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The Transition Handbook Reached MPs - Parliament Did Nothing
A student's homework plan in a small Irish town sparked a global "transition" movement-could Parliament ignore it?
The Transition Handbook Reached MPs - Parliament Did Nothing
In this episode, we trace how a college assignment from Kinsale grew into the Transition movement and followed its rise, spread, and the puzzling pullback that followed. What happened between a handbook read by MPs in 2008 and the absence of national policy action?
Person: Rob Hopkins
Location: Kinsale; Totnes; UK
Date: 2004-2019 (key events)
Event: Publication of The Transition Handbook (2008)
Topic: Transition…
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