[From the latest edition of Positive News].

Having been involved in script writing and producing the trailer for In Transition 2.0, you could say this review will be biased. You’d be right. And my bias comes from the belief that this film is a powerful call to arms for a rapid evolution in the way we live and work together as it shows how collectively, we can effect extraordinary change.

In Transition 2.0 takes the viewer through an emotional journey that effectively charts the evolution of the movement from its humble origins in Kinsale, Ireland, to an international movement that now attracts the attention of politicians and world leaders.

There has been a remarkable evolution in the Transition movement over the last four years, since the first film, In Transition 1.0, was released. In Transition 2.0 has a much deeper emotional thread running through and on several occasions I was moved to tears.

“The first film was a more straightforward look at how to set up a group, such as a food or energy group,” says director Emma Goude, but since that film’s release in 2008, the movement has evolved significantly.

“Transition has moved much further into quite business-like territory and towards recreating a local economy,” continues Emma. “And the other big difference is this film is really international. We have stories from Portugal, India,US, Japan, New Zealand, England… Transition really galvanises everybody together in a sense that it is local and global, the force of numbers is quite empowering for people.”

In Transition 2.0 is a high standard professional documentary, worthy of any festival entry and certainly worthy of an international cinema release. The film was ingeniously created in the spirit of the movement itself, as a collective enterprise working with filmmakers across the planet.

Whereas the first film felt more like a budget production, for In Transition 2.0, Emma Goude felt it was important to connect with professional filmmakers. Her reasons were: to reduce editing time and production cost; to present consistently high production values; and to reduce the carbon footprint of the film by using professionally progressive filmmakers around the world.

Funded using the internet-based ‘crowdfunding’ method, the film’s producers were able to raise enough money to ensure all the filmmakers got paid.

The film left me with a feeling that this is a vital contribution to the world’s current financial and political climate – and of course the environmental climate itself. The time is clearly right for the Transition movement and this film reveals that a critical mass of people wanting change has been reached.

In Transition 2.0 shows us that anything is possible if we work together both locally and globally. The incredible journey continues.

Caspar Walsh.

In Transition 2.0 is due for DVD release in late March 2012. Licences are available for community screenings. More information: www.intransitionmovie​.com