You’ll remember Lee from the last Transition round-up, the young man in Prince Rupert in Canada who spoke out at a hearing about a proposed pipeline, and who is also active in founding Transition Prince Rupert. I recently interviewed him, and the content of that will emerge in a three separate pieces over the next few days. Originally it was to be part of the March podcast, but it was so interesting, that they will replace this month’s podcast. To start with though, here are his thoughts when I asked him how he thought Transition initiatives might best engage more young people (Lee is 26).
A few weeks ago I travelled to Brockwood Park, a very progressive school in Hampshire, to give a talk about Transition. It was the first talk I have given that included clips from ‘In Transition 2.0′, which went down very well. I had a great time there, thanks to everyone who made it such an enjoyable visit. A few days after I went, they held their first Open Space to explore what becoming a Transition school would entail.
Here’s a great short film about ‘A Little Patch of Ground’, a wonderful project run by Encounters Arts in Hackney, London and in Dartington, Devon. A very heartwarming way to spend 8 minutes on a Wednesday morning.
I wrote a while ago about a whistle-stop tour I did of Belgium and the Netherlands a few months ago. Transition Towns Nederland have just posted the film of the first talk I gave there, entitled ‘Where Transition comes from and where it’s going…’ which focused in particular on how Transition groups are working with local councils. After I tweeted yesterday that it was now online, a few people asked me for the slides that accompany it, so here they are.
I seem to have done rather a lot of talks in schools recently. I did one last week which included showing clips from the film ‘In Transition 2.0’ and talking about all kinds of stories from Transition initiatives around the world. It was also the first one I have done yet where no-one was texting at the back of the room, which was a nice change (might one assured way to raise educational standards in schools be to make sure none of them have a mobile phone signal? Bit radical.) One of the questions I was asked was about how Transition got started, a question I am asked with alarming regularity still). It got me thinking about the whole question of getting things started.
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You’ll remember Lee from the last Transition round-up, the young man in Prince Rupert in Canada who spoke out at a hearing about a proposed pipeline, and who is also active in founding Transition Prince Rupert. I recently interviewed him, and the content of that will emerge in a three separate pieces over the next few days. Originally it was to be part of the March podcast, but it was so interesting, that they will replace this month’s podcast. To start with though, here are his thoughts when I asked him how he thought Transition initiatives might best engage more young people (Lee is 26).
