Rob Reports from COP21 in Paris: Day Seven
Today was the most thought-provoking day, at times viscerally so.
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Rob Hopkins report from COP21 in Paris: Day Two
It was a magical moment, which in spite of the Paris police’s ban on "outdoor activities", showed the creativity, positivity and comradeship that coming together can generate.
Zarzalejo Futuro: future scenarios
What does it look like when Transition meets the 15M movement in the context of a mountain village in the centre of Spain?
Collaboration and Changing Beliefs are Two Keys for a Degrowth Economy
Today when we think about a degrowth economy, about fostering the transition towards it and supporting more resilient lifestyles, I imagine – departing from systems theory – that we need something deeper; some kind of economic acupuncture that can trigger specific points that reverberate throughout the whole economic system.
Sending Them a Message
If we want to “send a message to those who hate us,” here’s a new one: Come to our homes, share our food, allow us to wash your feet after your long journey.
Paris: How Can we Start Unpicking the Spiral of Humiliation and Violence?
So long as our default setting is determined by humiliation and depends on inflicting humiliation, we will continue to cycle and to undermine humanity’s ability to flourish. Breaking that cycle is vital. It starts here.
Review: 21 Stories of Transition and the Great Imagining: Why Transition Matters
In December, representatives from governments from across the Earth will descend upon Paris in hopes, once again, of hammering out a global agreement to limit carbon dioxide emissions to the point where human civilization might expect a reasonable chance of survival.
Scaling up Transition in Peterborough
Like many Transition, and other changemaking initiatives around the world, Transition Town Peterborough (TTP) has been giving some serious thought to how it might scale up its impacts.
Crystal Palace Food Market, England
It is possible to create bottom up infrastructure that can deliver locally sourced sustainable food on a significant scale.
The Transition Story: Time to Stop Talking about Climate Change?
The thought I want to seed in your brain today is whether a more skilful way to inspire a response to climate change is to spend less time talking about climate change.
Why COP 21 Matters, and Why I’m Going
Are we expecting COP21 to be that moment of fireworks and dancing elephants, a ‘Great Change Moment’, when people dance in the street and subsequently put plaques up to immortalise the moment for their grandchildren? If we are, we’re missing the point.
Just Transition with Mateo Nube of Movement Generation
It has become clear we face two distinct possible futures: Economic Transition or Ecological Collapse.