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Interview with Rob Hopkins on In Transition 2.0

Rob Hopkins Apr 24, 2012   

Jonny Gordon-Farleigh from STIR interviews Rob Hopkins To mark the release of In Transition 2.0 — an inspirational film about communities printing their own money, growing food, … >>

A Conversation With Rob Hopkins, Transition Movement Founder

Rob Hopkins Dec 05, 2011   

[Excerpt]: After years of studying and then teaching permaculture and natural building, Rob Hopkins helped to establish the Transition movement, which has been called "the biggest urban … >>

Richard Heinberg interviewed in Totnes: “I think 2011 is going to be an interesting year… in the Chinese sense…” - Part Two

Richard Heinberg Rob Hopkins Mar 15, 2011   

On Richard Heinberg’s recent visit to Totnes, which included a talk on 'The End of Growth', myself [Rob Hopkins], Ben Brangwyn of Transition Network (BB) and Frances Northrop of Transition … >>

Richard Heinberg interviewed in Totnes: “I think 2011 is going to be an interesting year… in the Chinese sense…” - Part 1

Richard Heinberg Rob Hopkins Mar 14, 2011   

On Richard Heinberg’s recent visit to Totnes, which included a talk on 'The End of Growth', myself [Rob Hopkins], Ben Brangwyn of Transition Network (BB) and Frances Northrop of Transition … >>

A Future Without Oil

Rob Hopkins Oct 28, 2010   

[Excerpt] Our current system of trade is based on the availability of cheap fossil fuels. Yet the time nears when prices will rise and oil will become increasingly scarce. If we want to avoid … >>

Resilience Thinking

Rob Hopkins Oct 29, 2009   

Resilience Thinking. Why ‘resilience thinking’ is a crucial missing piece of the climate-change jigsaw and why resilience is a more useful concept than sustainability: by Post Carbon Fellow and Transition Town founder Rob Hopkins. Reprinted with permission from Resurgence Magazine. Original article can be found here. ... >>

To Plan for Emergency, or Not? Heinberg and Hopkins debate

Rob Hopkins May 28, 2009   7 comments

Teaser:  At the Transition Network conference, Richard Heinberg gave an online presentation looking at the concept of Emergenc At the Transition Network conference, Richard … >>