Transition in the Media
Here you'll find links to stories about Transition Towns and Transition Leicester in the media.
If you work in the media and would like to contact us, either email transitioncity[AT]freeuk.com , or call Doug Golding on 0116 2103637, or Andrew Reeves on 07854 324982.
Local Media Articles
National & International Media Articles
Local Media
If you'd like to put together a piece about Transition Leicester for local newspapers/magazines/TV/radio, or contact us for an interview, then get in touch!
The Leicester Mercury did a very positive full-page spread on Transition Leicester's food group on November 12th 2008, which can be read here.
On September 11th 2008, we released our report "From Ecotown to Transition Town" - see the press release here.
Our Ecotown ideas were covered in September 2008 by BBC TV news in the East Midlands and on Radio Leicester. You can read about it online here or watch the TV news piece here.
The Leicester Mercury also published a First Person column on the issue by Transition Leicester's Andrew Reeves (see below, or download as a word file here.
On June 17th 2008, Transition Leicester's Andrew Reeves wrote a piece for the First Person column in the Leicester Mercury, discussing Peak Oil, fuel prices and what Transition Leicester is all about. Read it in word format here.
National Media
The Times, November 2008
"Transition: Gearing up for the great power down" - a positive introduction to the Transition movement with an international flavour
Guardian, September 2008
"A Peak into the future" - a very positve profile of the Transition movement
Christian Science Monitor, September 2008
"Communities plan for a low-energy future" - a great piece discussing the beginnings of a Transition movement in the U.S.
Building magazine, May 2008
"Rob Hopkins: Eco Worrier" - Profile of Transition founder Rob Hopkins.
Birmingham Post, May 2008
"Birmingham should become a Transition City" - article by Clare Short MP.
Working Lunch, BBC, May 2008
"Lewes plans its own local currency" - about Transition Town Lewes's plans for a local currency
The Ecologist, November 2007
"Local hero Rob Hopkins: Transition Town Totnes" - piece on Rob Hopkins and Transition Town Totnes.
The Guardian, April 2007
"You are now entering an oil-free zone" - article on Transition Towns