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Book Review: 'The Transition Companion' - Rob Hopkins

nospam@example.com (Richard) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:00:55 +0100

In March 2008 when I received my copy of the Transition Handbook I sat down and read it in one sitting. When I had finished I was totally inspired by what was then a largely theoretical proposal suggesting positive ways of addressing the issues of Peak Oil and Climate Change. It motivated me and thousands of others to get out and 'do something' - in my case help set up New Forest Transition.

Three years on I've just had a bit of a deja vu moment! Rob Hopkins' new magnum opus is 'The Transition Companion - Making your community more resilient in uncertain times'. It arrived yesterday and I have now had a chance to read it. Once again I feel a sense of renewed energy and excitement about what the 'transition' approach to local communities can achieve.

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Rob's New Book, Out next week

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:44:00 +0100

The Transition Companion: making your community more resilient in uncertain times by Rob Hopkins

The Author: Rob Hopkins has created this book through a collaborative process involving thousands of people. He is the co-founder of Transition Town Totnes and of the Transition Network. He is recognised globally for his grassroots work in promoting community resilience in the light of peak oil and climate change. His blog is on www.transitionculture.org

Foreword by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

ISBN 978 1 900322 97 3. 265 mm x 197 mm. 320 pp in full colour

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Book Review - 'Meat - a benign extravagance' by Simon Fairlie

nospam@example.com (Richard) — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:24:19 +0100

As a vegan I approached this book rather warily on account of its title! But as I read it I abandoned my caution and found myself nodding in agreement at most, if not all, of its key points. My veganism is not borne out of a rigid belief that humans are not meant to eat meat but rather it stems from a complete abhorrence of the cruelty and inhumanity that goes on in an effort to satisfy people's enormous carnivorous demands coupled with a growing despair that such activity will speed up our process of devastating the planet we live on.
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Book Review - 'Find Your Power - A toolkit for resilience and personal change' by Chris Johnstone

nospam@example.com (Richard) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:26:31 +0100

This new edition of Chris Johnstone’s book, recently published by Permanent Publications, will be by my side for many months to come. The reason is simple. It is a book that provides inspiration at times of difficulty and offers many insights and techniques to overcome obstacles and opposition.

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Book Review - 'Birthrites' by Jackie Singer

nospam@example.com (Richard) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:19:35 +0000

“Birthrites – Rituals and Celebrations for the Child-bearing Years” – Jackie Singer
Jackie Singer’s new book offers a refreshing and inspiring approach to how we celebrate key moments as our children grow up. It is an inclusive and easy to read book that can be used by a wide variety of families.

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Hard Rain - our headlong collision with nature - Mark Edwards

nospam@example.com (Richard) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:04:25 +0100

Every prime minister and president in the world has received a copy of this book and over 12 million people have seen the associated exhibition. But somehow it had passed me by until Liz Kent from the Bishopstoke Greening Campaign mentioned it to me at the weekend.

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Book Review: 'Local Food' - Tamzin Pinkerton & Rob Hopkins

nospam@example.com (Editor) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:16:53 +0100

The latest title from Transition Books covers the whole gamut of Local Food. It is packed full of ideas, reviews of projects and details of resources.

Click here to read the review of the book on the New Forest Food Challenge site....

Book Review: "Through the Eye of a Needle" John-Paul Flintoff

nospam@example.com (Richard) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:09:03 +0100

Every now and then I come across a book that just grabs me and won’t let me go until I’ve finished it. It’s not always obvious at first and I have to confess that I was unsure what I was in for when I opened John-Paul Flintoff’s new title. But once I started I was hooked.

The author is a journalist and a committed environmentalist who delights in all things that are away from the mainstream. You know that ‘game’ where you decide on people’s personalities based on the Winnie the Pooh characters? Well, John-Paul is most definitely Tigger…. In the book he throws himself into a dizzying array of different situations getting largely enthused by much of what he comes across in his search for a new purpose in his life.

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Book Review: 'The Alternative Kitchen Garden - an A-Z' by Emma Cooper

nospam@example.com (Richard) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:07:37 +0100

This is a delightful book. Emma Cooper has produced a really informative and entertaining book that is a valuable addition to any gardener's collection of reference material.

Emma's own 'alternative kitchen garden' is in the back of a modest house in urban Oxfordshire. Since moving in and converting it from a neglected wasteland in 2001 she and her partner have both left lucrative, high pressure jobs to downshift and concentrate on food and growing. The book conveys Emma's infectious enthusiasm for the whole business of cultivating your own fruit and veg. And it's an eclectic mix of information about mainstream crops likes spuds and carrots with useful info on things like composting and making use of your local Freecycle group.
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Book Review: 'Future Scenarios' by David Holmgren

nospam@example.com (Richard) — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:10:15 +0100

Future Scenarios is an important new book by David Holmgren. For those who may not have come across him David was the co-originator (along with Bill Mollison) of the permaculture concept back in 1978.

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Book Review: The Transition Timeline by Shaun Chamberlin

nospam@example.com (Richard) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:02:00 +0000

Shaun Chamberlin's new book 'The Transition Timeline' is about as important as any I've read. It should take the momentum of the Transition movement and, if there's any justice, will catapult it forward.

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Three More Books You Might Like to Read

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:09:24 +0000

We have a copy of each of these books. If you would like to borrow one, please email me, Sarah at resources@newforesttransition.org

"Six Degrees: Our future on a hotter planet" Mark Lynas

"The Hot Topic: How to tackle Global Warming and still keep the lights on" David King (a top Govt scientific adviser)

"The Rough Guide to Climate Change" Robert Henson

Transition Primer, Supporting material for the Handbook

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:14:13 +0000

Just to let you know, that the Transition Towns Initiative has another document called the Transition Initiatives Primer. It is a very useful document for those wishing to embark on their own initiative. It gives specifics about projects in Kinsale, Totnes, reasons why you might feel Transition is not for your community - and why these are in fact not issues at all, the 12 steps of Transition, your final goals, some possible structures, list of appropriate DVDs and further reading.

It is in .pdf form online which you can read, or save across to your c: drive.

http://transitionnetwork.org/Primer/TransitionInitiativesPrimer.pdf

We now have six paper copies available to any locality in the thought processes of setting up an initiative - just email me at events@newforesttransition.org You can print the document yourselves, although is it 51 pages long. sarah

Children's Books

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:59:55 +0000

My daughter came home with this book from the library and I think it shares some Transition values, a great picture book for reading aloud or for readers becoming more confident (3-6 year olds). It has a great rhythm too!

The Chimpanzees of Happytown by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees

A couple more books that you may like to borrow

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:38:07 +0000

Do Good Lives have to Cost the Earth? How we can turn Climate Change into a Chance for a better Life. Edited by Andrew Simms and Joe Smith with chapters written by Philip Pullman, John Bird, Anita Roddick, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Kevin McCloud.

The Dominant Animal. Human Evolution and the Environment. Paul Ehrlich and Anne Ehrilich.

The Bridge at the Edge of the World. Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability. James Gustave Speth.

Common Wealth. Economics for a Crowded Planet. Jeffrey Sachs.

Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development. Selected Essays of Herman Daly.

Please email me, Sarah at events@newforesttransition.org I can send these out, all you will need is the postage to send it back. Many thanks