Transition Culture

Doria Robinson is Executive Director of Urban Tilth, an organisation which cultivates agriculture in Richmond to help the community build a more sustainable, healthy, and just food system". She's amazing. In this interview she talks about social justice, urban agriculture, having Chevron as a neighbour and her thoughts on scaling up. www.urbantilth.org.

Pam Warhurst of Incredible Edible Todmorden discusses the power of food growing, of the potential of food for reviving local economies, and as a response to austerity, with Rob Hopkins of Transition Network.

Introduced by Richard Heinberg, here is the talk Rob Hopkins gave to the Permaculture and Transition Network convergence at Hopland, California.

Jeremy Leggett, founder of chairman of Solar Century and Solar Aid, as well as of the financial think tank Carbon Tracker, speaks to Transition Network's Rob Hopkins. He is the author of the newly-published 'The Energy of Nations: risk blindness and the road to renaissance'. http://www.routledge.com/energy/articles/the_energy_of_nations_by_jeremy_leggett/

Tim Lang has been Professor of Food Policy at City University London's Centre for Food Policy since 2002.

How has JPNet practically approached the issues around diversity and engagement in Jamaica Plain?

What does the future hold for Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition? What does success look like?

How does JPNet approach the issue of austerity?

So what does Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition actually do?

First I asked Chuck to introduce Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition and how and why it was founded.

An interview with Richard Heinberg, sitting in his garden in California.

Jason Roberts of Team Better Block (http://teambetterblock.com/) speaks to Transition Network's Rob Hopkins.

Paul Hawkens talks to Transition Network's Rob Hopkins.

"What advice would you give other initiatives thinking about doing a report like this?"

"What difference would some kind of funding make to your ability to make this Evaluation a reality?"

"What does localisation mean in the context of Brixton?"

"What does having done this Evaluation make possible?"

"What were the key learnings from the Evaluation?"

Paul Angel of The Swanage School muses on the pros and cons of becoming a Free School. Are they a good thing, or do they take desperately-needed funding away from struggling existing schools?

Paul Angel reflects on how the school's first week went!