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Applying the Recipe

Looking at the second stage  " Deepening"  To have something to write about  I thought I would take all of the ingredients from the second stage  and apply them as they are presented on this site to our Transition iniative in Omagh .

Published on May 15, 2012, by Marella Fyffe
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Transition Training and the Omagh Experience

posterTransition Omagh held their very own Transition Training way back in the glory days of September 2010 provided by three trainers who ha

Published on May 9, 2012, by Marella Fyffe
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The Sausage Supper

About ten years ago I was employed on a food project based in an area that had one of the highest levels of social deprivation in Northern Ireland. The project “lets call it project X” was “Cross Border” and ”Peace Funded” which in local parlance is usually greeted with a snort of derision.

Published on April 13, 2012, by Marella Fyffe
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An Outstanding Intergenerational Project

 This is a story about Sean (not his real name) his identity has to be kept secret, for reasons that will become clear as I tell this tale. Sean would have had an interesting past life, not all of it on the right side of the law, consequently spent some of his time here on earth enjoying the benefits of her majesty’s hospitality.

Published on April 1, 2012, by Marella Fyffe
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Funding and Transition Omagh

Grant culture and the insidious effects it has on organisations.

I moved to Northern Ireland twenty-seven years ago resolving to settle here and somehow make a living. This was problematic at the time, as it was in the midst of the “Troubles” and jobs were thin on the ground. My friend, wanting to encourage me, said: “Dont worry.

Published on March 12, 2012, by Marella Fyffe
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Creatively Use and Respond to Change - On Permaculture Design - Tool #1

It was just coming to twilight, it had been a gorgeous February day, a rare enough occurrence here in Ireland .The last low weak light of a cold spring evening just beginning to disappear.

Published on February 25, 2012, by Marella Fyffe
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The Big Energy Saving Challenge

Transition Omagh Energy Project. After many months spent wringing hands and declaring much like Captain Peacock in Juno and the Peacock that "Th' whole worl's in a terrible state o' chassis" - (Captain Boyle, Act III), Transition Omagh slowly moves into action.

Published on February 7, 2012, by Marella Fyffe
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Stream of Consciousness

Like the invincible teenager Cu Chullin I want to pound up and down the land raising awareness grapple with the armies of indifference, shout at the night sky and rage at the moon, grab Transition by the neck and hurl it in to every city, town, village and community of Ireland.

Published on January 24, 2012, by Marella Fyffe
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An avalanche of comments

Today all I have to do is select three pieces that have appealed to me from this social reporting adventure that we have all been part on, then further make one more choice about what to republish here on this blog.  So here goes.

Published on January 4, 2012, by Marella Fyffe
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Solidarity and Gatekeepers

Recently I had the unusual experience (for me) of spending two hours in a one to one discussion with Cardinal Sean Brady Head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, exploring ideas such as resilience, climate change, peak oil and food security. To put this in context, his Eminence’s line manager is probably the pope, and his CEO is better known as God.

Published on December 2, 2011, by Marella Fyffe
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