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Monthly archive for July 2011

Showing results 1 - 5 of 22 for the month of July, 2011.


29 Jul 2011

Signing off for the summer…

As is traditional, I am now putting Transition Culture in its little box for the month of August, while I try to head for Cornish beaches with the kids, with my working manuscript of ‘The Transition Companion’ under my arm and a red pen (we’re unfortunately nowhere near finished yet).  Just in time, no doubt, for the wettest August on record.  There will be no posts here until the end of the month. Have a great month.  My holiday reading is Matt Ridley’s ‘The Rational Optimist’… always good to not just read books by people you agree with!

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28 Jul 2011

The Oil Game

Tom Harper is a young guy who is involved with Transition Norwich, and who, inspired by some of the early games that were developed for the Transition Tales work done with school students in Totnes, has developed his own versions, and made this short film.  He is happy to come and run the game in schools elsewhere too.

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27 Jul 2011

A July Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition

Let’s start with Transition Town Kingston in Surrey who ventured out  on bikes and skateboards to celebrate a Zero Carbon day which included a fossil- fuel free time trial. Here is their report of the event, here’s a report from the local paper, and here’s a video about what they got up to:

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25 Jul 2011

‘Totnes: what the past can teach us about the future’: a new film

I have had the great pleasure over the past few months to work with Susana Martinez and Emilio Mula to create a new short film about oral history and Transition.  It emerged from the oral histories we did in preparing the Totnes EDAP, interviewing some of those people in more depth.  The resultant film, premiered on Thursday night in Totnes, is one I very much hope you enjoy.

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22 Jul 2011

What Transition Houston are up to

Let’s end the week with a short film.  Here’s a great film about Transition Houston in the US… have a good weekend…

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