Feeling confident in speaking about Transition to audiences, or ensuring that as many people as possible in your initiatives can do it, will be key to your success. It will be a vital element your AWARENESS RAISING process and to ENGAGING THE COUNCIL. As interest in your initiative grows, having confident speakers will also be a key element of COMMUNICATING WITH THE MEDIA . If your initiative delivers TRANSITION TRAINING, good presentation skills will also be key to this.
Transition-wise things seem to be moving along very swiftly in France, so here are a few of the more recent developments we want to share with you. The “In Transition 1.0” film is now available on Vimeo with embedded subtitles, thanks so much to Paul for helping us out with this. Also, more fantastic news is that Rob’s Transition Handbook has now been translated into French and published by Ecosocieté, so we hope this will inspire even more Transition initiatives to take off in France.
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil (or APPGOPO as it is known to its friends), is holding a event on Tuesday 9th November (6.30-8pm) called ‘The Transition Movement & Government’, which will consider how the government can best assist the Transition movement in its work. It will be addressed by Peter Lipman, Chair of Transition Network, and by Fiona Ward of Transition Consulting. You can book to attend here. They would love to hear from initiatives with their suggestions for what MP’s and/or government could do to support transition? Any thoughts?
Many people’s experience of engaging with local Councils is an intensely frustrating one. Yet in your book you argue that not only should Transitioners engage, but should also put themselves forward for office. Why?
Yes, it can be endlessly frustrating. I often use the analogy of trying to turn a tanker. Or the Titanic! But a local authority can make a huge difference. When I think how much we managed to change in Camden during 2006-10 and how much good practice I’ve seen at councils around the country and abroad – frankly it’s amazing. So frustrating yes but worth it if you persevere.
Hot on the heels of the talk by Tim Jackson that I posted here yesterday, here is a film of a recent event that was run in Totnes, which featured Tim, as well as Ed Mayo and TTT’s Naresh Giangrande. My thanks to the good people at nuproject for doing this…
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The All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil (or APPGOPO as it is known to its friends), is holding a event on Tuesday 9th November (6.30-8pm) called
To celebrate the launch of Alexis Rowell’s book
