New support is being launched this week for communities and organisations in England to develop local economic plans and strategies. From 1st April, grants of up to £5,000, practical advice and expertise will be available for 50 groups. So if you are a Transition Initiative in England working on REconomy-type activities this fund could provide […]

Transition US is delighted to be part of the second cohort of national Transition hubs (along with Brazil, Mexico, Germany, and Portugal) to be receiving mentoring and support from Transition Network to bring REconomy to our country. We believe REconomy provides an important complement to the diverse, innovative work to build just and regenerative economies […]

Welcome to the second in a series of blogs about the process of starting a Transition Enterprise. The bulk of this content will form a downloadable guide to starting a Transition Enterprise that will be available shortly. In the first blog  we defined a Transition Enterprise and looked at the very early stages in the […]

Many communities find themselves using social media to promote events, building awareness and engagement. In fact many might start using social media platforms at this point due to accessibility and low start-up costs. However, this is, in part overlooking the fact that social media can help during an event, can provide the context for an […]

The 1951 film, ‘The Man in the White Suit’, is a classic comedy from Ealing Studios with a sinister edge. It tells the story of an inventor of a thread that never wears off. When his bosses at the factory discover what he’s doing, they hunt him down. A fabric that never runs out is […]

This blog post is the first in a series about the process of starting a Transition Enterprise. In this blog we will attempt to define a Transition Enterprise and look at the very early stages in the start-up “journey”. The bulk of this and the following blogs will form a downloadable guide to starting a […]

Frances Northrop of Transition Town Totnes on her visit to Sweden for the Annual National Transition Conference Arriving Planes, Design and Warm Welcomes “Wow yes I’d love to go to Sweden” I said back in May when I was passed on an email from Elinor Askmar who was asking for someone to come to the […]

What we engage with online can have a remarkable effect on the ground. It can accelerate change and extend our communities of support beyond physical boundaries. It is not entirely coincidental that many social movements of the modern day, including Transition, follow the same growth in participation as that of social media usage. There is […]

Some of you may have been to one of the UK roadshows Locality (with the Plunkett Foundation and UnLtd) ran recently to talk about Power to Change. Through Power to Change, a new stream of funding will be open for enterprises from early next year through the Big Lottery Fund. With £150m as potentially available, […]

A couple of weeks ago, I was in a workshop at the Transition Roadshow in St Andrews. We were discussing how Transition Initiatives (TIs) can maintain an energised core group, alongside delivering great projects. As we exchanged ideas on what the role of the ‘core’ of a Transition Initiative is, a phrase emerged that potentially […]