Rob Hopkins
Episodes
Rob Hopkins on 21 Transition Stories For COP21
19 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2015 Transition Network International Conference at Seale Hayne, Devon, Rob Hopkins introduced Transition Network's '21 Transition Stories for ...
Richard Wilkinson on fairness and equality.
01 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Wilkinson is a British social epidemiologist, author and advocate. He is Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottin...
Juliet Davenport on energy and fairness.
01 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Juliet Davenport, CEO and founder of Good Energy, talks energy and fairness with Rob Hopkins of Transition Network.
Juliet Davenport on the 2015 Transition Network conference.
01 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Juliet Davenport, founder and CEO of Good Energy, on why Good Energy decided to sponsor the 2015 Transition Network conference.
Rob Hopkins' presentation to Lambeth LEF 2015
05 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Hopkins of Transition Network speaks at the 2015 Local Entrepreneur Forum in Lambeth, South London.
Lambeth Local Entrepreneur Forum Podcast
04 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
2nd June 2015 saw the first Local Entrepreneur Forum in Lambeth, South London. A remarkable event, it brought 5 entrepreneurs in front of their local...
Anna Lodge on the new REconomy guides
28 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Lodge of the REconomy Project introduces two new REconomy guides, the Transition Enterprise Handbook and Transition Core Resourcing. How did the...
Preston - Creating A Good Local Economy
24 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Cllr Matthew Brown of Preston City Council and to Matthew Jackson of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies about Preston City Council's ...
Julian Dobson on how to save town centres
19 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Dobson is a writer and facilitator specialising in regeneration, placemaking and social change. He is also the author of the brilliant 'How to...
Rob Hopkins in Wilmslow, Election Night 2015.
09 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Hopkins gives a presentation at a Transition Wilmslow event on Election Night 2015. http://transitionwilmslow.co.uk/
Rob Hopkins in Wilmslow: Q&A
09 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
After Rob Hopkins' talk on Election Night 2015 in Wilmslow, there was a session of Questions and Answers. Here they are.
Coming soon: the Exeter Pound!
29 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
September 1st sees the launch of the Exeter Pound, a local currency for the city. Rob Hopkins got the train to Exeter to meet Ian, Melanie, Adam, Mar...
Mandy Barnett
22 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Mandy Barnett, director of MB Associates, is a change management expert and accredited SROI practitioner with over 25 years' experience in the non-pro...
Filipa Pimentel on knitting
16 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Filipa Pimentel is Transition Network's International Hubs co-ordinator. She is also a prolific knitter. Here she discusses with Rob Hopkins the pow...
Sarah Woods and Fern Smith on Emergence.
11 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Woods and Fern Smith are both authors of 'Culture Shift: how artists are responding to sustainability in Wales'. Sarah Woods is a playwright, a...
Ruth Ben Tovim on community arts.
07 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ruth is the Creative Director of Encounters Arts. As a professional artist and consultant, she has used the transformational power of the arts to work...
A tour of the Atmos Hub: the Future Room
25 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ruth Ben-Tovim of Encounters Arts describes what visitors will find when they visit the Future Room at the Atmos Totnes Hub, open Wednesdays, 12-5pm.
A tour of the Atmos Hub: the Data Information Room
25 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ruth Ben-Tovim explains what visitors will find in the Data Information Room at the Atmos Totnes Hub.
A tour of the Atmos Hub: the Past Room
25 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ruth Ben-Tovim of Encounters Arts introduces the Past Room in the newly made-over Atmos Totnes Hub.
Anne-Marie Culhane on art as collaboration.
25 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Anne-Marie Culhane is motivated by a love for and fascination with the abundance and complexity of our world and an urgency to respond to the accelera...
Isabelle Frémeaux & John Jordan
24 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
John Jordan is an art activist. He co-founded the direct action groups Reclaim the Streets and the Clown Army, worked as a cinematographer for Naomi K...
SWIMBY: The Musical - an update
18 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
'SWIMBY ('Something Wonderful In My Back Yard': The Musical' raised over £10,000 on Kickstarter with over 100 individual funders from 5 different cou...
Ackroyd & Harvey
10 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey have worked together since 1990. According to their website, "sculpture, photography, architecture, ecology and biolog...
Juan Del Rio on 'Guía del movimiento de transición'
27 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Juan is a Transition trainer and activist, and just published 'Guía del movimiento de transición'. It's the first book about Transition written in ...
Chris Rhodes on low oil prices
23 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Prof Chris Rhodes is Director of a consultancy called Fresh-lands Environmental Actions, which deals with various energy and environment issues. He h...
Sarah Corbett on Craftivism.
