Comments on: Tantalising Glimpses of Resilience: the Introduction to “The Transition Handbook”. http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/ An Evolving Exploration into the Head, Heart and Hands of Energy Descent Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:02:45 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: A bit of history… « Transition Town Westcliff’s Weblog http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-56138 A bit of history… « Transition Town Westcliff’s Weblog Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:23:35 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/#comment-56138 <p>[...] movement across the country as more and more communities began to consider how they might develop resilence and be able to thrive in a post peak oil/climate change future. So we thought ‘wouldn’t [...]</p> [...] movement across the country as more and more communities began to consider how they might develop resilence and be able to thrive in a post peak oil/climate change future. So we thought ‘wouldn’t [...]

]]> By: Ann http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-55825 Ann Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:01:38 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/#comment-55825 <p>Right - we can all live through global warming - probably the only really resilient life form are cockroaches. Dream on.</p> Right – we can all live through global warming – probably the only really resilient life form are cockroaches. Dream on.

]]> By: Tantalizing Glimpes of Resilience… « wild resiliency blog! http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-55740 Tantalizing Glimpes of Resilience… « wild resiliency blog! Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:08:43 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/#comment-55740 <p>[...] Tantalizing Glimpses of Resilience: The Introduction to “The Transition Handbook” is a title post at the blog, Transitionculture.org: An Evolving Exploration into the Head, Heart and Hands of Energy Descent. [...]</p> [...] Tantalizing Glimpses of Resilience: The Introduction to “The Transition Handbook” is a title post at the blog, Transitionculture.org: An Evolving Exploration into the Head, Heart and Hands of Energy Descent. [...]

]]> By: Tom Atkins http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-55569 Tom Atkins Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:32:50 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/#comment-55569 <p>Ooh! Just discovered that most of <a href="http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0203cat/020301wrench/02030100frame.html" rel="nofollow">'The Wheel of Health' is available free online here...</a>. Enjoy!</p> Ooh! Just discovered that most of ‘The Wheel of Health’ is available free online here…. Enjoy!

]]> By: Tom Atkins http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-55568 Tom Atkins Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:30:24 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/#comment-55568 <p>While we eagerly await Rob's book, I can highly recommend 'The Wheel of Health' by T G Wrench. It's a study of why the Hunza are so healthy - written in 1938 (70 years ago!) and recently republished. It was, along with 'Ancient Futures', one of the books I read as teenager that changed my life and committed me to organic growing and sustainability. Highly recommended and years ahead of it's time.</p> While we eagerly await Rob’s book, I can highly recommend ‘The Wheel of Health’ by T G Wrench. It’s a study of why the Hunza are so healthy – written in 1938 (70 years ago!) and recently republished. It was, along with ‘Ancient Futures’, one of the books I read as teenager that changed my life and committed me to organic growing and sustainability. Highly recommended and years ahead of it’s time.

]]> By: ROG http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-55539 ROG Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:24:22 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/#comment-55539 <p>I will be ordering this book. In the meantime (not very long now!) a seriously good primer on resilience is 'Resilience Thinking' by Brian Walker and David Salt. ISBN: 1597260932</p> I will be ordering this book. In the meantime (not very long now!) a seriously good primer on resilience is ‘Resilience Thinking’ by Brian Walker and David Salt. ISBN: 1597260932

]]> By: Stephen Watson http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-55511 Stephen Watson Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:18:06 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/#comment-55511 <p>I've got to zoom off to a hub meeting of Transition Brighton & Hove, but I type with tears in my eyes too before I leave. Thanks to you Rob for so obviously putting your heart and your soul into your book - no simple matter when you've been as busy as you have. The way you have written here is what will probably have TB&H giving away copies or just arranging readings to inspire - who knows.</p> <p>I would like to say more, and more eloquently to do your words justice, but 'time is fleeting'. This page is a gift of the heart.</p> I’ve got to zoom off to a hub meeting of Transition Brighton & Hove, but I type with tears in my eyes too before I leave. Thanks to you Rob for so obviously putting your heart and your soul into your book – no simple matter when you’ve been as busy as you have. The way you have written here is what will probably have TB&H giving away copies or just arranging readings to inspire – who knows.

I would like to say more, and more eloquently to do your words justice, but ‘time is fleeting’. This page is a gift of the heart.

]]> By: Ben Brangwyn http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-55486 Ben Brangwyn Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:39:33 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/#comment-55486 <p>This is the first of your posts that actually moved me to tears.</p> <p>I can't tell if it's grief for what's being lost in Hunza, or for the sense of importance of the work you're undertaking.</p> <p>Or maybe there's a grief that's really deep, referred to by Alistair MacIntocsh in Soil and Soul, a grief that most people in England aren't aware they're carrying - the hidden wound of having had the landbase ripped away from them all those years back, the first theft of the commons.</p> <p>And there's also a remembering for me... and that's got a huge emotional charge. I think it's similar to what's behind the look in the eyes of people as I talk about transition, particularly about unleashing the genius of the local community. The mere notion that there is a collective genius in the community, let alone that it can be unleashed, triggers a remembering somewhere deep in most of the people.</p> <p>It's a privilege to witness these moments.</p> <p>Ben.</p> This is the first of your posts that actually moved me to tears.

I can’t tell if it’s grief for what’s being lost in Hunza, or for the sense of importance of the work you’re undertaking.

Or maybe there’s a grief that’s really deep, referred to by Alistair MacIntocsh in Soil and Soul, a grief that most people in England aren’t aware they’re carrying – the hidden wound of having had the landbase ripped away from them all those years back, the first theft of the commons.

And there’s also a remembering for me… and that’s got a huge emotional charge. I think it’s similar to what’s behind the look in the eyes of people as I talk about transition, particularly about unleashing the genius of the local community. The mere notion that there is a collective genius in the community, let alone that it can be unleashed, triggers a remembering somewhere deep in most of the people.

It’s a privilege to witness these moments.

Ben.

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