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Is Transition all well-attended events and hugely successful projects? Well no. The concept of ‘celebrating failure’ and being honest about what works and doesn’t work is a key part of it, as is sharing those experiences and the learnings from it. Here is an off-beat film from Hay-on-Wye made in that spirit, as our laconic and reflective host walks us through his experiences of trying to make Transition happen where he lives…
Dave Hamilton’s new book ‘Grow your food for free (well almost)’ was published a couple of weeks ago, and is rather wonderful (see this review, for instance). It shows how gardening can be done on the cheap, by recycling materials creatively and making the most of what you have. Organised season-by-season, it is packed with inspired ideas for avoiding the expensive solutions suggested at garden centres and in gardening magazines, and growing great produce on the cheap. It is bright, colourful and fun, but packed with ideas. Thanks to the generosity of those good people at Green Books, we have 5 copies to give away for free in our wildly challenging gardening-themed competition below. Fingers on buzzers, here we go….
Some of the Transition Network team setting up before everyone arrived for last year's conference. We'll be doing the same thing again in about 5 weeks!
Things are shaping up nicely for this year’s Transition Network conference which will take place between July 8th and 11th at Hope University, Liverpool. It’s going to be the best one yet. What I want to do here is to give you your first taster of the kinds of things that will be on offer and what you can expect if you come. Although, like last year, and like last November’s ‘Diverse Routes to Belonging’ conference, we will offer great virtual coverage for those around the world who can’t make it, still nothing beats being there in person. Imagine immersing yourself for 3 days in the latest thinking on Transition, hearing from the most ground-breaking projects, going deeper into what it’s all about, putting faces to names you only know from reading them online, meeting hundreds of other Transitioners from all over, and going home revitalised, refocused and refreshed. That’s what we’re talking about. Here is a taste of some of what is being planned:
The BBC film crew filming the Incredible Edible Totnes group planting food at Steamer Quay....
A few months ago, Paul Clarke of Incredible Edible Todmorden came to Totnes and gave a talk about their work. As a result, Incredible Edible Totnes was suggested and I am delighted to report that its first project is underway. Down at Steamer Quay they have taken over 8 unloved Council planters and filled them with peas, beans, rocket, lettuce, nasturtiums and much more. The food is there for anyone to help themselves to, and indeed I had some rather nice rocket from there the other day. Click here to hear an interview on the new Totnes FM radio station with Joy Hanson, one of the project’s founders. The BBC have been in Totnes for the past week filming for a series called ‘Towns’, which will be broadcast in September, and they filmed some sequences of work underway on the planters (see above). Here are some more pictures of the Steamer Quay planters… more projects are now being planned…
Last year, residents of Sonoma County, California planted over 600 gardens in a single weekend. This year, Transition US and 350.org are helping their idea go national, with the 350 Home and Garden Challenge on May 14th and 15th. Though plenty of gardens are planned, participants will also be transforming homes and landscapes of all kinds—by also insulating homes, installing greywater systems, or planting native, drought-resistant plants—and hosting classes, potlucks, and neighbourhood swaps to build community. What a great initiative… perhaps we should spread it beyond the US next year? Here’s a lovely short film about it…
