Transition Culture

7 Nov 2007

Transition Bristol: The Big Event.

Possibly the biggest peak oil/climate change/Transition event yet to take place in the UK happens in Bristol in a couple of weeks. Transition Bristol’s **Big Event** brings together some amazing speakers for a busy day of talks, workshops and films all exploring the concept of Transition in the urban context. Speakers will include Richard Heinberg, David Strahan, Jeremy Leggett and Dr. Chris Johnstone. Transition Bristol began about a year ago, and this will be their highest profile event yet, and is a day not to be missed. Their press release goes as follows

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5 Nov 2007

Transition Initiatives in the Latest Ecologist Magazine.

This month’s Ecologist magazine is one of the best editions yet. It contains a superb piece called ‘Power On’ which offers a refreshingly frank assessment of the UK’s energy situation in the light of peak oil and climate change which is essential reading (I’ll link to it when an online version becomes available). It also has a long piece about Transition Initiatives which presents the whole approach in a very positive way. The Ecologist have kindly given us permission to reproduce this article below;

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2 Nov 2007

A Young Farmer Reflects on Transition Initiatives, Peak Oil and the Prince of Wales’ Food and Farming Summer School.

I wrote a while ago about the Prince of Wales’ Food and Farming Summer School which I taught on during the summer. It was a fascinating event, bringing together a wide range of people to explore the question “what is sustainable food?” The National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs sent two members along for the event, and it was interesting to read recently an article about the Summer School by Gloucestershire dairy farmer and YFC member Rob Harrison, in which he reflects on the impact the event, and in particular the session on peak oil and Transition Initiatives had on him.

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31 Oct 2007

Zero Carbon Britain: Paul Allen and Tim Helwig-Larsen in Totnes tonight.

(**This is the press release for tonight’s event in Totnes.**)

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was won by Al Gore for his work on climate change, a compelling example of how rapidly the issue has gone mainstream. Around the world, scientists, policy makers and business leaders are grappling with the climate challenge, namely, how can we reduce our emissions of carbon in as short a time as possible? Earlier this year, the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Wales, Europe’s leading eco-centre, published ‘Zero Carbon Britain’, its bold plan for reducing the country’s emissions to zero within 20 years.

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31 Oct 2007

Monty Don on Peak Oil and Gardening.

Monty Don is the presenter of BBC’s ‘Gardeners World’ programme, as well as a prolific writer on organic gardening, including the book ‘The Complete Gardener’. Recently he heard the talk I gave at the Prince of Wales’ Food and Farming Summer School, and was quite moved by it. The result, once the mental dust had settled, is the following article, which is an edited version of one that appears in this month’s Gardeners World magazine.

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