Transition Culture

In the final 'New Lion Brewery Session' that took place during the Sea Change Festival, James Yorkston played on our stairs. Here is his set in full. www.newlionbrewery.co.uk.

For the second 'New Lion Brewery Session' that took place in the brewery during Sea Change Festival, Alasdair Roberts was joined by Stevie Jones and Alex Neilson. Here is the full audio of the show they played. www.newlionbrewery.co.uk.

On Friday August 26th, Ultimate Painting came into the New Lion Brewery in Totnes to play the first 'New Lion Brewery Session'. They were brilliant. Here is the audio of the gig in full. www.newlionbrewery.co.uk

On Friday July 1st 2016, at the Everyman Cinema in Muswell Hill, London, the film that has proved to be a phenomenon in France, 'Tomorrow' ('Demain') had its UK premiere. Over 250 people saw the film, and as they left and headed for home afterwards, Transition Network's Naresh Giangrande asked people what they thought about the film.

We talk to Emmanuel Druon and Elizabeth Druon of Pocheco about their work, about 'ecolonomie' and much more.

Emmanuel Druon and Elizabeth Dinsdale discuss the impact the film 'Demain' has had on their business, Pocheco, and also on France more generally.

New Lion Brewery have been working with new Totnes enterprise Wild & Curious, to create two beers for the 2016 Totnes Local Entrepreneur Forum. The collaboration produced 'Definitely Mabey', a nettle, ginger and lemon beer, and 'Curiouser and Curiouser', made with apple, blackcurrants and a Brettanomyces yeast. Here Myrtle Cooper from Wild and Curious and Mat Henney from New Lion Brewery discuss how the beers came about and how it turned out.

On May 12th 2016, the fifth Totnes Local Entrepreneur Forum took place. Jay Tompt, its originator and co-ordinator, talked to Rob Hopkins about how it came about, what it is, and where it's going next.

Rob Hopkins of Transition Network talks to Andy O'Brien and Chris Speller of Bristol Energy Cooperative about their bid to raise £10.5 million for community owned renewables in the city. How to set about doing such a thing, and what would their advice be for others thinking to do that same thing? http://www.bristolenergy.coop/

Pitching at LEF5 in Totnes were Iola (iolaweir.co.uk), a start up led by Iola Weir in the theatre arts space with a vision to create local livelihoods and be catalyst for a flourishing regional arts and culture scene, The Kitchen Table(thekitchentable.org.uk)an expanding sustainable catering company led by Sima Cutting, supporting local producers and raising awareness of important food system issues, Horse and Heart (www.horse-and-heart.com)Marie Franco leads this expanding horsemanship training practice offering a range of services supporting the use of horses in agriculture and health & care and Ambios (www.ambios.net) an expanding farm and educational project led by Jack Skuse, producing organic food and serving the land-based educational needs of young people. We also speak to Pete Yeo, who compered the session.

Helen Royall, a member of Transition Stroud, discusses the group's history, achievements and hopes for the future with Transition Network's Rob Hopkins.

On 6th May 2016, Transition Stroud held an event called 'Transition Stroud: 10 years and beyond' in the town's Subscription Rooms. Over 200 people attended, and the evening proved inspirational and motivating. Transition Network's Rob Hopkins travelled to Stroud for the event, and created this podcast as a record of it.

Tanja was one of the organisers of the Det Faelles Bedste ('The Common Good') convergence in Hvalsø. Here she talks to Transition Network's Rob Hopkins about the event, how it came about, and how it was going.

At the Det Faelles Bedste event in Hvalsø, Denmark, Transition Network's Rob Hopkins sat down with Cristiano Bottone of Transition Italy following his workshop there, to discuss Transition and his work spreading the idea in Italy.

Rob Hopkins of Transition Network caught up with Cyril Dion to talk about the extraordinary film 'Demain' and the remarkable success it has been, as well as the process that led to its being created.

Bob Hudson describes himself in his Twitter profile as "Public policy academic Durham University, Labour supporter. Sunderland AFC supporter. Regular Guardian blogger on healthcare policy". We were prompted to speak to him by this excellent article he wrote: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/the-four-deficits-of-english-devolution-proposals/

Transition Galway in Ireland recently published their 'Vision for Galway 2030' report, based on many visioning workshops with their community. We talked to Bernard McGlinchey, Mary Greene and Caoimhín Ó Maolallaigh about how the report came about and how it has been received.

Chrissie Godfrey by Rob Hopkins

Chris Johnstone (chrisjohnstone.info/) is a resilience coach, trainer and writer, author of Find Your Power and, with Joanna Macy, of Active Hope.

Resilience coach and trainer Chris Johnstone (chrisjohnstone.info/) shares his fifth strategy for overcoming burnout, to see success with new eyes and savour it.