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Faith: reasons to be cheerful

I'm not what people generally know as a "man of faith", and sometimes the religious responses to the crises of the world have left me exasperated and despairing.

Published on March 27, 2012, by Ben Brangwyn
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Jetting to Africa: a poem by the Carbon Coach

If I don't fly, why the hell should someone else?

There's all sorts of degrees of engaging with the destructive impacts of jetting off far away from home. There are some people who will never set foot on a plane again once they've taken on board the environmental impact. Others will only fly for life/death reasons.

Published on February 14, 2012, by Ben Brangwyn

Snippets of Advice: holding interesting meetings

This is the first in what may end up being a long series of Snippets of Advice.

Published on January 13, 2012, by Ben Brangwyn
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Sustainable makers: Devon potter

 Introduction

Many of the jobs within a post-oil era are going to be different from the jobs of today. The repair, reuse, recycle industries will see a lot more action, and the ways we choose to make the new stuff we need will undergo a major shift as well.

Published on January 6, 2012, by Ben Brangwyn
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"Voices of Transition” movie in Belgium

A preview tour of the film “Voices of Transition” in Belgium

Thanks to Josué Dusoulier for this account (and he apologises in advance for any linguistic liberties he may have taken)

 

Published on November 29, 2011, by Ben Brangwyn

The emotional impact of transition

In the UK and Wales alone, there are 11,000 parishes (towns/villages), 60 cities and any number of rural communities that are going to have to navigate the downslope of energy descent, either proactively or reactively.

Published on October 20, 2011, by Ben Brangwyn

Connecting to nature: the dance of the carbon atom

Carbon is the building block of life, and here is a phase in its never-ending journey, adapted from an essay by Primo Levi which he originally dreamt up while a prisoner in Auschwitz.

Published on October 18, 2011, by Ben Brangwyn

The Folly of Money

As well as my day job working full-time for Transition Network, I'm involved in several projects within Transition Town Totnes. One in particular gets me in contact with some colourful characters - the Totnes Pound.

Published on September 29, 2011, by Ben Brangwyn
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Transition and campaigning: a trade-off

When we heard that Deal in Kent in the UK was responding to the threat of a shale gas fracking project in their locale, we thought it would be a good opportunity to explore this "edge" of transition and campaigning - it's something that lots of groups have to deal with, and for some it can end up being quite a contentious issue.

Published on September 15, 2011, by Ben Brangwyn
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Money for your projects, a movie to enlighten (and frighten) and a play to intrigue you

Three fascinating events/opportunities, all very transition-related

Grow Heathrow puts on a play

Waiting for AliceThe gang at Grow Heathrow are personal heroes of mine, and here they put Art into Transition in a lovely way.

Alice in Wonderland comes to Grow Heathrow. It’s true! Over the past year and a half Grow Heathrow has hosted many political gatherings, direct action trainings, workshops, skillshares, community gatherings and has generally provided an alternative lifestyle to capitalism but to be honest – all we have ever really wanted to do is sit and drink tea and watch Alice in Wonderland. And now we can!

Jabberwocky Theatre Productions presents: ‘Waiting for Alice’ – a play by Holly Race Roughan & Alex Woolf

Published on September 1, 2011, by Ben Brangwyn
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