13 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Corbett is the founder of the global social enterprise Craftivist Collective: creating universal products and services for people and organisati...
Lucy Neal on 'Playing for Time'
12 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lucy Neal is one of the founders of Transition Town Tooting and author of the forthcoming book 'Play for Time: Making Art as if the World Mattered", d...
Christophe McGlade discusses unburnable carbon
16 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Christophe is currently lead researcher for the Resources and Vectors theme of the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC). He recently co-authored a paper...
Pamela Boyce Simms on the Power to Convene
16 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Pamela Boyce Simms is a Trainer for Transition US, convenes the Mid-Atlantic Transition Hub (MATH) a six-state consortium that facilitates the collabo...
Jenny Rustemeyer on the Clean Bin Project
16 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Jen and her partner Grant spent a year, from 2008 to 2009, pledges to "try to buy no more 'stuff' and produce zero landfill waste for one year". Thi...
Pandora Thomas on Pathways to Resilience
12 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Pandora Thomas is a permaculture teacher and designer, a writer and a public speaker. She is a founder of the Black Permaculture Network, of the Path...
Atmos Totnes Podcast 6th December 2014
08 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On the final day of the Atmos Totnes consultation Hub's current incarnation, we asked visitors how they found it as an experience. www.atmostotnes.or...
Rob Hopkins' Desert Island Discs - Totnes-style.
07 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday December 5th, Rob Hopkins of Transition Network was the subject of an unusual version of Desert Island Discs. He chose 8 songs which were p...
Atmos Totnes Podcast 29th November 2014
30 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A range of voices from the Atmos Totnes Hub on Friday and Saturday 28-29th November 2014.
James Furze on cycle paths and mediation
26 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
James Furze has taken a different route to trying to help the Littlehempston cycle path near Totnes a reality, but not as a campaigner, rather as a me...
Azby Brown on learning from the Edo Period
25 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Azby Brown is an architect and design theorist whose in-depth study of Japan provides inspiration for the future of sustainable urban living. Raised i...
Atmos Voices 22 November 2014
22 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the people who attended the Hub on 21st and 22nd November 2014 share how they found the experience.
Etienne de Montlaur introduces The Food Assembly
18 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Etienne de Montlaur, is one of the founders of www.thefoodassembly.com/en, a brilliant new tool for localising local food economies. He told us what ...
Atmos Totnes 14th November 2014
14 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We asked four visitors to the Atmos Totnes Hub how they found the experience. www.atmostotnes.org
Atmos Voices 8th November 2014
08 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We asked three visitors to the Atmos Totnes Hub, Richard, Sue and Peter, for their thoughts on visiting...
James Engwell explains Story Machine
26 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
One of the elements of the Atmos Totnes Hub is Story Machine. What is it? We asked its creator, James Engwell.
Atmos Totnes consultation hub: a walk-through with Ruth Ben-Tovim
25 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Until December 6th, Atmos Totnes (www.atmostotnes.org) is holding its public consultation in the former Cocos Nursery on the site. Ruth Ben-Tovim of ...
Rob Hopkins speaks in Paris: 17 October 2014
20 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
To promote Ils Changent Le Monde, the French edition of The Power of Just Doing Stuff, Transition Network's Rob Hopkins spoke in Paris at the offices ...
Viljoen and Bohn on designing productive cities
30 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
André Viljoen and Katrin Bohn are architects and academics who specialise in the study and implementation of urban agriculture. They previously publ...
Tony Greenham on the ingredients of housing bubbles
30 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Greenham is Head of Finance and Business at NEF, leading the programme of research into reforming the financial sector and aligning the interests...
Tony Greenham on the ingredients of housing bubbles
30 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Greenham is Head of Finance and Business at NEF, leading the programme of research into reforming the financial sector and aligning the interests...
Aniol Esteban on why economics needs to make space for nature
16 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Aniol Esteban is Head of Environmental Economics at New Economic Foundation. He works on wide range of topics, including fisheries, climate change, en...
Paul Chatterton on Lilac Cohousing
11 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Chatterton of the Lilac project ('Low Impact Living Affordable Community') in Leeds, a co-housing project built using strawbales to very high ene...
David Nobbs on 'The Second Life of Sally Mottram'
09 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
David Nobbs has written over 20 novels, for a range of leading British comedians, and also wrote The Fall and Rise of Reginal Perrin. His most recent...
Richard Louv and the Last Child in the Woods
28 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Louv is an American nonfiction author and journalist. He is best known for his seventh book, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From...
An interview with ecopsychologist Mary-Jayne Rust
23 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Mary-Jayne is an art therapist and Jungian analyst in private practice in North London. Alongside this, she lectures and facilitates workshops on Ecop...
