Transition Penwith

Most of the articles Rob Hopkings has written over the years have appeared in Permaculture Magazine, but they have also graced the pages of various other publications. These files are all in text formats, with a few photos in some of them.

• “I’ve got some land and I want to set up a Permaculture project…” (1996)
• A Natural Way of Building (2002)
• A Way of Seeing - the art of teaching permaculture creatively (2003)
• Creating Paradise (2000)
• Designing Energy Descent Pathways (2005)
• Multiple Sources in Permaculture (1999)
• Permaculture - a vision for the future, rooted in the past (2001)
• The Hollies - the Early Years - planning for an eco-village (2001)
• The Kinsale Earth Pizza Oven (2004)
• The Mallow Strawbale House (2001)
• Unleashing Abundance (September 2005)
• View from the Green Room - the Kinsale Playhouse (2005)
• What is Permaculture? A Leaflet… (2002)

Rob Hopkins Interviews and Talks (audio and video)

Online Films

** New! ** Talk at the Findhorn Positive Energy Conference, March 2008

Part Two ¦ Part Three ¦ Part Four ¦ Part Five ¦ Part Six

Talk for the International Forum on Globalisation conference (delivered on a DVD rather than flying to Washington, a saving of 2,788 kgs of carbon).

Part 2 ¦ Part 3

“What is Resilience?” A Talk at the Inaugural Transition Network Gathering.

“The 12 Steps of Resilience” (Steps 1-6)

Part 2 (Steps 7-12)

“Transition Towns: An Interview with Rob Hopkins” by EON Films

An Interview with Adrienne Campbell Before the Official Unleashing in Lewes.

Question 2 ¦ Question 3 ¦ Question 4 ¦ Question 5 ¦ Question 6 ¦ Question 7 ¦ Question 8 ¦ Question 9

¦ Question 10 ¦

“Rethinking Our Relationship to the Land” A Talk to the Environment Kernow Conference 2007.

Part 2 ¦ Part 3 ¦ Part 4.

Introducing “The Transition Handbook”: a promotional film for Green Books.

“Transition: from oil dependency to local resilience”: A Talk to the BIG Event, Bristol.

Part 2 ¦ Part 3 ¦ Part 4 ¦ Part 5

Talk at the Official Unleashing of Transition Town Lewes.

Part 2 ¦ Part 3 ¦ Part 4 ¦ Part 5

Patrick Holden’s ‘Back to the Land’ programme (includes an interview with me).

Part 2 ¦ Part 3¦ Part 4

Audio Files

My talk at Fuelling the Future, whichis a big (8mb) mp3 file - so unless you have broadband, please think before downloading.

Various articles from Rob Hopkins, turned into PDF files so that you can read them in their original format. Please feel free to print off a copy for yourself, but do get in contact first if you want to do any more than that. Thanks to Tom, and to Tim at Permaculture Magazine, for formatting some of these files.

If you don’t have Adobe Acrobat Reader you can get it here

• 10 Things to do to Prepare for Life Beyond Oil (2005)
• A Way of Seeing (2002)
• An Introduction to Baile Dulra (1997)
• DARE Report (2006)
• Energy Descent Pathways
• Fired With Enthusiam (2003)
• Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan (2005)
• Life After Oil (2005)
• One Planet Agriculture - the Case for Action. Soil Association publication.
• Permaculture - a new approach for rural planning (1996)
• POWERDOWN & PERMACULTURE - At the Cusp of Transition.
• The Food Producing Neighbourhood (2000)
• View from the Green Room -the Kinsale Amphitheatre (2005)
• Woodlands For West Cork! (1997)

Version: #26

Comprehensive document (1MB pdf)  about embarking on a transition journey. This constantly updated document is 50 pages in length, jampacked with sparkling nuggets of plagiarised brilliance and one exceedingly boring (but necessary) section.

Here's the contents of the primer:

• Introduction
• Why Transition initiatives are necessary
• More about Peak Oil
• Taking action: the big picture - initiatives at global, national and local levels
• The Transition Model – what exactly is it?
• Kinsale 2021 – an Energy Descent Action Plan
• Transition Town Totnes
• Other Transition initiatives
• Setting up your Transition Initiative – criteria
• Setting up your Transition Initiative – different types
• Setting up your Transition Initiative – formal structures and constitutions (boredom alert!!)
• Starting a Transition Initiative – 7 “buts”
• The 12 steps to Transition, including energy descent planning
• The wider context of Transition
• Questions of leadership and structure
• The role of local government
• Getting businesses involved
• Movies for raising awareness
• Transition Network
• Conclusion
• Further Reading

World The Four Stages of Post-Oil Breakdown by Paul Thompson from his website www.wolfatthedoor.org.uk

Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation and Crisis Management. Commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy, February 2005

REPORT ON EK’S 2007 CONFERENCE

CORNWALL’S FUTURE:
LAND USE, RESOURCE DEPLETION AND CHANGING CLIMATE

held on Friday Nov 16TH 2007 at Duchy College, Rosewarne
Peter McGregor
Strategy Manager, CRESTA Project, EK

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Aim – identify key challenges to creating a sustainable future for Cornwall & IOS.

Key speakers – Colin Campbell, David Strahan, Patrick Holden, Rob Hopkins.

Strategic Issues – oil depletion, climate change, demography.

Key Challenges – identified by speakers, discussion & breakout session.
1) Sustainability of communities and/or resources.
2) Behaviour change and education.
3) Responsibility (i.e. taking ownership of problems), re-localization and leadership (at all levels).
4) Audit of resources and challenges followed by planning.

Delegates – 90 from NGOs, statutory bodies, business, Transition Towns, local
and regional government.

Funded by Cornwall Sustainable Buildings Trust & supported by Duchy College.