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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.
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Stand by for the announcement, hopefully before the end of today, of exciting developments in relation to the film ‘In Transition 2.0’! In the meantime, here is a great film produced by Kirklees Local TV about the preview screening there.
This month’s round-up adds in a new dimension for the first time. Thanks to the newly established network of international Transition hubs, we have a number of international stories sent in especially for this roundup. We’ll start in Canada. Here, sent in by Jennifer Rice, is a speech by Lee Brain, a young man in the community of Prince Rupert, BC. He is one of the main coordinators for the Transition Prince Rupert initiative, still in the mulling stage about to become official. His speech is in regards to a 1200km pipeline project being built from Alberta to the coast of British Columbia. He delivers riveting testimony to a government Joint Review Panel that is holding community hearings. It has already been viewed nearly 37,500 times on YouTube.
What did people in Tooting think of ‘In Transition 2.0’ after the preview at the Sri Muthumari Amman Temple?
After the preview of ‘In Transition 2.0’ at the Barn Cinema in Dartington, producer Emma Goude and I answered questions, both from the audience and also that were sent in via Twitter from the other previews that took place that night. The evening ended with Rebecca Mayes singing ‘Turn the Lights Out’. If you tweeted in a question, I hope that yours was one that we answered. The angle of the stage to the camera means our legs look about half their normal size, meaning we both look a bit like puppets.
So today we have some good news, and some bad news. First the good news. We are delighted to announce four events that Transition Network is involved in at the Guardian’s Open Weekend, which is coming up 24-25th March at the Guardian’s new offices in London. On Saturday 24th, we are presenting, at 1.45pm, a workshop called “How to start a community business” which looks at how to create a community-supported food business. The presenters are Greg Pilley of Stroud Brewery (as mentioned in yesterday’s post), and Dan McTiernan of The Handmade Bakery (one of the stars of ‘In Transition 2.0’).
