Ecovillages act as research and training centres for sustainable development within wider society. Alongside the abundance of networking opportunities and the flow of inspiration within and between participants, the hosting Eco-Valley Foundation will serve as a living example and field of practice for the themes of this year’s conference:
Following the early information and tech design meetings, the Transition Technologists have started the 'Interface' design work for the Project Sharing Engine widgets. Good work all!
You will find attached to this blog post two documents:
Ttech Skype meet: confirming the workflows and wireframes Tuesday 20 Dec 21:00 UK time Wednesday 21 Dec 08:00 AUS time Jim Kirkpatrick Laura Whitehead Ed Mitchell
What makes a 'Transition Project' for the purposes of the Project Sharing Engine project? There was a fair amount of talk about it at the webmasters group meeting in London in November, and we've been discussing it ever since as we moved to the first design phase.
Having established the high level principles in communications and design, the Project Sharing Engine project is breaking out into its consituent working parts to answer the various questions arising. There are some high level decisions being made this week which we will report on in due course, you can see them emerging in the notes below.
The Transition Network website does not see itself at the centre of the Transition movement's online activities. It is part of a 'constellation' of different websites and networks supporting the various activities that Transitioners get up to, and a tool to help the various actors share their news and projects information.
This is a write up of the Transition Network Project Sharing Engine webmasters (alpha group) project meeting, that took place in the Royal Festival Hall, London, on Tuesday 1st November 2011, 11:30 - 15:00.