UPDATE: The Transition Handbook is now online in a wiki! đ
UPDATE: download Transition-Handbook.pdf
UPDATE: download Transition-Handbook.odt
See also: Transition Primer
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I really can’t recommend this book highly enough, but if you need more convincing…
“a must-read labelled, ‘immediate’ “ – Jeremy Leggett, founder of Solarcentury and SolarAid
“The Transition Handbook will come to be seen as one of the seminal books which emerged at the end of the Oil Age” – Patrick Holden, director of the Soil Association
“There is no more important book than this one for any community seeking to change toward ecological sustainability” – Jerry Mander, founder/director of the International Forum on Globalization
“There is no better call to action than this book, and no better guide to the hands-on creation of a liveable future” – Dr Stephan Harding, co-ordinator of the MSc Holistic Science at Schumacher College
“This is much more than just a book. It is a manual for a movement. And not just any movement, but one which could prove to be the most important social force humanity has ever seen” – Mark Lynas, author of Six Degrees
“The Transition movement is the best news there’s been for a long time and this manual is a goldmine of inspiration to get you started” – New Internationalist
“The most important book we have yet published” – John Elford, Green Books (publishers of LOTS of VERY good books)
“The book succeeds brilliantly at every level… Seriously, this is one of the most important books in the sustainability field to appear in this decade” – Robert Morgan, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science at the University of Glamorgan and Co-Director, The Green College
“The newly published Transition Handbook is so important that I am tempted just to confine this review to five simple words ‘You must read this book!'” – Richard Barnett, editor of Ethical Pulse (Ethical Junction‘s newletter)
Need yet more convincing?
Watch these videos! đ
Caroline Lucas Launches The Transition Handbook
Rob Hopkins’ on the Transition Handbook
Read these reviews…
- A Review of The Transition Handbook by Graham Strouts of Zone5.org
- The Transition Handbook Reviewed in âThe Guardianâ
- Review of Transition Handbook from New Internationalist magazine
- Another Review of The Transition Handbook by Richard Barnett, editor of Ethical Pulse
- Patrick Whitefield Reviews The Transition Handbook
- A review from Friends of the Earth Earthmatters Magazine
- Carbusters Magazine review
- Carolyn Baker’s review
Enjoy!
Josef.
Hello everyone,
Today is a happy day đ
In part due to my powers of persuasion* (and also because of Charles Leadbeater’s excellent book We Think) the excellent Transition Handbook is now online in a wiki:
See Rob Hopkin’s blog post today:
https://transitionculture.org/2008/10/03/wethink-and-an-invitation-to-participate-in-the-collaborative-rewrite-of-the-transition-handbook/
Or just check it out right now:
https://www.appropedia.org/Category:The_Transition_Handbook
Big smiles,
Josef.
* see my comment at the end here:
https://transitionculture.org/2008/06/20/the-fascinating-story-of-a-viral-drum-break/
And then here:
https://transitionculture.org/2008/07/22/shaping-the-transition-network-your-thoughts-please/
well done you! đ
I’m making pdf and OpenOffice.org versions of The Transition Handbook from the text of https://www.appropedia.org/The_Transition_Handbook and will upload them here when I’ve finished formatting them…
I’ve uploaded .pdf and .odt copies of Transition Handbook to download to the top of this page – enjoy! đ
I’ve added a link to yet another good review, this time by Carolyn Baker