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Message from Grassroots Climate Exchange: We have so much power we have to change things for the better

written by Ric Lander on April 8, 2011

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Article by Irina Nedelcu (irina@teu.org.uk) and Ric Lander (ric@teu.org.uk).  Photos by Irina Nedelcu.

Transition Edinburgh University, with the help of scores of partner organisations, speakers, and volunteers, hosted Grassroots Climate Exchange on the 18 and 19 of March.

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A message to Edinburgh University from Kenya

written by Ric Lander on April 6, 2011

Justin Kenrick is is involved in Portobello Transition Town and a lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Glasgow.  He sent us this message to explain why he couldn’t join us at our Grassroots Climate Exchange.

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A story from Kenya

This is a story about a different kind of community, one in the Global South. A different kind of community to the ones we are working in in the Global North as we try to build resilience before the economic and ecological dam breaks completely.

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Our CCF Work is Ending: Time to Celebrate and Plan What’s Next

written by Ric Lander on

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Transition Edinburgh University has reached the end of its 16-month Climate Challenge Fund project and we’ve got a lot to celebrate.  Sadly we have heard that we will not be receiving continued funding from the Climate Challenge Fund this year, which means a change in direction for the project.

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