Rob Hopkins - The Transition Town Movement

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My guest for this episode is Rob Hopkins the creator of the idea of Transition Towns, a way for us to move from oil dependency to local resilience. That lead to his writing The Transition Handbook, something every permaculture practitioner should have in their library and which serves as a good introduction, along with Toby Hemenway’s The Permaculture City, to look at how we can move from the landscape to the people space.

Find out more about Rob and his work at TransitionNetwork.org and the other resources below.  

If you are interested in starting your own transition town or want more information on the movement, let me know by leaving a comment below.

Resources
Transition Network
Rob Hopkin’s Blog Reconomy
Project Atmos Totnes
Making Permaculture Stronger
LAND (Learning and Network Demonstration) Evidence based Permaculture
Green City Acres - Home of Curtis Stone, author of The Urban Farmer   

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Susan Norris and Nathan Spivey - Transition Towns and Transition Harrisburg

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Susan Norris and Nathan Spivey, two of my friends from Transition Harriburg, take some of their time to discuss how they found the Transition movement, their training at Genesis Farm under the tutelage of Transition Boulder, now Transition Colorado, and then through their efforts to bring sustainability to the capital city of Pennsylvania.

Along the way they present the issues, challenges, and inspiration that makes the Transition Town movement a positive, open, apolitical experience that seeks to engage individuals and their passions to build sustainable self-correcting communities. In the discussion, several additional websites and resources are mentioned: Transition Culture Transition Harrisburg The Economics of Happiness (Film) Green-CAUSE Interfaith Coalition on the Environment Time Banking Local Currency (Wiki)

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Permabyte: An Introduction to Transition Towns

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A quick, no-frills, whirlwind tour of the Transition Town process to provide an overview ahead of the interview with Susan Norris and Nathan Spivey of Transition Harrisburg.

If you would like to learn more about Transition before listening to that episode, please read Rob Hopkin's website: Transition Culture If, after reading that site, your interest to dive deeper into Transition is sparked, here are some recommended books: The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience by Rob Hopkins The Transition Timeline: For a Local, Resilient Future by Shaun Chamberlin Local Food: How to Make it Happen in Your Community by Tamzin Pinkerton and Rob Hopkins Local Money: How to Make it Happen in Your Community by Peter North Local Sustainable Homes: How to Make Them Happen in Your Community by Chris Bird

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