30 Sep 2010
Presenting: Transition Streets…
Here is a short promotional film made about Transition Streets (premiered at the recent Energy Fair), telling the stories of some of those who have got involved…
An Evolving Exploration into the Head, Heart and Hands of Energy Descent
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28 Sep 2010
A Discussion about ‘Ways of Knowing’ in Transition …
Here’s a fascinating (albeit rather lengthy… make yourself a nice cup of tea and sit down to read this with that apple cake you just made), account of a discussion a few people involved in Transition Network held recently to discuss the balance between inner and outer work, and the validity of different ways of knowing. It is offered here in the hope that it stimulates some in depth and insightful comments (I’m sure it will….). The meeting was attended by Sophy Banks, Ben Brangwyn, Naresh Giangrande, Rob Hopkins, Peter Lipman, Hilary Prentice and Fiona Ward, and set out to explore the following four questions:
27 Sep 2010
Throwing Some Light on the Patterns….
My years as a teacher taught me that if one person asks a question, even if they think they are “missing something obvious”, chances are that many others are wondering the same thing. This is probably an opportune moment in the rolling out of this patterns approach to stop and take stock as to whether everyone is still with me here! This was triggered by an email I received yesterday from Kate Clark:
23 Sep 2010
Bring Me The Woodburning Stove of Alfredo Garcia….
As someone who was just weeks away from installing a woodstove into my house, I was fascinated, as well as somewhat horrified, to read an excellent paper by Nick Grant and Alan Clarke called ‘Biomass – a burning issue’, published by the Association of Environment Conscious Builders (AECB). Their arguments are convincing. They open with a quote from David Olivier, who writes that “biomass boilers are an expensive way to make climate change worse and reverse over a century of public health improvements”. Strong words. The writers, both of whom heat their homes using wood, set out to investigate whether Olivier was right, rather, I sense, hoping he wasn’t. “It would have been much easier not to write this”, they state, but on balance, I am deeply grateful that they did, as it is a fascinating and very important piece of work.
21 Sep 2010
The Hale Local Food Market: a short film
Here’s a great short film about the Hale Local Food Market, started by the Hale & Redlynch Transition Group (part of New Forest Transition), lead by Richard & Paula Downard. The market takes place on the third Saturday of every month. I love these little films of Transition on the ground…
