Rob Hopkins has started a new series on his blog, asking for collaboration in working on the next edition of the Transition Handbook.
He's now using the Pattern Language,
explained here, and in more detail in the
2010 Transition Network conference booklet.
He wrote
recently, "Most days, I will post a draft version of a pattern I have been working on. They won’t necessarily be in a chronological order, but randomly
chosen from throughout the patterns. Please have a read, and then post
as comments (not here but at the link provided) suggestions for
alternative photos, anecdotes, case studies, projects, stories, images,
links, whatever you can offer from the experience of your involvement
with Transition, anything you feel should be reflected in that pattern.
It is these that will bring the book to life."
Since TW's Kate Clark wrote in asking for
still more explanation on patterns, they're now being called Ingredients.
Since then he's already touched on several important topics (Patterns/Ingredients):
Measurement Project Support Concept (look for my comment)
Awareness RaisingDoes Your Transition Initiative Have (or even Want) An Office?Arts and CreativityVisioningForming Working GroupsLocal Food InitiativesStreet By Street Behavior ChangeThe Great ReskillingRunning Successful MeetingsThe Role of StorytellingUnderstanding ScaleEnergy Descent Action Plans (See also a
s Review of the Totnes EDAP)
'Transition Towers': Having An Office or Not?Forming A Core TeamMomentum
Transition Endorsements
Pausing for Reflection
Oral Histories
Short Film About Transition Universities
Standing Up to Speak
Communicating with the Media
Celebrating Failure (and Success!)
Practical Manifestations
Respectful Communication
Thinking Like a Designer
Becoming the Media
Emotional Support/Avoiding Burnout
How Others See Us / How We Communicate
Ensuring Land Access
Strategies for Plugging the Leaks
Form Networks of Transition Initiatives
Transition Cakes
Social Enterprise /Entrepreneurship