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I no longer blog on this site. You can now find me, my general blogs, and the work I am doing researching my forthcoming book on imagination, on my new blog.
‘In Transition 2.0’ contains some stunning animated sequences, which bring certain sections of the film to life, and make explaining some complex issues such as peak oil and climate change, and the economic ‘leaky bucket’ idea, far more easily understandable. They are the work of filmmaker and animator Emilio Mula. He also painstakingly created the opening sequence by building up the letters of the film’s name in herbs and spices on his kitchen table. I asked him 5 quick questions about his involvement in the film.
Let’s start this month’s round up in Derbyshire, where Melbourne Area Transition have received planning permission to install 48 PV panels on the roof of their local 12th century church, and there they now sit, in their energy-generating splendour. Here’s a short film made by Chris Bird (author of the Transition book ‘Local Sustainable Homes’ who blogs here) where MAT’s Graham Truscott gives him a tour of the roof.
In the third of our series of short podcasts talking to the key creative people behind the making of ‘In Transition 2.0’, I ask 5 quick questions of Rebecca Mayes, whose beautiful and entrancing music runs through the film. How did she get involved? What does she think of the film? What more can she tell us about the video she is making that she wants people involved in Transition to be part of?
Two days to go until the previews of ‘In Transition 2.0‘! In our second ‘In Transition 2.0’ podcast, I spoke to Beccy Strong (see right filming in Rwanda), who filmed most of the UK-based sequences in the film, and asked her 5 quick questions. You will also hear, interspersed in this short podcast, some clips from the film itself. In our next podcast, we’ll be hearing from Rebecca Mayes, who composed all of the music used in the film.
I was reminded by this recent piece by Dr Chris Johnstone over at ClimateCodeRed of the meeting that he and I held in June 2006 with Dr Stephen Rollnick. This was back when I was researching the Transition Handbook, and we met for a day to discuss how insights from the psychology of health behaviour change might be helpful when tackling environmental issues like climate change and peak oil. It was fascinating, and I realised as I read Chris’ article that I had never posted the transcript of that conversation here yet. So here it is, slightly dated, but hopefully containing some insights you will find useful (it’s quite long!). My thanks to Chris and Stephen for a fascinating day (nearly 6 years ago!).
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