Caspar Walsh on the role of Nature in healing young men
23 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Caspar Walsh is a writer and founder of the award winning charity, Write to Freedom. He is the author of Tribe Warrior from W2F Press and Criminal. Hi...
Rewilding: an interview with George Monbiot
23 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
George Monbiot, Guardian columnist and author of 'Feral' talks to Transition Network's Rob Hopkins backstage at the 2014 Ways With Words Festival at D...
Chris Johnstone on the Art of Celebration
07 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
With a background in medicine, psychology, groupwork and coaching, Chris Johnstone is a specialist in the psychology of resilience, happiness and posi...
Rob's message for Uni of Basilicata
16 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Hopkins sends a short message for the beginning of the 'Managing a Transition Town' course at the Business Economics School at University of Basil...
Alan Simpson on growth, renewables and Transition.
11 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Simpson describes himself as a "recovering politician, Energiewende admirer, advisor on energy policy, climate change and fuel poverty". He was ...
Ben Howard's speech at Totnes Pound launch 20 May 2014
27 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On 20 May 2014, at a packed event in Totnes Civic Hall, Ben Howard was unveiled as the star of the new Totnes Pound t£10 note. Here's the short spee...
25 minutes with Naomi Oreskes on 'The Merchants of Doubt'
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Naomi Oreskes is Professor of History and Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego, Adjunct Professor of Geosciences at the Scripps ...
Peter MacFadyen's 10 Tips No 10: Revolution!
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Peter MacFadyen, Independent Councillor for Frome and now the town's Mayor, shares his 10 tips for reinvigorating local democracy.
Peter MacFadyen's 10 Tips No 9: Laughter!
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Peter MacFadyen, Independent Councillor for Frome and now the town's Mayor, shares his 10 tips for reinvigorating local democracy.
Peter MacFadyen's 10 Tips No 8: New Parallel Systems!
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Peter MacFadyen, Independent Councillor for Frome and now the town's Mayor, shares his 10 tips for reinvigorating local democracy.
Peter MacFadyen's 10 Tips No7: Tipping Points & Common Sense!
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Peter MacFadyen, Independent Councillor for Frome and now the town's Mayor, shares his 10 tips for reinvigorating local democracy.
Peter MacFadyen's 10 Tips No 6: Food!
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Peter MacFadyen, Independent Councillor for Frome and now the town's Mayor, shares his 10 tips for reinvigorating local democracy.
Peter MacFadyen's 10 Tips No 5: Ambition and Connection!
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Peter MacFadyen, Independent Councillor for Frome and now the town's Mayor, shares his 10 tips for reinvigorating local democracy.
Peter MacFadyen's 10 Tips No4: The Big Issues!
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Peter MacFadyen, Independent Councillor for Frome and now the town's Mayor, shares his 10 tips for reinvigorating local democracy.
Peter MacFadyen's 10 Tips. No3: Engage!
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Peter MacFadyen, Independent Councillor for Frome and now the town's Mayor, shares his 10 tips for reinvigorating local democracy.
Peter MacFadyen's 10 Tips No2: Participate!
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Peter MacFadyen, Independent Councillor for Frome and now the town's Mayor, shares his 10 tips for reinvigorating local democracy.
Peter MacFadyen's tips No.1: Celebrate!
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Peter MacFadyen, Independent Councillor for Frome and now the town's Mayor, shares his 10 tips for reinvigorating local democracy.
Peter MacFadyen on reimagining local democracy in Frome
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Peter MacFadyen is an Independent councillor in Frome, and was recently elected as the town's Mayor. He is one of the founders of Comic Relief, and a...
Janet Richardson on Health Impacting Assessments for Transition
20 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Janet Richardson is Professor of Health Service Research in the Faculty of Health, Education and Society at Plymouth University, and an Honorary Consu...
David Pencheon on Transition, sustainability and public health.
15 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
David Pencheon is a UK trained public health doctor and is currently director of the NHS Sustainable Development Unit (England).
Prof. Martin McKee on the Manifesto for Public Health.
13 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Martin McKee is Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is also one of the authors of...
Mark Dooris on Transition and public health
12 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Dooris is Professor in Health and Sustainability at the University of Central Lancashire. He is one of the leading thinkers in the coming togeth...
Transition and Politics: the Natalie Bennett Interview
12 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
As part of our month on 'Transition and Politics', we talked to Natalie Benn, Leader of the Green Party.
Angela Raffle on Transition and public health.
11 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Angela Raffle is a member of Transition Bristol and is a public health professional. We talked to her about Transition, climate change and the overla...
