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New book of essays, projects and art inspired by ecosopher Joanna Macy,center around local actions,  creativity and sustainability. Book was launched  in Bristol on 17 April, 2013. Alastair McIntosh has written in his review 'these essays show how people are digging where they stand, deepening inwardly where there might be little latitude outwardly'. You can now get your copy of 'Stories of the...

Daffodils by Lynne Smyth Hi everyone Steps to move our webspace to the Transition Network site failed as they are phasing out hosting national hub micro sites. That leaves us with the choice of hosting our own network or not having one at all. Given the energy and discussion generated by this predicament we have decided to give our own web presence another shot and a new look soon, it really...

GIY and AIB are launching a Get Ireland Growing Fund. It is a fund for €500 - €5000 for green community initiatives. The closing date for applications is April 30th. More details on the fund, application criteria and application form are in the website: http://www.giyireland.com/pages/getirelandgrowingfund. This year there will be 70 projects funded; this could be a great opportunity for your...

"In Colombia, the ecovillage movement is ceasing to be seen as the alternative, hippy, or maladjusted parts of society, but rather are coming to be known as 'the people.' The are the 99-percent, the cultural center and point of reference." After a 2 week permaculture course in southern Belize — the part that Guatemala is making noises about annexing — we returned to Colombia, a place we last...

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Two books not for the fainthearted are David Graeber's Debt: the First 5000 Years and Reinhart and Rogoff's This Time is Different. Neither text could be described as light bedtime reading but both offer many insights into the phenomena of debt. As can be deduced from the title of Graeber's book, debt is nothing new:  in fact it's been around a very long time. Debt has a habit of coagulating...

With imminent global economic collapse, how are going to feed ourselves?    All the signs are there that an emergency is threatening: the collapse of the euro, which is now only a matter of time; rising fuel prices coupled with likely fuel shortages; galloping climate change; resource depletion (soil, forests, etc.)  Indeed some, such as Richard Douthwaite in the opening article of 'Fleeing...

Anyone familiar with this? Re:vision International Any thoughts/comments?

"MINING, OIL and GAS: the impact of these extractive industries has always raised serious social and environmental concerns. However, this report signals a wake-up call to the fact that, today, the scale, expansion and acceleration of these industries are far greater than most of us realise. We are no longer talking about isolated pockets of destruction and pollution. Nowadays, chances are that,...

https://www.transitionnetwork.org/resources/overview-inner-transition "In this chapter of the book "Vital Signs", an anthology of Ecopsychology writing, Hilary Prentice gives an overview of the territory of what started in Totnes as the "Heart and Soul" group, now known as Inner Transition" Sophy Banks You can download this really interesting article from the link above.