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Monthly archive for February 2011
Showing results 16 - 20 of 22 for the month of February, 2011.
8 Feb 2011
Here is the first of two interviews I did recently for the new book, on the subject of the community ownership of assets. The second will be published tomorrow. Today’s is with Sara Neuff of Coin Street Community Builders, an amazing project I have written about here before.
So Sara, why is it important that communities own and run their own assets? Why does it matter?
The first response to that is that it in a sense depends upon the kind of asset and what it is you’re trying to achieve.
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7 Feb 2011
It is often asked, “if a tree falls in a forest and there is no-one there to hear it, does it make a sound?” Likewise, one might ask, “if a Transition initiative sets up a really great project but doesn’t include it in Transition Network’s Projects Directory, does it maximise its impact and replicability?” There are already 114 great projects in the directory, but we know there are lot more projects out there than have yet made it in there. It’s simple, its free, its easy, and there is a step-by-step guide to how to upload projects. In researching the forthcoming new Transition book, it is clear that there are loads of great things happening, so do tell the world about what you are doing, and also have a good rummage around in the Directory, there’s loads of inspiring projects underway….
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7 Feb 2011
Today we begin a new cartoon strip by illustrious cartoonist Marc Roberts, offering a sideways look at Transition. I will be posting two strips every Monday, and two every Friday… hold onto your hats… (still haven’t quite ironed out the scaling of them, but we’re working on it… click on them to see them in their entirety).
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7 Feb 2011
Yesterday’s Observer magazine had a 4 page article about Transition Town Totnes by Lucy Siegle, entitled “Totnes: Britain’s town of the future: Totnes in Devon might be the most forward-thinking eco settlement in the world. As fossil-fuel reserves dwindle and the economy contracts, will resident-led Transition Towns become the way that we all live?”. You can read it in full here.
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7 Feb 2011
From my experience of going to different events which promote the concept of social enterprise, it is clear that the idea that social enterprise can be used as a driver for decarbonisation and economic localisation is a very small but emergent part of the social enterprise ‘scene’. It was therefore timely and fascinating to spend 2 days in Totnes last week exploring, in a collaboration between Transition Network, Local United and Transition Town Totnes, the role social enterprise and entrepreneurship might play in building resilience at the local level.
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