What better way to spend the ‘quiet’ end of the year – especially this year of terrifying destructive bush fires in areas outside the cities – than tending lane way gardens. For more than three years I’ve been enjoying looking after several local lane way plots, and recently have harvested five giant sweet potatoes (each…
Tuesday was hazy, hot dry and scary, Wild fires across the state, I felt helpless, just to wait. With the sun coming down, we wandered through cooper park and found, A little slice of tranquility, in all this instability, Cooper park community garden is buzzing with bees And a floral display of stunning sweet peas,…
The highly sought after almond nut cream from our November Film & Feast last year – enjoy 🙂 1 cup (150g) almonds (or other nut) ½ cup Bonsoy soy milk (or other milk but Bonsoy gives the best creamy result) ½ tsp vanilla 1 tbsp maple syrup (or other sweetener, using more or less to…
By Renata Siegmann In the beginning of this year I was embedded in readings and sustainable habits. You know, taking my own bag to the supermarket, using my keep cup and complaining about the huge amount of plastic we are surrounded by. But I guess the height of time compressed those habits all together in…
Words by Stefania Bonatti Those of you who have attended our Film & Feast events will have noticed that Transition Bondi strives to acknowledge the Traditional custodians of the lands and waters on which we live and for which we care. We wonder, however, how many of you know what is the difference between a…
Word by Wiebke Stegh How close together can the carrots be in this bed? Should we cut off the stem of this spinach plant or is it better to dig out the whole root? What does a daikon actually look like, well, what does it even taste like? Why is it better for roots to…
Words by Jade Peace On the 13th of October, we had a very special garden bee, although the morning began quite cold, grey and drizzly, I was excited and full of anticipation for the day ahead. You see, earlier that week, Kit, Lance and I met with Jon Kingston on a windy and cold evening…
A popular at our Film & Feast events shared by Anne Ingredients 2 cups (350g) red split lentils 2 medium onions, diced 3 tblsp oil Half to 1 tsp cinnamon Quarter to half tsp ground cloves Half tsp ground pepper 1 tsp salt Up to 400ml (1 can) of coconut milk or water 1 tsp…
An interview with Ben-Zion Weiss PhD/Victoria Phillips, co-presenters at Transition Bondi’s Talk & Feast: Project Drawdown Workshop, Thursday October 17th What does Drawdown mean? Drawdown is the process of removing carbon from the atmosphere as a way of addressing the climate emergency that we are now facing in our world. What got you interested in this? Ninety-seven…
The man who wrote the book on living off-grid in the city plans to retreat to a rural bolthole, saying eco-friendly progress has not kept pace with the speed of climate collapse by Janine Israel Sun 29 Sep 2019 06.00 AEST Last modified on Sun 29 Sep 2019 06.11 AEST Michael Mobbs, you might say, has been preparing…
