Rob Hopkins. Green Books 2008, Paperback, 224 pages, £12.95
I really can’t recommend this book highly enough, but if you need more convincing…
“a must-read labelled, ‘immediate’ “ - Jeremy Leggett, founder of Solarcentury and SolarAid
“The Transition Handbook will come to be seen as one of the seminal books which emerged at the end of the Oil Age” - Patrick Holden, director of the Soil Association
“There is no more important book than this one for any community seeking to change toward ecological sustainability” - Jerry Mander, founder/director of the International Forum on Globalization
“There is no better call to action than this book, and no better guide to the hands-on creation of a liveable future” - Dr Stephan Harding, co-ordinator of the MSc Holistic Science at Schumacher College
“This is much more than just a book. It is a manual for a movement. And not just any movement, but one which could prove to be the most important social force humanity has ever seen” - Mark Lynas, author of Six Degrees
“The Transition movement is the best news there’s been for a long time and this manual is a goldmine of inspiration to get you started” - New Internationalist
“The most important book we have yet published” - John Elford, Green Books (publishers of LOTS of VERY good books)
“The book succeeds brilliantly at every level… Seriously, this is one of the most important books in the sustainability field to appear in this decade” - Robert Morgan, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science at the University of Glamorgan and Co-Director, The Green College
“The newly published Transition Handbook is so important that I am tempted just to confine this review to five simple words ‘You must read this book!’” - Richard Barnett, editor of Ethical Pulse (Ethical Junction’s newletter)
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