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Transition Towns – the quiet, networked revolutionThe Transition Network began in 2006 in the small rural UK town of Totnes, Devon. It was initially a response to the twin threats of climate change and peak...
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Meet the Member- Transition NetworkIn 2006 an idea was born – what would a community response to the big challenges the world faces look like? The first Transition group formed in Totnes,...
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Extinction Rebellion – one year on, and growing and learning quicklyIn the space of a single year, the environmental social movement that goes under the name Extinction Rebellion (XR) has gone from being an idea in the minds...
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How learning to share again cuts waste, and makes more resilient communitiesSharing is one of the very first things we are taught to do as children, it’s almost the defining difference between being ‘good’ or seen as selfish....
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Working with stakeholders essential to Gurugram’s water supplyWater is life, but also the source of conflict and strife in many places. In the Indian state of Haryana, the Gurgaon Water Forum was initiated only in...
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Meet the Member- The Bioregional Learning CentreThe Bioregional Learning Centre is a learning network based in South Devon that serves the sustainable and resilient future of this area. It has been set...
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Unfashionable consumption: is fashion fixing itself?The fashion industry grew into being the very definition of unsustainable behaviour: convincing people to over-consume, buy different outfits with every...
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New poll reveals a climate ‘awareness – action gap’ – but big behaviour changes under way in food, travel, consumerism & family lifeA new poll of scientists – many working in fields related to the climate emergency – reveals a current gap between awareness of international climate...
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Reducing roads can cause traffic to ‘Evaporate’In April 2019 a heavily-used bridge across the River Thames in London was closed indefinitely due to structural problems. Local media were full of alarm,...