Giuseppe Feola and Richard J Nunes on researching Transition
25 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Giuseppe Feola and Richard J Nunes are researchers at the University of Reading. They recently published 'Failure and Success of Transition initiativ...
Sarah Timmins, the Low Carbon Nurse
24 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Timmins is a nurse who is training to be a health visitor. She blogs about her "own private journey into a year, and hopefully much longer, of ...
Michael Shuman on localisation as economic development
23 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Shuman is author of several books on local economic development, an attorney, an economist, and is currently Director of Community Portals for...
Clive Hamilton on 'Earthmasters' and geoengineering
22 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Clive Hamilton is an Australian academic and writer of several books, including 'Growth Fetish', 'Requiem for a Species' and, most recently, 'Earthmas...
Katrina Brown on community resilience
22 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Katrina Brown is a social scientist based at the Environment and Sustainability Institute at the University of Exeter. She has written widely on resi...
Nic Marks on measuring wellbeing and happiness
04 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Nic Marks is a Fellow of new economics foundation and recently founded Happiness Works www.happinessworks.com. Here he talks to Rob Hopkins of Transi...
When Luis talked to his parents about climate change
28 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
You can read the story behind this recording at http://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/rob-hopkins/2014-03/when-luis-talked-his-parents-about-climate-...
Sir David King on living with climate change
25 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Sir David King is former Chief Scientific Adviser to the British Government, and is currently the Foreign Secretary's Special Representative for Clima...
William Lana on why people should think about becoming a Trustee
19 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
William Lana, outgoing Transition Network Board member, on his advice for anyone else thinking of applying to be a Trustee.
William Lana on being a Trustee of Transition Network
19 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We asked William Lana, outgoing Trustee of Transition Network, how his time on the Board was...
Katherine Knox on climate justice
10 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Katharine Knox of Joseph Rowntree Foundation discusses the Foundation's work on climate change, communities, resilience and social justice. http://ww...
Guy Watson on farming with climate change
07 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
As part of our 'Living with Climate Change' series, we talk to Guy Watson of Riverford Organic Vegetables about the impacts of extreme weather and cli...
Sarah McAdam: What Are You Looking For In A Trustee?
07 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What are the qualities, the skills, the abilities that Transition Network is looking for in its new Trustees?
Sarah McAdam: What can people expect to get out of being a Trustee?
07 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
As part of Transition Network's search for four new Trustees, we ask Delivery Director Sarah McAdam what can people expect to get out of being a Trust...
Sarah McAdam: What Does A Trustee Do?
07 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
As Transition Network seeks four new Trustees, we ask Delivery Director Sarah McAdam what is a Trustee, and what do they do?
Building Personal Resilience – How to Sustain Momentum, with Sophy Banks
05 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday 25th February, Sophy Banks facilitated a webinar entitled 'Building Personal Resilience – How to Sustain Momentum'. Here is the podcast ...
George Marshall on why extreme weather doesn't necessarily change minds
28 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
George Marshall co-founded the Climate Outreach Information Network (COIN) in 2004, and he is currently its Director of Projects. Here he talks with R...
Professor Myles Allen on living with climate change
28 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Myles R. Allen is head of the Climate Dynamics group at the University of Oxford's Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics Department. H...
Creating An Effective Team with Nick Osborne
24 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday 18th February, Nick Osborne facilitated a webinar entitled 'Creating an Effective and Engaged Team'. Here is the podcast of it. For more i...
Transition Conversations 1: Getting Ready To Fund Raise
18 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In the first in the 'Transition Conversations' series presented by Gaia University and Transition Network, in partnership with the REconomy Project, ,...
Cheryl Lyon of Transition Town Peterborough
14 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What resources does Transition take? We spoke to Cheryl Lyon of Transition Town Peterborough http://transitiontownpeterborough.ca/
Paul Kingsnorth
10 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Kingsnorth is a writer and poet who lives in Cumbria, England. He is a former deputy-editor of The Ecologist and a co-founder of the Dark Mountai...
Zenrainman on seeing Bangalore's resources in a different way
29 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Zenrainman (also known as Viswanath Srikantaiah) works on sustainable water management and sanitation systems and ecological architecture in Bangalore...
Andy Lipkis on scaling up.
23 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Lipkis of Tree People (www.treepeople.org) discusses issues around scaling up with Rob Hopkins of Transition Network.
Andy Lipkis: "Should we deliberately engineer a 'crash on demand'?
23 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Lipkis of Tree People (www.treepeople.org) responds to a question about David Holmgren's recent assertion that the best way to avoid runaway clim...