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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

Let them eat chocolate and hedgerow jam cake, with elderflower custard

Last month an article in the Guardian highlighted some lessons for those communicating climate change, from public health communications.

Published on April 24, 2013, by Sara Ayech

Dreaming of neighbourhood

‘Daring to dream’ is the fifth and final Transition ingredient, and far from being as whimsical as the title suggests, it actually refers to imagining what Transition would look like if it were implemented nationally, enabled by government and council policy and invested in properly.

Published on April 1, 2013, by Sara Ayech

A year of growing workshops, and Snowy Seedy Saturday

A year ago, slightly by accident, Anita Gracie - a member of the Islington Master Gardeners - came to do a workshop in Transition Dartmouth Park's new food growing space at Highgate Newtown Community Centre.

Published on March 25, 2013, by Sara Ayech

No matter what

Foraging was the first and most important skill I have learnt with Transition, my first connection with nature and something that will stay with me for life. Part of the staple knowledge and diet of generations past, it is a re-emerging practise, even in in the urban environment of London.

Published on March 13, 2013, by Sara Ayech

Is using the internet as carbon heavy as flying?

For this week’s opening piece on technology I wanted to find out more about communications technology. Phones, computers and the internet have become crucial not just in my own life but also to the spread of the Transition movement, and an essential part of projects like Social Reporting.

Published on March 3, 2013, by Sara Ayech

Transitioning in London

When I first heard about Transition, some years ago, it was in connection with the market towns it originated in, like Totnes. This made sense – self-contained areas, surrounded by countryside, with the potential to grow and be self-sufficient in food and building materials.

Published on February 26, 2013, by Sara Ayech

Recipes for austerity

Last month it was reported in the press that average consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables had fallen in the UK by 30% since the recession, to only around half the amount needed to make up out 5-a-day recommended by the government.

Published on February 11, 2013, by Sara Ayech

Climbing mountains, hoping for a change of heart and fighting disconnection

I became a social reporter half way through 2012, having been a reader for a while, inspired by the writing and comforted to find pieces of myself and my Transition experience in the stories the other reporters told.

Published on January 10, 2013, by Sara Ayech

Real life, real incomes - creating social enterprises

Over the last few years, Transition Initiatives have been looking at how to get economically real. This is key in terms of formulating a response not only to climate change and the need to stop using oil, but equally to the financial crisis and the need to be able to articulate and show what an economic alternative would look like.

Published on December 18, 2012, by Sara Ayech
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