Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities
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Rob Hopkins is the co-founder of Transition Town Totnes and of the Transition Network. He has many years experience in education, teaching permaculture and natural building, and set up the first 2 year full-time permaculture course in the world, at Kinsale Further Education College in Ireland as well as co-ordinating the first eco-village development in Ireland to be granted planning permission.
He is author of "Woodlands for West Cork!," "Energy Descent Pathways" and most recently "The Transition Handbook: from oil dependence to local resilience."
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