Caroline Jackson

Society

Transition Dreaming – an edgy experience

On this lonely edge, so much older and unwise, my only answer is to dream.

September 20, 2013

Society

Growing out of trouble

Why Monty Don ever decided it was his mission to rescue some young offenders (PPOs – Persistent and Priority Offenders) by getting them to run a small holding remains a mystery throughout the book.

June 25, 2013

Society

Wet feet, cold baths and lukewarm soup – resilience in Lancaster?

There’s something about resilience that makes me think of cold baths, wet feet and the distant prospect of lukewarm vegetable soup.  And the word, defined first in the dictionary as "the capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation," only adds to the depression.

January 18, 2013

Transition on the High Street

It can be no accident that the main Sunday session of this year’s conference involved the visioning of a high street, the creation of a bustling hub of the everyday businesses and services we imagined to be central to the Transitioned Town of the future.  Our high streets, especially those of medium sized market towns, are often a still functioning centre of local trade and a symbol of hope for the Reconomy strand of Transition.

December 12, 2012

Society

What has the Transition Network ever done for us?

Like Heineken you might hope that the Transition Network refreshes the parts others cannot reach.

October 17, 2012

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