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1 Jun 2007

Transition Network Inaugural Conference, Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth.

group picRepresentatives from 35 communities up and down the UK crammed into the beautiful surroundings of Ruskin Mill, in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, on Thursday 31st May for the Inaugural Conference of the Transition Network. The event was both an opportunity to network the many Transition Initiatives springing up around the UK and also an opportunity to celebrate the extraordinary momentum that the concept is generating. Despite the occasionally cramped nature of the space due to its being filled to its capacity (many more people were unable to come due to lack of spaces), it was an amazing day, full of energy, hope and possibility.

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10 May 2007

Inaugural Transition Network conference – 31st May 2007.

rm**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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7 May 2007

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

rtotA 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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18 Apr 2007

Telling the Story of Energy Descent.

ttThis Saturday we are holding a rather interesting event in Totnes. **The Transition Tales Scrapbook Creation Day** aims to engage the storytellers and the creative thinkers in the first stage of an initiative we call ‘Transition Tales’. Here is the blurb from the poster…

“Calling All Writers, Poets, Creative Thinkers, Dreamers, Storytellers and Wordsmiths! The Transition Tales Scrapbook Creation Day is to be held this Saturday 21st between 10am and 2pm, at the Methodist Church Hall, Totnes. Come and join us in writing articles from the future, that describe imagined future events between now and 2030.

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