Transition Culture

10 May 2007

Inaugural Transition Network conference – 31st May 2007.

**Inaugural Transition Network conference with Richard Heinberg and Rob Hopkins – May 31st.**

We’re setting up a Transition Network conference for 31st May 2007 in Nailsworth, near Stroud, Gloucestershire, at [Ruskin Mill]((www.rmet.co.uk/rmc/rmc_menu1.htm). The purpose of the event is to add momentum to existing Transition Towns (and cities/districts/villages), increase the connections between them. We’re also hoping to be able to encourage others to embark on their own voyage of self-determined energy descent.

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8 May 2007

Transition Towns – Local Responses to Peak Oil and Climate Change. An Interview: Part 2.

**Retrofitting Suburbia**

EON: David Holmgren, the co-originator with Bill Mollison of Permaculture, doesn’t agree that peak oil spells the ‘end of suburbia.’ He envisions using all that lawn space to grow food. Do you agree with catastrophic expectations for suburbia?

RH: Well, I think although “The End of Suburbia

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7 May 2007

Transition Towns – Local Responses to Peak Oil and Climate Change. An Interview: Part 1.

A month or so ago,
Mary Beth Brangan and James Heddle of the Ecological Options Network visited Totnes to do an interview with me about Transition Towns. We also wandered around Totnes in the rain (anyone remember rain?) and filmed bits in different places for a film they were making. Anyway, my memory of the interview we did was that it was quite brief, but they just sent me the transcript of it and it goes on and on! Here it is, it covers a lot of ground, and gives quite a nice overview of the Transition Towns idea and much else besides. Many thanks to Mary Beth and James for allowing me to reproduce it here.

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26 Apr 2007

Lewes Now Officially Unleashed!

On Tuesday night Transition Town Lewes held their Official Unleashing at Lewes Town Hall. Only the third town to organise an Unleashing, Lewes put on a wonderful event, one which will have been very memorable for all those involved. Over 400 people packed into the Town Hall to hear

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24 Apr 2007

Off to Lewes….

There will be no post here tomorrow morning as I am off to Lewes on the 9.50 train for the **Official Unleashing of Transition Town Lewes** this evening. Lewes is the second town outside of Totnes to hold an Unleashing. The event is a celebration of the great work that they have done so far, and of the momentum behind their future work. Like the other Unleashings, it is designed to be the evening people will look back to as the point where it all began. I will be speaking, as will Dr. Chris Johnstone (who also spoke at TTT’s Unleashing) and TT Lewes’ Adrienne Campbell. It will be at Lewes Town Hall this evening at 8pm. See you there!

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