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REc Roadtrip – Porritt says Durham’s economic strategy is unbelievably damaging

REc Roadtrip – Porritt says Durham’s economic strategy is unbelievably damaging

Published on August 28, 2012 in Blog, Food with 0 Comments

Yet another beautiful city, is there something about Transition starting up in the more scenic parts of our country? Here in Durham I come across my first Transition Fruit Group, and when I met Jules he was delightedly clutching the papers of incorporation for the brand new enterprise Fruitful Durham which has just emerged blinking […]

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REc Roadtrip – Marsden and Slaithwaite T-Towns: a grower, a baker and a candlestick maker

REc Roadtrip – Marsden and Slaithwaite T-Towns: a grower, a baker and a candlestick maker

Published on August 22, 2012 in Blog, Food, Retail and wholesale with 1 Comment

You might know this place from the movies (well, the Transition Movie 2.0), or from the recent Hairy Biker series that helped establish a meals on wheels service. Or even a setting for Last of the Summer Wine or Where the Heart is. It’s got quite a profile for a small place – Slaithwaite (say […]

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REconomy Roadtrip – Transition Norwich and a working CSA model

REconomy Roadtrip – Transition Norwich and a working CSA model

Published on August 17, 2012 in Blog, Food with 0 Comments

Norwich is a beautiful city, second only to London in importance until the industrial revolution. Within the city boundary live 137,000 inhabitants, but ‘greater Norwich’ – which includes the urban fringes – is more like 230,000. I learn from Chris that it has a strong shoe making history along with textiles and weaving, and “the […]

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REconomy Roadtrip – Sustaining Dunbar, a sustainable model for others?

REconomy Roadtrip – Sustaining Dunbar, a sustainable model for others?

Published on August 6, 2012 in Blog, Energy, Food, Transport with 0 Comments

Dunbar is a small seaside town about 30 miles south east of Edinburgh. Having played a role in the historic wars of our island (once a safe haven for Mary Queen of Scots), it more recently was the birthplace of the ‘world’s first environmentalist’ John Muir before his move to America. It has around 8,000 […]

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Have local currencies got it wrong?

Have local currencies got it wrong?

Published on July 25, 2012 in Blog, Finance with 38 Comments

Guest Post by Simon Carter who’s working with Transition in Tewkesbury                         Here in Tewkesbury I am very keen to introduce an alternative currency, but upon reflection I have no desire to name it the Tewkesbury Pound in the tradition of the Totnes Pound, the Stroud, Lewes or Brixton Pound & very soon now the Bristol […]

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REconomy Roadtrip – Transition Maidenhead

REconomy Roadtrip – Transition Maidenhead

Published on July 24, 2012 in Blog, Energy, Food with 0 Comments

My first stop is Maidenhead, near Reading, a wealthy commuter town of around 60,000 residents, deep in the heart of the Thames Valley. My first impression of the town (based only on a drive from the station out to the beautiful village of Cookham) was of large, featureless brick buildings – a Travelodge, Sainsbury’s, Odeon […]

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What’s the definition of a Transition Bank?

What’s the definition of a Transition Bank?

Published on July 17, 2012 in Blog, Finance with 5 Comments

A post by Shane Hughes. Our banks engage in industrial scale fraud and are more destructive than most of us realise, underming the transiton to a vibrant and resilient world. Given that mainstream banking reform fiddles around the edges, should (or could) our community groups proactively create the banks and banking system we want? Here’s […]

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Transition Durham, REconomy and me

Transition Durham, REconomy and me

Published on July 11, 2012 in Blog with 0 Comments

Why is this a personal Transition Journey? Well  it’s easy to recall when, where and why this started – in June 2010 at Alington House in Durham I attended a Co-operative UK event which incorporated a workshop called ‘Plan Bee’, where I would be able to learn more about keeping my own bees… however as […]

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Time to go it ‘together’ with Transition Town Lewes

Time to go it ‘together’ with Transition Town Lewes

Published on July 5, 2012 in Blog with 4 Comments

From Juliet at the Enterprise Group, Transition Town Lewes…   Is the depth of a recession a bad time to ask people to think about creating sustainable enterprise – or is it a truly inspired time to encourage people to think about building their own resilient livelihoods? With national employment remaining stagnant – and youth […]

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Finally! It’s here! The REconomy website goes live!

Finally! It’s here! The REconomy website goes live!

Published on May 29, 2012 in Blog, Project news with 7 Comments

Finally! It’s here! After what feels like years of hard graft (but was really only 9 months or so) the REconomy Project website is now live. What a relief, I can tell you. What started out as one of those conversations in the team that go “hmmm I think we need to build a totally […]

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