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Archive for “Great Reskilling” category

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11 Oct 2011

A short film from Kilburn tube station: ‘Underground Tomatoes’

I’m just getting ready for tomorrow’s London book launch at Food from the Sky, hope to see you there.  One of my favourite stories in The Transition Companion is that of Transition Kensal to Kilburn planting a ‘community allotment’ on the platform of Kilburn underground station.  Here’s a great short film, ‘Underground Tomatoes’, by Jonathan Goldberg about the project … I love this.

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Categories: Community Involvement, Culture, Education for Sustainability, Food, Great Reskilling, Localisation, Storytelling, Transition Initiatives


11 Oct 2011

A new film about Transition in Scotland

Here is a great new film from Transition Scotland that was designed as something new initiatives could show that would give a sense of where Transition has got to in Scotland.  And rather good it is too…

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10 Oct 2011

A Story of Transition in 10 Objects: Number 5. Some mini-Draughtbusters

This is a big week for ‘The Transition Companion’.  This is the week that pre-ordered copies will be mailed out (Wednesday), the London book launch will be held on the roof of Food from the Sky in Crouch End (also Wednesday), and that we will be holding a Twitter launch (Thursday).  The Twitter thing will run from 2.30-5.30pm, and will be an opportunity to ask questions about the book, request signings, discuss points in it, or whatever you like!  The hashtag will be #ttcomp, and all are welcome (@robintransition).  Here is this week’s Transition object film, a rather lovely one about Transition Belsize and their Draughtbusters project.

https://vimeo.com/30004830

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5 Oct 2011

A September Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition

The Green Valley Grocer in Slaithwaite.

From West Yorkshire here’s an exciting story to start with.  At the Colne Valley Local Food Festival, Marsden & Slaithwaite TT have joined forces with other local groups (Handmade Bakery, Edibles and Green Valley Grocer) to form a Declaration of Independence from the global network of food!  Go Colne Valley!  Here’s a short film about the Green Valley Grocer:

Part of this process has been developing a Colne-U-Copia brand for locally produced food.  A bold initiative we’ll keep an eye on in future round-ups.

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4 Oct 2011

A Story of Transition in 10 Objects: Number 4. An egg.

Today’s object, which tells another story from ‘The Transition Companion’, (which has its Totnes launch tonight!), is an egg from Forres in Scotland.

https://vimeo.com/29877046

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Categories: Community Involvement, Food, Great Reskilling, Localisation, Storytelling, The Transition Companion, Transition Initiatives