This message started out as an email reply to Erik Mathijs' blog post on the Art of Hosting Transtions, and when I finished writing it, I realized that more people maybe interested in it, so decided to post it here.
A transition is a process in which the existing system of structures, institutions, culture and practices are broken down and replaced by new ones. This shift is a non-linear process in which a system moves from one dynamic equilibrium to another one. Transitions thus concern large-scale processes that cover at least one generation with interactions between different scale levels. read more »
