Rob Hopkins

Josh Golin is the Executive Director of the Campaign for Commerical Free Childhood, an advocacy organisation that works to protect children from the harmful effects of commercialism and promote creative play. He lives in Boston. We chatted via Skype.

March 9th 2017 was the 10th anniversary celebrations of Transition Town Totnes. As part of an event in Totnes Civic Hall which also launched the town's Film Festival, Rob Hopkins gave a potted history of the project, and was joined by various people from the initiative's past and present to talk about some of the initiative's key projects. www.transitiontowntotnes.org

As part of a series looking at Donald Trump's 'America First' concept, we talk to Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow at Post Carbon Institute and author of several books, including 'The Party's Over'.

Cormac is Managing Director of Nurture Development and a faculty member of the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute at Northwestern University, Chicago. He has trained communities, agencies, NGOs and governments in ABCD and other strengths based approaches in Kenya, Southern Sudan, South Africa, the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia. He also gave a great TEDx talk that we loved. Here...

New Lion Brewery has collaborated with Grown in Totnes to produce an Einkorn Gruit. But what is Einkorn? And why would you make a Gruit with it? New Lion's Head Brewery Mat Henney and Grown in Totnes' Holly Tiffin tell the story, and what such a collaboration could mean for the future of brewing.

Rob Hopkins meets Rob Wilson of Toast to find out about a new social enterprise that's making bread from surplus toast. www.newlionbrewery.co.uk www.toastale.com

On Saturday 12th November in Totnes, Caring Town Totnes held an event that brought together 30 different organisations who offer care in the town. It gave the opportunity for people to meet them, to find out what they do, and to find out what opportunities exist for volunteering. Rob Hopkins popped along to find out more and started by asking organiser Fiona Ward why such an event matters.

Film maker Marie-Monique Robin discusses her new film 'Qu'est ce qu'on attend?' ('What are we waiting for?') with Transition Network's Rob Hopkins. The film tells the remarkable story of the Transition underway in the Alsace village of Ungersheim. Find out more at http://m2rfilms.com/qu-est-ce-qu-on-attend.

Wednesday, 12 October, 2016 - 20:00 to 22:00. With Rob Hopkins and Shaun Chamberlin. Already a key influence on the Transition movement, Green Party, New Economics Foundation and Soil Association, Fleming’s legacy is only set to grow with the posthumous publication of his astonishing masterpiece, Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It (link is external). Building on the trad...

At the 7th International Sustainability Transitions Conference in Wuppertal, Germany, Rob Hopkins and Derk Loorbach took part in a session called 'Research and Practice Perspectives on the Governanace of Urban Transitions', chaired by Maja Gopel. Here is the audio recording of that session.

In the final 'New Lion Brewery Session' that took place during the Sea Change Festival, James Yorkston played on our stairs. Here is his set in full. www.newlionbrewery.co.uk.

For the second 'New Lion Brewery Session' that took place in the brewery during Sea Change Festival, Alasdair Roberts was joined by Stevie Jones and Alex Neilson. Here is the full audio of the show they played. www.newlionbrewery.co.uk.

On Friday August 26th, Ultimate Painting came into the New Lion Brewery in Totnes to play the first 'New Lion Brewery Session'. They were brilliant. Here is the audio of the gig in full. www.newlionbrewery.co.uk

On Friday July 1st 2016, at the Everyman Cinema in Muswell Hill, London, the film that has proved to be a phenomenon in France, 'Tomorrow' ('Demain') had its UK premiere. Over 250 people saw the film, and as they left and headed for home afterwards, Transition Network's Naresh Giangrande asked people what they thought about the film.

We talk to Emmanuel Druon and Elizabeth Druon of Pocheco about their work, about 'ecolonomie' and much more.

Emmanuel Druon and Elizabeth Dinsdale discuss the impact the film 'Demain' has had on their business, Pocheco, and also on France more generally.

New Lion Brewery have been working with new Totnes enterprise Wild & Curious, to create two beers for the 2016 Totnes Local Entrepreneur Forum. The collaboration produced 'Definitely Mabey', a nettle, ginger and lemon beer, and 'Curiouser and Curiouser', made with apple, blackcurrants and a Brettanomyces yeast. Here Myrtle Cooper from Wild and Curious and Mat Henney from New Lion Brewery discuss h...

On May 12th 2016, the fifth Totnes Local Entrepreneur Forum took place. Jay Tompt, its originator and co-ordinator, talked to Rob Hopkins about how it came about, what it is, and where it's going next.

Rob Hopkins of Transition Network talks to Andy O'Brien and Chris Speller of Bristol Energy Cooperative about their bid to raise £10.5 million for community owned renewables in the city. How to set about doing such a thing, and what would their advice be for others thinking to do that same thing? http://www.bristolenergy.coop/

Pitching at LEF5 in Totnes were Iola (iolaweir.co.uk), a start up led by Iola Weir in the theatre arts space with a vision to create local livelihoods and be catalyst for a flourishing regional arts and culture scene, The Kitchen Table(thekitchentable.org.uk)an expanding sustainable catering company led by Sima Cutting, supporting local producers and raising awareness of important food system issu...

Helen Royall, a member of Transition Stroud, discusses the group's history, achievements and hopes for the future with Transition Network's Rob Hopkins.

On 6th May 2016, Transition Stroud held an event called 'Transition Stroud: 10 years and beyond' in the town's Subscription Rooms. Over 200 people attended, and the evening proved inspirational and motivating. Transition Network's Rob Hopkins travelled to Stroud for the event, and created this podcast as a record of it.

Tanja was one of the organisers of the Det Faelles Bedste ('The Common Good') convergence in Hvalsø. Here she talks to Transition Network's Rob Hopkins about the event, how it came about, and how it was going.

At the Det Faelles Bedste event in Hvalsø, Denmark, Transition Network's Rob Hopkins sat down with Cristiano Bottone of Transition Italy following his workshop there, to discuss Transition and his work spreading the idea in Italy.

Rob Hopkins of Transition Network caught up with Cyril Dion to talk about the extraordinary film 'Demain' and the remarkable success it has been, as well as the process that led to its being created.