Convergence 13: Transition Strategies April 10, 2008
Posted by Graham in : Powerdown, Transition Towns, community , 4commentsLast weekend saw the Community Powerdown Symposium at the 13th Convergence Festival at the Cultivate Centre in Dublin.
Opened by John Gormley, Minister for Environment, Heritage and local Government, this landmark event was attended by about 100 people and saw the beginnings of a fledgling Irish Transition Network with a meeting of over 60 representatives from about 15 towns around the country interested in starting the transition Process.
Left: Minister John Gormley opens the Powerdwon Symposium; Right: Ben Bragwyn, Daniel Lerch, Megan Quinn, Jonathon Dawson (more…)
Kinsale Spring Fair March 31, 2008
Posted by Graham in : Transition Towns, community , 2commentsI was back down in Kinsale at the end of the Easter break on Saturday for the Transition Towns Spring Fair.
Organised by permaculture students and members of Transition Towns Kinsale with Kinsale Tidy Towns, it consisted of a market with stalls selling local produce in the town, with exhibits, talks, Transition TV and more stalls in the Temperence Hall.
In particular it was great to see the newly formed Kinsale Food Co-op with freshly baked cakes and wholefoods with a presence in the market.
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The Transition Handbook March 1, 2008
Posted by Graham in : Peak Oil, Permaculture, Powerdown, community , 3commentsBook Review
The Transition Handbook From oil dependency to local resilience Rob Hopkins Green Books 2008 Pbck; 240pp The transition Handbook is available from www.transition culture.org
“The concept of energy descent, and of the Transition approach, is a simple one: that the future with less oil could be preferable to the present, but only if sufficient creativity and imagination are applied early enough in the design of this transition.”
-Rob Hopkins, The Transition handbook
The publication of the much anticipated Transition Handbook marks the latest landmark in what has become the fastest growing environmental movement since CND in the 1960s: the phenomenon that is sweeping the UK, the Transition Towns movement. (more…)
