International Oral History of the Transition Movement : Wellington
In 2022, the Oral History Society launched a project to document and record interviews with people all over the world who have been involved with the Transition Movement. This is a key project for the OHS special interest group on Environment and Climate Change, and features groups from France, the US, Sweden and Norway, and the UK.

The Wellington team have completed 26 interviews, and took portraits of each of the 26 interviewees. We deposited the audio files and the image files along with all the paperwork, permission forms, transcripts and summaries at the end of summer 2025 in to the South West Heritage Trust for permanent archive.

Why?

– The Transition movement is an important actor in the struggle to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and reduce local and global inequalities

– To encourage and inspire local activism, and improve people’s mental health

– To capture the real, personal stories that lie at the heart of Transition

– To reflect and build on the principles of the movement itself

– No oral history of the Transition Movement exists