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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.

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Transition Together is seeking to embed the principles and practices of Just Transition at the heart of our work supporting community-led action.  To do that, we have created a new staff role, to bring in extra capacity, experience and knowledge to support our team and the wider Transition movement of local groups in England & Wales.  We are seeking someone who will work collaboratively with our small team and the movement to articulate how a just transition is key to reimagining [...]

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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Recent years have seen rising interest in community scale grain growing projects. Part food security experiments, part community arts projects, part research initiatives that could just turn out to be vital to our food future, Transition Together’s Rob Hopkins meets some community grain growing pioneers and finds out why some people are flailing, winnowing and stooking their way back to community resilience.

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What do you need from the Transition movement to help you feel like you belong? How could a Hub help your group thrive? What would make it accessible to you? Amy Sciafe shares the exploration of the Caretaker group, which is helping develop a more representative structure to support the Transition movement in England and Wales, and invites you to join the process.

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Transition Together launched a little over a year ago, and it’s a good time to reflect on our role, what we’ve been doing, what we’ve learned and on what we’ll be focusing in 2023.

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How can your community reimagine and reclaim its future? Rob Hopkins explores how creating inclusive spaces, and asking 'What If' questions can unlock our collective imagination.

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