Does Placemaking Cause Gentrification? It’s Complicated.
“If you’re not building social capital in the community where you’re working, you’re not Placemaking; you’re just reorganizing the furniture.”
building resilient communities
The Color of Food: How Gardens and Farms Can Help Us Heal From a History of Racism
Sitting at the table with so many farmers doing revolutionary work taught me that farming isn’t only about stewarding the land; it’s also about stewarding community and tending the soul.
Globalization and Terror
To understand the rise of religious fundamentalism and ethnic conflict we need to look at the deep impacts of the global consumer culture on living cultures across the planet. Doing so allows us to better understand ISIS and similar groups, and see a way forward that lessens violence on all sides.
21 Stories of Transition: Potager Alhambra
A Brussels neighbourhood experiencing the daily impacts of being a red light district responds by creating a new food garden!
Between Rice Paddies and Golf Courses
A new generation of Chinese architects is working against mass development projects, in and together with the countryside.
Practical Projects: Northaw Community Orchard – Mud, Sweat and Volunteers!
Back in 2010 a few of us hardy souls formed Northaw Transition, in our little village in South Hertfordshire.
A Good Place for Everyone to Walk
People have walked for justice and economic opportunity throughout American history.
Solar Panels and Solidarity
When 60 women in Edamalakudi carried about a hundred solar panels on their heads across 18 kilometres of hill, forest and wild elephant territory, they made history of sorts.
Communities Pushing For Legal Rights To Regain Power Over Fracking Companies
A Colorado group with concerns about the environmental impacts of fracking are pushing for a fundamental change to the state’s legal system to give communities greater power over corporations.
Syria on your Doorstep: a Community Response to Refugees in Hungary
If there is any good news, it’s that as transitioners we already have some ‘handles’ on dealing with reactions to overpowering issues.
Welcoming refugees: our future is common
The “refugee crisis” of recent months has split Europe in two.
Report back: 2015 Transition Network conference & Gathering of National Hubs
It was sobering to be at the conference in its greenness and moisture yet know that my state along with much of the western US was peppered with blazing fires.
