October 2014 - Transition Network Newsletter Getting connected in different ways seems to be a thread in the stories in the newsletter this month. Firstly the website theme of Making Space for Nature has a range of interviews and articles, then our world round-up plus the Transition hubs get together. Several takes on the Climate March and some groud breaking news from Totnes. Plus news from training, books, film and events. Transitioners Digest (September 2014) We have been exploring the theme of Making Space for Nature from a wide range of different angles throughout September. We started with an editorial piece which argued that one of the key things that nature can bring our work doing Transition is a sense of wonder. Something to do with glowworms. An introduction to all the articles and interviews:buff.ly/1rPQLl4 The September 2014 Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition This months Roundup covers stories from July and August. Around the UK stories from Brixton, Cambridge, Chepstow, Chichester, Exeter, Harborough, Honiton, Ivybridge, Lancaster, Letchworth, Linlithgow, St Albans, Tooting, Totnes, Wilmslow. Plus there are Transition birthdays in places like Lewes, Crystal Palace, Bristol and Slaithwaite. Across Europe from Liege in Belgium, Hungary, Romania and Berlin, Bielefeld, Leipzig in Germany. In the US, Catskills, Missoula and Guelph in Canada.buff.ly/1rPQLl5 Transition Hubs meeting 2014: a lot to share The international Transition Hubs meeting in Denmark was a fantastic few days, rich with connections, laughter, progress and good food. More will follow over the next few weeks, but for now, here is a short film about it.buff.ly/1rPQIFW THINKING ALOUD Atmos Totnes Creates National Precedent I’ve waited seven years to write this article writes Rob Hopkins. It’s been seven years of highs and lows, of moments of intense frustration and great elation, of patience and determination. Very slowly,with a loud creaking of rusty hinges, the great iron gates of the factory began to swing open. The crowd became suddenly silentbuff.ly/1rPQLla Hearing All The Voices to Make the New Story Writing on the first day of the New Story Summit at Findhorn, Sophy Banks found an amazing, international group of human beings who are acting to create the New Story in their lives assembling.buff.ly/1rPQLlb Making Space for Flowers “Did you grow all those yourself?”, a young woman asked Mark Watson last week at Transition Town Tooting’s 7th Foodival. “My only reference for that kind of thing are the supermarket shelves,” she said.buff.ly/1rPQIG1 Reflections on the Peoples Climate March, London This was a celebratory march. This was the resurgence of the climate movement. Back with a passion. Rob Hopkins reports on his experience of the march in London.buff.ly/1rPQIG2 Love & other illusions: Framing at the People’s Climate March Elena Blackmore wonders if by being a fairly apolitical event whether the march in London failed to really cal out our economic and political systems as the culprits.buff.ly/1rPQLle Long-standing economic resistance went mainstream at People’s Climate March While the People’s Climate March in New York uplifted a narrative around climate change that was impossible for even the most mainstream of media to ignore, the success will be determined in the weeks and months that follow it writes Kate Aronoff.buff.ly/1rPQLlg REconomy Project Learning and outputs from the international REconomy hubs group The national hubs working together on REconomy have each produced a 2-3 year plan, and learned a lot about how to support each other. Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Portugal, and the USA are now joining our group.buff.ly/1rPQLlh “It’s the economy, stupid” or “it’s stupid the economy”? A young Transitionista’s perspective on the challenges faced by his generation, and what he’s doing about it.buff.ly/1rPQIG5 TRAINING Launch onLine begins again on October 8th, and Inner Transition workshops are happening in Copenhagen and London. Our full programme of trainings are here:buff.ly/1rPQIG7 FILMS Free Range Child Raising Children Connected To The Earth & Their Food (film sneak peek)buff.ly/1rPQLBz More film reviews herebuff.ly/1rPQLBA BOOKS This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate Reviewed by Robert Jensen: Naomi Klein has written a brave book that not only confronts the calamity of climate destabilization but also examines the deep roots of the crisis in the perverse logic of capitalism and the dehumanizing values of the “extractivist” high-energy/high-technology world.buff.ly/1rPQLBB COMING UP The Transition Network Roadshow St Andrews, Scotland October 10th-11th Two days of electrifying workshops, powerful meetings, and good company.buff.ly/1rPQIWk Global #MapJam This October, the Sharing Cities Network will launch the Second ... htt…
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