By Jillian Blackall 2023 The year was 1976. The day was 29th December. The yachts had been racing in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, beginning at midday on Boxing Day. The yacht Ballyhoo crossed the finish line and won line honours with an elapsed time of 3 days, 7hours and 59 minutes. As the…
Carl Jung allegedly said, ‘The way of nature will bring you back quite naturally wherever you have to go’, and Charles Massy brings us example after example of the truth of this, in his 2017 book ‘Call of the Reed Warbler’. He talks about the way our current agricultural system evolved, naming its driver the ‘Mechanical…
Recently, some of our Transition Bonding network and friends attended a workshop presented by Voices of Wentworth and held at Paddington RSL. The venue was big, as was the audience. If you missed out, or wish you had gone, take a look at the comprehensive links that were provided. If you would like to join…
Sarah K, designer and author was our presenter at February’s guest dinner. She spoke about her book How to Create Things for the World Sustainably. The book covers a comprehensive range of topics. It can appeal to people from many angles: economics ~ the circular economy and degrowth + capitalism/market forces philosophy ~ time, connection…
By Jillian After our Guest Dinner on Bees, with young beekeeper Elliott Hanley, in mid November, we have astory to tell about one of the young people who attended.Aum (10 y.o.) was given a school project on bees where he had to present his knowledge, learningand understanding of bees in the form of bee hotel…
For four years we’ve been keeping a little laneway nearby looking good. It’s a spot where rubbish might otherwise be dumped, and is now full of a variety of plants including edibles, exotic climbers and indigenous plants. The laneway is the track to a local primary school so we catch families on their way, and…
Rachel’s Farm, a film on regenerative agriculture. Showing at Randwick Ritz, Mon-Wed August 7 – 9 (daytime). Special Screening with Q&A on Tue 22 August, 6.30pm. By Chris Miliotis The main focus to reach net zero by 2050 is primarily to decarbonise a number of sectors which are currently heavy greenhouse gas emitters, through switching to renewables . While…
BE OUR DINNER GUEST | GARDEN COMP | ECO-FESTIVAL Head, heart and hands – that’s the mantra of the Transition Network, a positive, empowering movement that has spread organically via word of mouth and communities, both locally and throughout the world. Great conversations don’t happen by accident as we found out at our recent Guest…
PLASTIC FREE JULY | FIRST GUEST DINNER | BONDI FESTIVAL | NAIDOC | WINTER CROPS Plastic Free July (PFJ) is a big event on our sustainability calendar. ‘A world free of plastic waste’ was the ambition of Rebecca Prince-Ruiz, a waste expert from WA who challenged her local government colleagues to reuse single-use plastic items…
Many of us grow our own food and gardens— or even just houseplants— and we sometimes need to think about what we need to feed our plant friends, too. Instead of getting fancy expensive organic fertilisers….….did you know that the following common kitchen scraps and leftovers make excellent, safe, and easy-to-use natural fertilisers for your…
