Don Hall has had the good fortune to serve the international Transition Towns Movement in a variety of capacities over the past 16 years. Initially serving for two years as Education & Outreach Coordinator for Transition Colorado, the first official Transition Initiative in North America and a statewide hub. Don founded Transition Sarasota (Florida, USA) and became a certified Transition Trainer in 2010. After six and a half years as Transition Sarasota’s Executive Director, he became Co-Director of Transition US in 2017 and Executive Director in 2020. Don currently serves as Training Coordinator for Transition Network and is the author of The Regeneration Handbook: Transform Yourself to Transform the World (New Society Publishers, 2024). He also holds a Master’s in Environmental Leadership from Naropa University, a certification in Permaculture Design from the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute, and lives in Boulder, Colorado. For more information about Don and The Regeneration Handbook, you can visit his website at https://evolutionarychange.org.
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Transition as a Social Technology
After nearly two decades deeply engaged in this field, the organizing model developed by the international Transition Towns Movement is still the most holistic, accessible, and effective social technology I’ve found for cultivating more resilient, equitable, sustainable, and regenerative local communities from the bottom up.
January 30, 2026
Evergreening Transition Training
Dear friends and fellow Transitioners, I hope you’ll join me today in celebrating the launch of Transition Network International’s first-ever “evergreen” course, Transition Launch Training! This self-paced and self-directed online version of our most popular training is now available for anyone, anywhere, to take for free at any time.
December 11, 2025
The Launch of Transition Town Warri
Last month, I had the honor and privilege of being invited to participate in the launch of Transition Town Warri. While the explicit purpose of my trip to Nigeria was simply to co-facilitate an introductory Transition Launch Training, as I’ve done many times before, it ended up being much more than that.
September 30, 2025
Doubling Down on Regeneration
Our ancestors, future generations, and millions of other species are both counting on us and rooting us on. Even if the forces of destruction ultimately overwhelm our efforts, at least we will have lived a life of great integrity and adventure, and can finally rest easy knowing we’ve tried our best.
December 5, 2024
The Regeneration Handbook: System-changing strategies
To inspire hope that ordinary people such as ourselves can bring about meaningful change, I’ve included brief snapshots below of some of the largest and most successful systems-changing strategies I know. Because these kinds of stories are not often reported on in the mainstream media, we need to do everything in our power to get them out as far and wide as possible.
September 26, 2024
The Regeneration Handbook: Healthy groups
Although regeneration begins with us as individuals, we eventually have to join with others for it to ripple out into the world. We need other people not only to share in the work but also to shed light on our blind spots and remind us we aren’t alone.
August 7, 2024
