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The Transition Assembly is shaping up to be a key turning point in our Movement’s history. Over two days, together we will reflect on where we stand, who we are and the role we want to play in shaping a more just and sustainable future.  Why now? We recently reflected on why this is an important time for communities to come together and lead change, and for us to put the best of our experience and learning in the Transition movement [...]

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A team of “Network Weavers” have set about building stronger connections across the Transition Movement, and preparing the ground for a first Transition Assembly in 2025. Chris McCartney eavesdrops on their conversations as they plan their work and explore how to strengthen and support the local work of community-led change.

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Chris McCartney explores how Transition can be the antidote to feeling overwhelmed and underpowered to respond to the many big challenges we're facing, and why this is great moment to get involved.

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As our Just Transition Lead, Rona Hardie prepares to leave the role for further study, she introduces her successor and reflects back on the project so far.

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Introducing our three Network Weavers, who will spend the next nine months forging stronger connections across our Movement and preparing the ground for the first UK Transition Assembly.

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How can communities positively engage with the election? We explore ways to bring care and common ground to the debate, find ways to bring people together, amplify community views and throw our support behind initiatives to build a better future for people and planet.

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“From talking and reflecting to doing and building”. Richard Couldrey shares the latest phase of the hub development process, to explore structures and ways to connect and give voice to the Transition Movement, culminating in plans for a People’s Assembly early next year.

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When you work for change, there are some questions which consistently arise. In Spring 2024, we convened three Transition Alive conversations to grapple with some of these knotty questions and explore projects which seek to answer them. Cam Elizabeth (writer, film producer and founder member of Welsh Transition group Usk Together for the Climate) shares her reflections on what emerged.

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Given the depth of the challenges our world is facing - how can the good stuff that's happening be spread, replicated and scaled up - without causing some of the very problems we're trying to resolve?  In the second of her series inspired by our Transition Alive events, Cam Elizabeth explores how this works in practice, the joys and pitfalls, from projects and businesses to emerge from the Transition Movement. 

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Learning is a live journey which shapes the future - and one we must travel together. In the third of her reflections, Cam Elizabeth shares an experience of looking back into the history of the Transition Movement, and towards the future with humility, determination and a healthy dose of playful creativity

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Transition Town Dorchester’s community farm has a vision of becoming ‘an outdoor village hall’ for the whole community. This week, a new partnership with Dorset Mind will help it become a space for connection, wellness and growing food where more people feel like they can belong.

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Transition groups in Cornwall are building a network of climate cafes where people can safely explore the climate and ecological emergencies and the strong feelings it gives rise to.

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