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

Bob Hudson on the dangers of devolution 16.02.2016

Bob Hudson describes himself in his Twitter profile as "Public policy academic Durham University, Labour supporter. Sunderland AFC supporter. Regular Guardian blogger on healthcare policy". We were prompted to speak to him by this excellent article he wrote: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/the-four-deficits-of-english-devolution-proposals/

Transition Galway Discuss Their ‘A Vision For Galway 2030’ Report 22.01.2016

Transition Galway in Ireland recently published their 'Vision for Galway 2030' report, based on many visioning workshops with their community. We talked to Bernard McGlinchey, Mary Greene and Caoimhín Ó Maolallaigh about how the report came about and how it has been received.

Chrissie Godfrey 12.01.2016

Chrissie Godfrey by Rob Hopkins

Chris Johnstone on burnout and balance 08.01.2016

Chris Johnstone (chrisjohnstone.info/) is a resilience coach, trainer and writer, author of Find Your Power and, with Joanna Macy, of Active Hope.

5 Burnout Strategies #5: See success with new eyes and savour it. 08.01.2016

Resilience coach and trainer Chris Johnstone (chrisjohnstone.info/) shares his fifth strategy for overcoming burnout, to see success with new eyes and savour it.

5 Burnout Strategies #4: Follow your inner compass. 08.01.2016

Resilience coach and trainer Chris Johnstone (chrisjohnstone.info/) shares his fourth strategy for overcoming burnout, to follow your inner compass.

5 Burnout Strategies #3: Broaden your definition of activism. 08.01.2016

Resilience coach and trainer Chris Johnstone (chrisjohnstone.info/)shares his third strategy for overcoming burnout, broadening our definition of activism.

5 Burnout Strategies #2: Redefine a good life. 08.01.2016

Resilience coach and trainer Chris Johnstone (chrisjohnstone.info/) shares his second strategy for overcoming burnout, redefining what we mean by a good life.

5 Burnout Strategies #1: See enthusiasm as a resource. 08.01.2016

Resilience coach and trainer Chris Johnstone (http://chrisjohnstone.info/) shares his first strategy for overcoming burnout, to see enthusiasm as a valuable renewable resource.

Sophy Banks On Burnout 11.12.2015

As part of our theme on Balance and Burnout, we talked to former Inner Transition co-ordinator Sophy Banks about burnout, how to recognise it and strategies for dealing with it.

Sophy Interview Reflecting On 10 Years of Inner Transition 11.12.2015

As Sophy Banks steps back from her role holding Inner Transition, we sat down to ask her for her thoughts on what she has created and the legacy she leaves behind.

"How was COP21 for you?" 10.12.2015

En route home from Paris, Emilio Mula and Rob Hopkins paused at Paddington Station. While there, Emilio asked Rob for his thoughts on his time in Paris. Here's the conversation they had.

Rob Hopkins Speaks At Energy Cities 03.12.2015

On 3 December 2015, Rob Hopkins spoke at a meeting organised by Energy Cities, and hosted by the City of Paris. It was called COPowering change: the role of local governance in delivering the energy transition, and the audience brought together Mayors and local government from around the world. Here is the audio of that talk.

Reflections on Day Four in Paris 01.12.2015

On Day Four of the Transition Network team in Paris for COP21, Emilio Mula asked Rob Hopkins how he was finding it being there, and how things were going.

'Place to Brief' at COP21: 30 November 2015, Paris. 01.12.2015

At Place to B, Transition Network's Rob Hopkins took part in an online webcast as one of Place to B's evening events. Here is the audio of it. Alongside Rob were John D Liu and Barbara Glowczewski.

Jean-Claude Mensch on 21 Stories of Transition. 24.11.2015

Jean-Claude Mensch is the Mayor of Ungersheim in the north east of France. Ungersheim is the last of Transition Network's '21 Stories of Transition', and in this short message (in French) he offers some reflections.

21 Stories of Transition: Crystal Palace Food Market, UK. 27.10.2015

Rob Hopkins spends a day at the Crystal Palace Food Market and catches up with Karen and Laura who founded it, as well as some of the traders. http://www.crystalpalacefoodmarket.co.uk/

21 Stories of Transition: rise of local currencies #4 26.10.2015

We hear a lot about local currencies, but never from the designers of them. So we asked Rick Lawrence (see image left), designer of the Totnes Pound, Charlie Waterhouse, designer of the Brixton Pound, and Owen Davis, one of the designers of the Bristol Pound, what advice they might give to anyone setting out to design a local currency note. www.transitionnetwork.org/pre-order-ou…s-transition

21 Stories of Transition: rise of local currencies #3 26.10.2015

We hear a lot about local currencies, but never from the designers of them. So we asked Rick Lawrence, designer of the Totnes Pound, Charlie Waterhouse, designer of the Brixton Pound, and Owen Davis, one of the designers of the Bristol Pound, for their thoughts on a recent statement by Dan Crane in the New York Times, who wrote of Transition currency notes, “it’s easy to imagine such notes being f...

21 Stories of Transition: rise of local currencies #2 26.10.2015

We hear a lot about local currencies, but never from the designers of them. So we asked Rick Lawrence, designer of the Totnes Pound, Charlie Waterhouse, designer of the Brixton Pound, and Owen Davis, one of the designers of the Bristol Pound, what they bear in mind when designing a local currency note, one that captures the spirit of their place. https://www.transitionnetwork.org/pre-order-our-new...

21 Stories of Transition: rise of local currencies #1 26.10.2015

We hear a lot about local currencies, but never from the designers of them. So we asked Rick Lawrence, designer of the Totnes Pound, Charlie Waterhouse, designer of the Brixton Pound, and Owen Davis, one of the designers of the Bristol Pound, what they consider to be the ingredients of a good bank note. https://www.transitionnetwork.org/pre-order-our-new-publication-21-stories-transition

21 Stories- Potager Alhambra, Brussels 26.10.2015

Rob Hopkins visits the heart of Brussels in the heart of Europe to see the Potager Alhambra, a remarkable food growing project in the middle of a street. He met Sébastien Mathieu from Transition 1000 Bruxelles who told him more about it. You can also see a great video about the group's work at https://vimeo.com/143176993.

Julie Brown on food and fairness 19.10.2015

Julie Brown is Director of Growing Communities in Hackney. Here she talks to Rob Hopkins of Transition Network about food, fairness and the experience of Growing Communities.

Nicole Vosper on fairness and prisons 06.10.2015

Nicole Vosper writes at www.emptycagesdesign.org and her work focuses on permaculture and prisons, and also on prison abolition. Here she talks to Transition Network's Rob Hopkins.

The story of 1000Bxl en Transition and the refugee crisis. 01.10.2015

We spoke to Julien Bernard about the role 1000Bxl en Transition played in an incredible community-led response to the refugee crisis in Brussels, a response founded on Transition values. It's as heartwarming a story as has ever been posted here...

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