North Star Transition

September 4th marked the launch of Fens Transition Lab, Phase 2. Jyoti Banerjee introduces the video made of the proceedings.

As Phase 2 of Fens Transition Lab launches across the east of England, Lea Jordan-Tank asks her colleagues at North Star Transition what they are hoping to achieve.

After more than two years of activities and over 200 stakeholders, where has Wye-Usk Transition Lab got to? Jyoti Banerjee introduces the Sept 2025 progress report.

Vicky Vanderstichele lays out the thinking behind the announcement of a partnership between Fera and North Star Transition to drive systemic change initiatives.

Stephen Briggs is helping design and lead a nation-wide farm transition plan. Matthew Phan caught up with him in his Fens base to hear how Stephen has fared in transitioning his own farm.

UK water companies need to change if they are to operate successfully in the long-term, even while the industry around them changes. Vicky Vanderstichele outlines three key areas of change water companies need to address.

Water is the quintessential systemic resource which no single actor, including water companies, can manage alone. Vicky Vanderstichele argues that the water sector in the UK is in crisis precisely because it has sought to look at water as an isolated issue rather than as part of a system. Can we look at water in a completely different way?

What would a regenerative Fens look like? Vicky Vanderstichele reports on the work North Star Transition has been doing with stakeholders from across the Fens landscape as they navigate significant challenges, from climate and flooding, to drought and economic performance.

When the River Wye carries the landscape’s prime resource - its top soil - down to the sea, everybody loses. Nick Hooper explores how to attract mainstream investments to address the root causes of environmental degradation through nature-based solutions.