The Transition Companion

Making Your Community More Resilient in Uncertain Times

by Rob Hopkins

Reviews, Interviews, & Articles

• Book News Review: In this illustrated resource for general readers, Hopkins, founder of the UK'S Transition Movement, advocates a grassroots, community-led response to climate change and oil dependence. The first part of the book explains the rationale behind the need for a new paradigm for communities, reviewing the current and future consequences of oil dependence, climate change, and economic problems, and describes the transition movement's vision for revived communities. The book then describes real initiatives that work for lower energy use, ecological sustainability, and reliance on local economies. Hopkins gives advice on how to start and maintain a transition initiative, covering ingredients for success such as respectful communication, running effective meetings, forming a legal entity, starting local food initiatives, encouraging entrepreneurship, and using less energy. The book's color layout includes color photos and color-coded sections. (Annotation ©2012 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
• Excerpt Featured on Truthout
• The New York Journal of Books: The Transition Companion “Rob Hopkins combines cutting-edge process model analysis with modern scientific data using a pleasantly conversational mode.”
• Energy Bulletin Review
• Seven Days: Descending the Peak
• Forbes Rethinking Innovation Blog: Transition Towns - Where Innovation Takes Place at a Certain Pace
• The Guardian
• Treehugger Interview
• New Scientist Interview
• Urbanite Baltimore Interview
• Zone 5 Interview
• Resilience Science Interview
• Building
• Agroinnovations Podcast

Rob Hopkins's Upcoming Events

• Rob Hopkins at Hawthornden Lecture Theater
  
  , Edinburgh Scotland
  June 20, 2013, 12:00 am
• Rob Hopkins at Ways with Words
  
  , Dartington, Devon UK
  July 14, 2013, 11:00 am