Many people involved in Transition have been inspired by the work of Joanna Macy, and also of Chris Johnstone. The two recently collaborated on a new book called “Active Hope: how to face the mess we’re in without going crazy”. In a couple of weeks I will be doing an interview with the two of them, and I want to offer you the opportunity to ask the questions you have always wanted to ask the two of them. Please send any questions you might have to me at rob (at) transitionculture.org. Get your thinking caps on! Thanks.
I am really pleased today to be able to share with you some of the key outputs from Transition Streets, which I have written about here before. Let’s start, for people who are new to the concept, with this short video which beautifully captures how Transition Streets worked in Totnes:
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 was reminded by this recent piece by Dr Chris Johnstone over at ClimateCodeRed of the meeting that he and I held in June 2006 with Dr Stephen Rollnick. This was back when I was researching the Transition Handbook, and we met for a day to discuss how insights from the psychology of health behaviour change might be helpful when tackling environmental issues like climate change and peak oil. It was fascinating, and I realised as I read Chris’ article that I had never posted the transcript of that conversation here yet. So here it is, slightly dated, but hopefully containing some insights you will find useful (it’s quite long!). My thanks to Chris and Stephen for a fascinating day (nearly 6 years ago!).
Last week, on a rather soggy, windswept London evening, members of Transitions Belsize, Bethnal Green, Brentford, Brixton, Crouch End, Crystal Palace, Finsbury Park, Hackney, Highbury, Kensal to Kilburn, Kentish Town, Lewisham, Peckham, Stoke Newington, Tooting, Tufnell Park, Walthamstow, Wandsworth, Wanstead, Westcombe, Willesden and Wimbledon (and probably a few more besides), as well as members of the public, gathered at the GLA building in London, to help celebrate Transition in London, and the launch of ‘The Transition Companion’.
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Many people involved in Transition have been inspired by the work of Joanna Macy, and also of Chris Johnstone. The two recently collaborated on a new book called “Active Hope: how to face the mess we’re in without going crazy”. In a couple of weeks I will be doing an interview with the two of them, and I want to offer you the opportunity to ask the questions you have always wanted to ask the two of them. Please send any questions you might have to me at rob (at) transitionculture.org. Get your thinking caps on! Thanks.
