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Welcome from the week's editor

Crystal Palace mum and child pictureWelcome to "New Initiatives week' on the Social Reporter blog. During this week we will be looking at the special qualities a new Transition initiative needs in order to survive and thrive. Later in the week Sara Ayech and Kerry Lane will be looking back at their experiences of starting out, whilst our Guest Reporters will tell us what it's like to be still on the starting blocks.

The Social Reporting project began in 2011 with 12 'social reporters' around the United Kingdom, producing one blog post every day on a different topic set each week (see right hand column).

In 2013 we will be continuing our regular posts, exploring and reflecting on all Transition subjects under the sun. Our new-style project sees all the reporters taking turns to lead weeks and you can see our current topic by looking at on the rota (see right).

If you have any questions, or would like to write a guest blog, or join the group, please email the social reporters.

Featured story

Your fairy godmother

Almost every day it seems, a new Transition initiative is born. The Transition website tells us there are 1095 initiatives registered and that new ones can be found from the Mountain Communities of Resilience in Anza USA to Mundaring in Western Australia; and from Wanstead to Wigan in the UK.

Published on May 13, 2013, by Caroline Jackson

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New for me

 

It is quite an interesting experience joining an already established Transition Initiative. It definitely highlighted to me just how important it is to have some sensible communication processes in place if you want more people to get involved.

Published on May 16, 2013, by Kerry Lane

Go Garstang!

Garstang's main and deserved claim to fame for me is that it was the world’s first Fairtrade Town.  A great achievement for a village of just about four thousand inhabitants.   And that brings us to Garstang Transition.

Published on May 15, 2013, by Caroline Jackson

Thinking of starting a Transition Initiative?

Are you thinking about starting a new Transition initiative in your town, village or city? I was among those who initiated Transition Dartmouth Park, in North London, around a year and a half ago. 

Published on May 14, 2013, by Sara Ayech

Your fairy godmother

Almost every day it seems, a new Transition initiative is born. The Transition website tells us there are 1095 initiatives registered and that new ones can be found from the Mountain Communities of Resilience in Anza USA to Mundaring in Western Australia; and from Wanstead to Wigan in the UK.

Published on May 13, 2013, by Caroline Jackson

Shrewsbury opens its green doors

The UK Government is committed to cutting 80% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 – since 50% of our energy is used by our buildings, and 25% by our homes, the target is for every home to be ‘carbon neutral’ by 2050. In Shrewsburythis equates to 2,000 homes being refurbished each year for the next 37 years, saving 60,000 tonnes of CO2e each year in the process.

Published on May 9, 2013, by Guest Blogger

Climbing the mountain

I keep seeing mountains.  

Great, insurmountable things, for which I have neither the ability, nor the equipment, to climb.

Published on May 8, 2013, by Grant Venner

Transition Plymouth

Some of the most extreme weather patterns - the driest, wettest, hottest and coldest months ever recorded - have occurred in recent years. The Arctic is warming dangerously, much quicker than scientists predicted, weakening, and changing the course of, the Gulf Stream bringing Britain erratic weather and disrupting agriculture.

Published on May 2, 2013, by Guest Blogger

Sustainable South Brent

South Brent is a village and parish on the south east edge of Dartmoor, covering an area of 3742 hectares with a population of approximately 3000. In 2006 a group of residents formed Sustainable South Brent (SSB) in response to concerns over climate change and fossil fuel depletion.

Published on May 1, 2013, by Guest Blogger

The Newton Abbot Energy Sculptures

Way back in late 2009 us bods in the Energy Group of Transition Newton Abbot (TNA) hit upon the idea of creating some public art for Newton Abbot.  We wanted something tangible and visible around the ideas of energy saving and renewable energy that would spark a discussion in our town.

Published on April 30, 2013, by Guest Blogger

Transition in Northern Devon

Transition culture may be flourishing in the south of my county – Devon, we have Totnes there after all – but how is it progressing in the seemingly distant and rather overlooked north? Well, I offer the following sketch perspective.

Published on April 28, 2013, by Guest Blogger
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