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It takes a village to raise the world

By October 2, 2010
Rob Hopkins, co-founder of the worldwide Transition Town Network. Photo: Stephen Prior

For a guy who set out in 2005 to help his small Irish village move toward an economy beyond fossil fuels and ended up spawning a world wide movement that in five short years has lead to 323 Transition groups around the world, Rob Hopkins sure is humble and unassuming. We sat down recently with the no-fly-zone leader for an interview via Skype straight to the beating heart of the Transition Network nerve center to find out just where TN is now in its development, and what makes Hopkins tick. … [Read more...]

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Interview: Matt Simmons

By October 1, 2010
Matt Simmons, July 2010. Photo: Courtesey of the Ocean Energy Institute.

When we hatched the idea this summer of starting Transition Voice as the first online magazine devoted to regular coverage of peak oil, we knew immediately that Matt Simmons was the first expert we wanted to interview. Those familiar with the subject will know why. That's why we were so glad when Simmons took a chance on our fledgling effort, and agreed to talk to us for our first issue. We spoke by phone with Matt in late July from his newly formed Ocean Energy Institute in Maine, where … [Read more...]

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Homemade Halloween

By October 1, 2010
The Little Witch. Painting/Photo: Sheryl Humphrey.

One of my worst parenting memories happened when I took my daughters trick-or-treating on the vaunted Lawn of the University of Virginia campus one year. The girls were about six and four at the time, and the picturesque associations of the annual UVA Halloween tradition conjured up by friends made it sound incomparable to other activities. This was easy: show up around 4:30pm and go by Lawn dorms to collect goodies from UVA's cream of the crop. I couldn't have been more wrong. Of course … [Read more...]

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Post Carbon Reader

By September 25, 2010
The Post Carbon Reader

Go back to the future with the Post Carbon Institute's Post Carbon Reader out this October on the tenth. The reader is released on the same day as climate awareness website 350.org's 10/10/10 Day of Action. Order the reader online @ the UC Press website. The book ships on 10/10/2010. Now get cracking reading this thing! P.S.—if you like writing, please feel free to submit a review of the Reader to Transition Voice by contacting us through our Contact Us page. … [Read more...]

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Everybody’s fault but mine

By September 20, 2010
clarion call

COMMENTARY In passing glances the occasional journalist points in the direction of us all, suggesting that it is not just rogue oil companies, in-bed government agencies, or an administration on auto-pilot who are responsible for the catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. They suggest, perhaps a bit sheepishly, that two other culprits may be to blame here. Those two being you, and me. But they don’t push it. It’s not part of the marketing plan. Instead, we get finger pointing, show … [Read more...]

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