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Here is the next in our short series of films showcasing some of the stories that can be found in ‘The Transition Companion’. I hope you enjoy it…
https://vimeo.com/31838810
For the past year, Catrina Pickering has been Transition Network’s diversity person, developing trainings networks and insights around Transition and how initiatives might better embed diversity and inclusion in their work. Sadly, the funding for her post recently came to an end, but before she moved on, we asked her to distil her learnings and accumulated wisdom into a guide for Transition initiatives. So, hot off the press, here it is, your fantastic, free, 25 page guide to embedding diversity and inclusion in your Transition initiative or community project. Pass it around, and do let us know what you think.
I have had the great pleasure over the past few months to work with Susana Martinez and Emilio Mula to create a new short film about oral history and Transition. It emerged from the oral histories we did in preparing the Totnes EDAP, interviewing some of those people in more depth. The resultant film, premiered on Thursday night in Totnes, is one I very much hope you enjoy.
I have, on occasion, reflected here at Transition Culture about how the natural building movement, with its leaning towards natural building materials such as straw, clay, hemp and so on, has yet to really explore how those materials might be used to retrofit existing homes. Virtually all of the work done around those materials focuses on new build, but finally, it seems some work is happening on retrofits. An MPhil dissertation done at University of Cambridge by Keven Le Doujet entitled “Opportunities for the large scale implementation of straw based external insulation as a retrofit solution of existing UK buildings: how much of a good idea is it to externally insulate existing UK buildings with straw bales?” explores this very question. It is a fantastic and comprehensive piece of work which is a pleasure to read.
Things are moving along well with ‘The Transition Companion: making your community more resilient in uncertain times’ which is due to be published in early October. We are currently doing the fine editing and sorting out all the pictures. As part of the run-up to the publishing, Green Books have produced what’s called a ‘blad’ (“Book Layout And Design”), which gives a taste of the layout, style and contents in a little 16 page booklet. You can download it as a pdf here. A free printed copy of the blad will be given to everyone who attends this weekend’s Transition Network conference in Liverpool. We think it’s going to be gorgeous, and is in a quite different style from the previous Transition books. You can keep up to speed with developments either here or over at Green Books’ website. We are currently planning a few launch events for the book… if you have any ideas for one, do get in touch…
