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Transition Forest Row recently produced an excellent 20 minute film called ‘Growing food locally’ which looked at local food initiatives in the area. It focuses on the impact of rising oil prices on food, the community supported agriculture model, allotments, garden share, schools and veg boxes. You can buy copies of the DVD for £5 plus p&p here.
Transition Willesden meeting - (l to r) Viv Stein, Chris Wells and Cllr Ann Hunter.jpg
Here is a guest blog from Alexis Rowell in London on recent developments in northwest London.
Two new Transition Initiatives started up on a wave of enthusiasm and energy this month in northwest London – Transition West Hampstead and Transition Willesden (see pic above). Fifty people, including all three local councillors, attended a screening of that Transition favourite “A Farm for the Future” in a West Hampstead church in the London borough of Camden. They then listened to speakers from neighbouring Transition Initiatives Belsize and Kensal to Kilburn and broke out into Energy, Food, Transport and Wellbeing sessions. The evening ended with nettle pesto and lashings of elderflower cordial (provided by Transition Kensal to Kilburn), and the setting of a date for a first Initiating Group meeting.
A couple of months ago I did a talk at the Tagore Festival at Dartington which eschewed Powerpoint and used objects sent in by Transition groups to tell the story of how Transition unfolds. I really enjoyed it. Here it is:
I wrote the other week about a debate I had been on on ABC Radio in Australia with writer, artist and psychotherapist Dr Chris James about Transition. The discussion was chaired by host Michael Cathcart and it explored her idea that Transition “a way of opting out while consumer society carries on business as usual” and, quite bizarrely, seems to blame Transition for the increase in attacks on refugees in Australia! You can listen to the piece, or download it as a podcast for your listening pleasure, here.
Here’s a guest blog from Naresh Giangrande on his recent trip to France.
Snow capped mountains and broad fertile valleys, welcome to Trieves; a region of France in the foothills of the Alps above Provence, and the host for the first major French gathering of Transition Initiatives. You won’t find Trieves on any map, and even Google seems not to know of its existence, however there is a strong local identity centred around ecological awareness, and it come as no surprise that it is the host of this, France’s first Transition conference. It is place of small holdings and many young people returning to the land.
