at 4:35 pm
The Guardian, Saturday November 1 2008
Lewes Pound – sparkler or damp squib?
The town best-known for its over-the-top bonfire night celebrations made another bang when it launched its own currency
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/nov/01/consumeraffairs-communities
By: Mike Grenville on 17 November 2008
at 4:44 pm
Daily Telegraph – 30 Jun 2008
‘The Archers’ brings the idea of a self-sufficient community to the fore
As ‘The Archers’ brings to the fore the idea of a self-sufficient community, Rowena Mason asks whether this new movement is the product of panic or a common-sense solution.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/3345766/'The-Archers'-brings-the-idea-of-a-self-sufficient-community-to-the-fore.html
By: Mike Grenville on 17 November 2008
at 4:47 pm
Great to see a mainstream news programme giving out the dates of upcoming Transition group meetings is quite something!!
In Boulder Colorado CBS4′s Molly Hughes spent the day with the co-initiator of Transition Boulder.
Little Steps Add Up With Transition Movement
http://cbs4denver.com/local/transition.Danyi.colorado.2.870903.html
Transition Colorado
http://transitioncolorado.ning.com.
By: Mike Grenville on 18 January 2009
at 11:46 am
Chepstow making transition to green town
A CHEPSTOW community action group which is trying to make the town more sustainable in the battle against climate change is celebrating the success of its first year.
Transition Chepstow will celebrate its first year with a presentation by the founder of the Transition movement, Rob Hopkins, at the Drill Hall in Chepstow on Wednesday, February 25.
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/gwentnews/4075529.Chepstow_making_transition_to_green_town/
By: Mike Grenville on 26 January 2009
at 3:49 pm
New York Times Magazine: Green Issue April 19, 2009
The End Is Near! (Yay!) by Jon Mooallem
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/magazine/19town-t.html?_r=4&ref=magazine
Elle magazine May 1, 2009
Do Worry Be Happy by Lisa Chase,
Looks at the psychology of Transition, and is a piece based on the journalist’s immersing herself in Transition.
http://www.elle.com/Beauty/Health-Fitness/Do-Worry.-Be-Happy
Common Ground magazine April 2009
Life After Oil
http://commongroundmag.com/2009/04/lifeafteroil0904.html
Why we forgot how to grow food
The Sunday Times April 19, 2009
An article by old friend of Transition and Transition Belsize activist John Paul Flintoff. It is described as a rip-roaring stomp through John-Paul’s allotment, cycling round Brixton with Duncan Law looking for windfalls, and getting his neighbours gardening, it somehow captures the spirit of Transition.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/real_food/article6098277.ece
By: Mike Grenville on 28 April 2009
at 11:40 am
Transition Kirkbymoorside make the news
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/northyorks/4283115.Town_celebrates_as_it_gets_greener/
and
http://www.maltonmercury.co.uk/news/Special-event-for-39transition-town39.5169154.jp
The Lewes Pounds goes for expansion
http://www.24dash.com/news/Local_Government/2009-04-27-Lewes-to-extend-currency-scheme-to-boost-economic-resilience
Town Councillor Philip Vial gets ready for the first meeting of Transition Shipston-on-Stour
http://philipvial.mycouncillor.org.uk/2009/04/18/transition-town-public-meeting-29th-april/
Transition Town Tooting have an exciting encounter over supper
http://transitiontowntooting.blogspot.com/2009/04/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.html
Kamil from Transition Westcliffe-on-Sea turns his hand to greening the hospital where he works
http://www.flickr.com/photos/transitionwestcliff/3428693379/sizes/o/in/set-72157613181697431/
Great little film from Transition Westcliffe
In depth piece about Transition Boulder
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2009/apr/10/transition-movement-boulder-sustainable-lives/
The first meeting of Transition Brockley (London)
http://brockleycentral.blogspot.com/2009/04/transition-town-brockley-meeting.html
Transition Town Middleton (Ireland) look forward to 2030
http://middletowneyenews.blogspot.com/2009/04/what.html
The first East Anglia Transition gathering
http://transitionnetworknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/east-anglian-groups-meet-up/
If I’m ever in Inishowen (sounds like the first line of a song), looks like I won’t be short of an invite to supper…
http://inishindie.blogspot.com/2009/04/5-minutes-with-bev-doherty.html
Transition Sebastopol start mapping
http://socolife.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/transition-sebastopol-mapping-the-community/
Transition Town Farnham go official!!
http://transitionfarnham.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/its-official/
A big piece on Transition from one of Brazil’s biggest daily papers (for Portugese readers only…)
http://diariodonordeste.globo.com/materia.asp?codigo=633119
Hay on Wye Transition Town get active on waste
By: Mike Grenville on 1 May 2009
at 10:29 am
The Transition Initiative: Changing the scale of change
by Jay Griffiths
Published in the July/August 2009 issue of Orion magazine
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/4792
By: Mike Grenville on 23 July 2009
at 11:40 am
Life or Death Decision
While peak-oil activists foment panic, the ‘Transition’ movement sees a graceful evolution back to the Stone Age
http://www.metroactive.com/metro/06.24.09/cover-0925.html
By: Mike Grenville on 23 July 2009
at 11:40 am
Norriture, energie: ces villes en quete d’autosufficance
A TV report by TF1 about Transition and Lewes in particular
http://videos.tf1.fr/jt-20h/nourriture-energie-ces-villes-en-quete-d-autosuffisance-4996794.html
By: Mike Grenville on 10 November 2009
at 10:52 am