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On Gandhi's Path
The Seven Ages of Transition
Rob Hopkins Nov 25, 2011
While there has been much discussion in terms of Transition and diversity over the past few years, little has been said about the issue of age. It’s not something we’ve explored here … >>
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Posts on Communities
We won. You won.
Bill McKibben Nov 11, 2011
Dear Friends, The Keystone XL tar sands pipeline that we’ve been fighting for months has been effectively killed. The President didn’t outright reject the Keystone XL pipeline … >>
A funny thing happened on the way to the occupation
Asher Miller Nov 9, 2011
Like so many others, we at Post Carbon Institute have watched the growth of the #Occupy movement with a mix of hope and curiosity. So a few weeks we collaborated with filmmkaer Ben Zolno, … >>
Bill McKibben: “Communities are more important than individuals, and probably more important than states and nations”
Bill McKibben Rob Hopkins Oct 12, 2011
Last week Bill McKibben was in town, and I was lucky enough to get to interview him for half an hour before his talk to a packed St. John’s Church in Totnes (which Jay Tompt reflected on … >>
Giving Robert Socolow a Wedgie (so to speak)
Rob Hopkins Oct 7, 2011
In 2004, Steve Pacala and Robert Socolow published a paper in Science about climate mitigation which introduced the concept of ‘stabilisation wedges’. This proposed that rather than … >>
The nail-biting drama of the Transition elevator pitch
Rob Hopkins Sep 13, 2011
Here is a fascinating short film. It features Eric Stewart of Transition New Port Richey in Florida, US, giving a presentation to his local council about what the group are up to. Yet it is also … >>
A conversation with Rob Hopkins (and hosted by Richard Heinberg) - transcript
Richard Heinberg Rob Hopkins Sep 5, 2011
Richard Heinberg hosts a conversation with Rob Hopkins on New Thinking in Transition. The podcast begins with Rob giving an update on what is going on in the Transition movement and … >>
Arrested at the White House - the power of Martin Luther King's legacy
Bill McKibben Aug 26, 2011
I didn’t think it was possible, but my admiration for Martin Luther King, Jr., grew even stronger these past days. As I headed to jail as part of the first wave of what is turning … >>
Global Youth Uprising: Dashed Hopes, Anger, and Realism
Richard Heinberg Jun 20, 2011
Media reports often fail to connect recurring demonstrations in Greece and Spain with those in the Middle East and North Africa (Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Bahrain). After all, the MENA … >>
Transition’s life as a straw man
Rob Hopkins May 26, 2011
I am currently reading Carl Sagan’s excellent book ‘The Demon-haunted World: science as a candle in the dark’, which I picked up for a song in a second hand bookshop when I was … >>
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