Rob Hopkins

Rob Hopkins

Society EN ↓ 500 episodes

Every month we take a deeper look at 3 stories of what Transition initiatives are up to around the world.

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Rob Hopkins

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Society

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www.robhopkins.net

Latest episode

Aug 21, 2025

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Episodes

Prof. Calvin Jones on post growth economies 03.05.2013

Prof. Calvin Jones is Professor of Economics at Cardiff Business School. I spoke to him about an excellent article he wrote about economic growth and climate change (http://www.clickonwales.org/2013/04/technology-cannot-tackle-climate-change/) and his views on the future of economic growth and what comes next.

Tom Henfrey on the relationship between Transition and academia 20.04.2013

Tom Henfrey discusses how Transition can help academia, and how academia can help Transition. The Transition Research Primer can be downloaded from http://www.transitionresearchnetwork.org/transition-research-primer.html

Tom Henfrey on "what's the Transition Research Primer?" 20.04.2013

Tom Henfrey discusses the Transition Research Primer, what's in it and what's it for. You can download the Primer at http://www.transitionresearchnetwork.org/transition-research-primer.html

Tom Henfrey on "what's the Transition Reseach Network?" 20.04.2013

Tom Henfrey of the Transition Research Network answers the question "so what's the Transition Research Network and how did it come about?"

Nick Osborne: "How did this training come about?" 06.04.2013

Nick Osborne on the background to the film and the training resources. "How did they come about?". https://www.transitionnetwork.org/training/courses/effective-groups-resources

Nick Osborne: "How can people access this training?" 06.04.2013

Nick Osborne answering the question "if people feel they need this training, where do they go from there?" https://www.transitionnetwork.org/training/courses/effective-groups-resources

Nick Osborne: "What are these new resources?" 06.04.2013

Nick Osborne answers the question "what are the resources that the Effective Groups training is built around?" https://www.transitionnetwork.org/training/courses/effective-groups-resources

Nick Osborne: "How would people know they need this training?" 06.04.2013

Nick Osborne, creator of the 'Effective Groups' training, reflecting on what are some of the indicators within a Transition group that they might benefit from this training. https://www.transitionnetwork.org/training/courses/effective-groups-resources

Alan Brown of Transition Linlithgow 02.03.2013

Alan Brown of Transition Linlithgow on what he would like to see happen to the wood the group recently got following a Chanel fashion show at the local ruined castle: http://transitionlinlithgow.org.uk/

Rachel De Thample of Transition Crystal Palace 20.02.2013

Rachel De Thample of Transition Crystal Palace on her Christmas dinner, all grown or foraged from within London. http://www.crystalpalacetransition.org.uk/

Rob Hopkins on 'The Transition movement and the potential of local building materials' 11.02.2013

On 1st February 2013 I spoke at 'From spaces to places – Building with earth ', the Earth Building UK conference at Dartington (http://www.ebuk.uk.com). I talked about Transition and the potential role that local building materials could play in local economic regeneration.

NE Seattle Tool Library. Q1: "Could you tell us a bit more about the project?" 08.02.2013

In conversation with Leo Brodie and Susan Gregory of Sustainable NE Seattle's NE Seattle Tool Library. neseattletoollibrary.org/

NE Seattle Tool Library. Q5: "What advice would you have for anyone else wanting to do this?" 08.02.2013

In conversation with Leo Brodie and Susan Gregory of Sustainable NE Seattle's NE Seattle Tool Library. neseattletoollibrary.org/

NE Seattle Tool Library. Q4: "Any moments that have stood out since it began?" 08.02.2013

In conversation with Leo Brodie and Susan Gregory of Sustainable NE Seattle's NE Seattle Tool Library. neseattletoollibrary.org/

NE Seattle Tool Library Q3: "Where might all this go?" 08.02.2013

In conversation with Leo Brodie and Susan Gregory of Sustainable NE Seattle's NE Seattle Tool Library. http://neseattletoollibrary.org/

NE Seattle Tool Library. Q2: "How has it been to see this become a reality?" 08.02.2013

In conversation with Leo Brodie and Susan Gregory of Sustainable NE Seattle's NE Seattle Tool Library. http://neseattletoollibrary.org/

An interview with Dr. Michael Mann on 'The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars' 31.01.2013

Dr. Michael E. Mann is Distinguished Professor of Meteorology at Penn State University, with joint appointments in the Department of Geosciences and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI). He is also director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center (ESSC). His recent book is 'The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars'. I spoke to him by Skype.

Transition Free Press - editor Charlotte Du Cann 23.01.2013

Transition Free Press editor Charlotte Du Cann talks about the paper, how it will help Transition groups, and why you should help the crowdfunding appeal: https://www.buzzbnk.org/ProjectDetails.aspx?projectId=103

Transition Free Press - designer Trucie Mitchell 18.01.2013

Trucie Mitchell is the designer for Transition Free Press, the newspaper for the Transition movement which was just about ready to go to press when I spoke to her. Please support the TFP crowdfunding appeal at https://www.buzzbnk.org/ProjectDetails.aspx?projectId=103

Looby Macnamara 16.01.2013

Looby Macnamara is a permaculture teacher and is the author of 'People and Permaculture'. Here she talks to Transition Network's Rob Hopkins about peoplecare, permaculture and Transition, and why activism needs an inner dimension.

Transition Free Press: Jay Tompt 14.01.2013

Transition Free Press will be a quarterly newspaper for the Transition movement. It is currently running a crowdfunding appeal on Buzzbnk at https://www.buzzbnk.org/ProjectDetails.aspx?projectId=103. I spoke to Jay Tompt of TFP to ask him about the paper and about why people should support the bid.

Tony Greenham on Transition and the new economics 09.01.2013

REconomy's Fiona Ward (www.reconomy.org) speaks to Tony Greenham of New Economics Foundation (www.neweconomics.org).

Josiah Meldrum of Hodmedod's Great British peas and beans 07.01.2013

An interview with Josiah Meldrum about Hodmedod's Great British peas and beans, about their rediscovery and promotion of split fava beans. See www.hodmedods.co.uk

Transition films 03.12.2012

It's the Top Ten films as voted for by Transition initiatives!!

Graham Jones, author of Last Shop Standing 26.11.2012

Graham Jones is author of the book 'Last Shop Standing' which was recently turned into a film of the same name. http://lastshopstanding.com/

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