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Win a DVD of new film on Transition

By Staff Reports | August 11, 2014

still from Voices of Transition

To celebrate the upcoming international release of he new award-winning documentary Voices of Transition and through the generosity of our friends over at Milpa Films in Germany, we're able to offer two Transition Voice readers the chance to win a DVD of this inspiring and entertaining film. Global environmental trends -- climate change, peak oil and food insecurity -- are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: "Voices of Transition", giveaway, industrial agriculture, Rob Hopkins

Finding paradise

By Staff Reports | June 25, 2012

Karen Sliwa

Don Henley's empathetic voice in the Eagles song Last Resort warns that if "you call someplace paradise, kiss it goodbye." So I'm very careful when choosing words to describe my current location here in Italy. Sure, it's breathtaking, and the people here love the land. But that's certainly not new. The people I've met have been kind, gracious, and very generous. They love … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: chasing a different carrot report, DIY, homesteading, relocalization, Rob Hopkins, Transition

Back in the day, urban gardens everywhere

By Erik Curren | January 13, 2012

Village of Catskill, NY

Have you ever walked through your neighborhood, noticed a vacant lot, and wondered why nobody had bothered to plant a garden there, instead of just letting the land sit around empty? Now, of course, plant and insect people will tell you that no land is empty. Even the humblest weedlot plays a role in urban ecology. But I'd wager that few vacant lots are under the control … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: gardening, Rob Hopkins, smart development, urban homesteading, urban orchards

#18: Telling the Transition story

By Staff Reports | December 14, 2011

We're huge fans of the Transition movement. We love it so much, we even put the word in our name. And while many folks within and outside of the Transition movement proper are talking about a transition to the post-fossil fuels economy/society/culture, it's an idea that still needs more traction in the wider world if we're to avoid the worst fallout of the converging crises of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 31 Reasons to Support Transition Voice, relocalization, Rob Hopkins, Transition, Transition Network, Transition US

#27: The critics agree we have great writers

By Staff Reports | December 4, 2011

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For all the wonders of the Web, we have to admit there's just as many gutters to go down or wasteful links to follow, leading you to spam Hell, meaningless scraped content, and things you don't want your cubicle mate to see, whether it's bare naked lies from climate deniers to sticky, glistening curves of crude reserves from the petroleum lobby to long, hard speeches by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 31 Reasons to Support Transition Voice, communication, Rob Hopkins, Transition Network

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