Category: News

“Runner Beans Not Runways” Forest, art and community in Heathrow’s flight path
For 11 years, Grow Heathrow activists transformed a former market garden into a space for community, food growing and resistance to airport expansion. But what’s happened since the site was shut down and activists evicted? Rob Hopkins discovers how Transition seed funding is nurturing new shoots of community power and imagination in the villages that lie in the path of a proposed new runway.
Rob Hopkins
9 November 2023
7 minute read
9 November 2023
7 minute read

How seed funding nourishes community action
As we announce the latest round of seed funding, find out how these small grants are unlocking big change in communities and showing how a fairer, more resilient future is not only possible, it’s already being created.
Chris McCartney
19 October 2023
8 minute read
19 October 2023
8 minute read

United by the flow of the River Exe
Last month, the River Exe came alive with song, nightswimming, stories and a wild salmon run for the first Festival of the River Exe. Transition co-founder Rob Hopkins hears about the three Transition groups who collaborated to protect, restore and celebrate their local river, harnessing public outrage at the state of our water and transforming it into local action.
Rob Hopkins
4 October 2023
7 minute read
4 October 2023
7 minute read

Transition job: Training & Support Lead
Transition groups are the beating heart of our movement. We are seeking a Training and Group Support Lead to join […]
Chris McCartney
28 September 2023
2 minute read
28 September 2023
2 minute read

Apple Abundance in Chesterfield
At this time of the year, many Transition groups gather apples that wouldn’t otherwise be harvested, and make sure they […]
Chris McCartney
28 September 2023
2 minute read
28 September 2023
2 minute read

Head, heart, hands and dancing feet at the Land Skills Fair
We’re part of a rich eco-system of many groups working for change - it makes sense to connect, share, learn and collaborate. So when Yaz Brien from our team attended this year’s Land Skills Fair, they were excited to connect with the landworkers’ movement in the UK and draw inspiration for our work of Transition.
Yaz Brien
5 September 2023
11 minute read
5 September 2023
11 minute read

“It helped make the future visible” – Reflections on our spring gatherings
It was the first time Transitioners had been able to gather beyond their local area for some years - and what a few years it has been for community-led action. Here we bring together different voices and responses from participants, as the events explored the future of our groups, movements and wider society.
Chris McCartney
22 June 2023
10 minute read
22 June 2023
10 minute read

Transition City rewards local businesses for eco efforts
How can Transition groups connect with, support and promote small firms that want to have a positive impact on community and planet? Salisbury Transition City’s Green Business Association and awards scheme is doing just that, and could be a model for other places too…
Chris McCartney
19 June 2023
5 minute read
19 June 2023
5 minute read

The Transition care farm with room for all
It all started with four people from a small Transition group and a derelict former farm site. Today, Greenslate community-owned farm is a hive of community activity, with hundreds of people visiting, volunteering and learning each month.
Chris McCartney
23 May 2023
6 minute read
23 May 2023
6 minute read

Orchard, forest, a fruit tree for every home: communities planting trees for the future
Creating a new forest may seem a big ambition for a community group. In his latest blog, Transition Together’s Rob Hopkins talks to some of the Transition’s movements most prolific tree planters about how and why they’re seeking to make their communities shadier, leafier and fruitier.
Rob Hopkins
27 April 2023
9 minute read
27 April 2023
9 minute read

Building community resilience
If the last few years have revealed anything, it is that shocks and uncertainty happen - and how well we endure and recover has a great deal to do with our resilience. Here we explore how are Transition groups and others building skills, connections and infrastructure to grow the resilience of our communities?
Chris McCartney
30 March 2023
11 minute read
30 March 2023
11 minute read

Bridport goes Solar
A Transition group is exploring a new way to make it cheaper and easier for residents to install solar panels on their roofs. Sustainable Bridport has negotiated a bulk discount for solar panels, and is helping people explore if its the right option for them.
Chris McCartney
13 March 2023
3 minute read
13 March 2023
3 minute read