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Soundbites from the Transition Network UK Conference 2012, held at Battersea Arts Centre, London.

Soundbites from the Transition Network UK Conference 2012, held at Battersea Arts Centre, London.

On Friday September 7th 2012 Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall was unveiled as the fifth Patron of the Atmos Totnes campaign. Here is the speech he gave to the crowd who assembled to celebrate his visit.

James Marriott from Platform will be presenting at the Transition Cabaret, telling some stories from his recently-published book 'The Oil Road'.

Suzanne Dennis alongside Lindsey Stewart, will be running a workshop called Mentoring for Transition. Here she talks a bit more about what participants can expect.

Rob McGhee and Michaela Richter from Transition Cowbridge talk about their support for the local campaign to stop a gas fracking application close to the town, and what they hope people will be getting out of the 'What happens when Transition says "no"' workshop at the 2012 Transition Network conference.

Sue Milner will be leading 2 workshops at the 2012 Transition Network conference, one on conflict and one on diversity.

Filipa Pimentel, Juan del Rio and Rob Hopkins discuss 'Should we be reshaping Transition for times of austerity', the workshop they will be facilitating at the 2012 Transition Network conference.

High Fearnley-Whittingstall was unveiled as a Patron of Atmos Totnes on Friday 7th September. At the event, hundreds of people turned out to have their picture taken with Hugh, and afterwards, we spoke to him about why he wanted to offer his support to the initiative.

Charlotte Du Cann, Editor in Chief of Transition Network's Social Reporters project and one of the forces behind Transition Free Press, talks about the paper's launch at the 2012 Transition Network conference.

Dave Chapman of Locality discusses 'The potential of localism to unlock Transition', a workshop at the 2012 Transition Network conference.

Fiona Ward of the REconomy Project reflects on her recent REconomy Roadtrip.

Dr. Martin Shaw is a mythologist, storyteller and award winning wilderness Rites-of-Passage guide. Author of 'A BRANCH FROM THE LIGHTNING TREE: Ecstatic Myth and the Grace in Wildness (June 2011 White Cloud Press), he works internationally and is visiting lecturer on Archbishop Desmond Tutu's Leadership Programme at Templeton College, Oxford. Director of the Westcountry School of Myth and Story he has a weekly blogspot at http://www.theschoolofmyth.blogspot.com/. See also www.schoolofmyth.com.

The "not only funny, but tender and true" (The Guardian) Matt Harvey discusses the Transition Cabaret at the 2012 Transition Network conference which he will be compering.

Ruth Ben_Tovim is one of the organisers of the 2012 Transition Network conference, and here she goes some clues about the event taking place on Sunday at the conference.