Rob Hopkins

In the final 'New Lion Brewery Session' that took place during the Sea Change Festival, James Yorkston played on our stairs. Here is his set in full. www.newlionbrewery.co.uk.

For the second 'New Lion Brewery Session' that took place in the brewery during Sea Change Festival, Alasdair Roberts was joined by Stevie Jones and Alex Neilson. Here is the full audio of the show they played. www.newlionbrewery.co.uk.

On Friday August 26th, Ultimate Painting came into the New Lion Brewery in Totnes to play the first 'New Lion Brewery Session'. They were brilliant. Here is the audio of the gig in full. www.newlionbrewery.co.uk

On Friday July 1st 2016, at the Everyman Cinema in Muswell Hill, London, the film that has proved to be a phenomenon in France, 'Tomorrow' ('Demain') had its UK premiere. Over 250 people saw the film, and as they left and headed for home afterwards, Transition Network's Naresh Giangrande asked people what they thought about the film.

We talk to Emmanuel Druon and Elizabeth Druon of Pocheco about their work, about 'ecolonomie' and much more.

Emmanuel Druon and Elizabeth Dinsdale discuss the impact the film 'Demain' has had on their business, Pocheco, and also on France more generally.

New Lion Brewery have been working with new Totnes enterprise Wild & Curious, to create two beers for the 2016 Totnes Local Entrepreneur Forum. The collaboration produced 'Definitely Mabey', a nettle, ginger and lemon beer, and 'Curiouser and Curiouser', made with apple, blackcurrants and a Brettanomyces yeast. Here Myrtle Cooper from Wild and Curious and Mat Henney from New Lion Brewery discuss how the beers came about and how it turned out.

On May 12th 2016, the fifth Totnes Local Entrepreneur Forum took place. Jay Tompt, its originator and co-ordinator, talked to Rob Hopkins about how it came about, what it is, and where it's going next.

Rob Hopkins of Transition Network talks to Andy O'Brien and Chris Speller of Bristol Energy Cooperative about their bid to raise £10.5 million for community owned renewables in the city. How to set about doing such a thing, and what would their advice be for others thinking to do that same thing? http://www.bristolenergy.coop/

Pitching at LEF5 in Totnes were Iola (iolaweir.co.uk), a start up led by Iola Weir in the theatre arts space with a vision to create local livelihoods and be catalyst for a flourishing regional arts and culture scene, The Kitchen Table(thekitchentable.org.uk)an expanding sustainable catering company led by Sima Cutting, supporting local producers and raising awareness of important food system issues, Horse and Heart (www.horse-and-heart.com)Marie Franco leads this expanding horsemanship training practice offering a range of services supporting the use of horses in agriculture and health & care and Ambios (www.ambios.net) an expanding farm and educational project led by Jack Skuse, producing organic food and serving the land-based educational needs of young people. We also speak to Pete Yeo, who compered the session.