By Kit It occurred to me in a yoga class that just as the main focus is not each pose but rather the transition from one pose to the next — the joining aspects — so might be the case with individuals in a community. We exist in the world as separate and individual entities,…
By Gloria Chung Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to travel around Europe visiting different Eco Villages and to participate in the GEN (Global Eco-Village Network) conference in Sweden. This led to a visit of Eco District Augustenborg, an urban renewal program in Malmo, Sweden, funded by the EU and the local government, which…
Photo by Salem Lassoued Before summer heats the house and you no longer want to fire up the oven, bake a batch of these moist banana walnut muffins, made with almond meal, gluten-free flour, desiccated coconut and a hint of nutmeg (adapted from the Passion Organic Vegan Recipes to Live For cookbook by Anthea Amore). They…
Words by Kit. Photography by Christian Seidenberg and Aisha Phillips. There’s a famous Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa set several hundred years ago called Rashomon, which portrays an incident involving a woman on a journey through a forest. The story is told four times, from the differing perspectives of the four characters in the film. I have…
Words and photography by Serena Renner Mark Boyle, the Irishman formerly known as ‘The Moneyless Man,’ has been challenging Western notions of capitalism and consumerism for nearly a decade. For more than three years, he lived in an off-grid caravan, grew his own food, and walked or cycled to get around, reconnecting with the land and…
Words by Kit Sock knitting, restringing a wooden xylophone, strengthening loose buttons on a cardigan, gluing scuffed soles onto shoes. These were just some of the projects that people brought to our neighbourly gathering called Fix & Mend. Over a potluck dinner, we also shared life histories on the topics of low consumption, repairs and…
words by Kit Think Eat Save!! Three one-syllable words carried the day at a humming event with OzHarvest, in Martin Place on a Monday 25th July. This was done in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme. Crowds converged at lunchtime on the various stalls set up there: some offering less-than-perfect apples, pears, mandarins and…
This soup is perfect for windy, wintry days. During our Film & Feast in June, we screened the documentary A New Economy and heard from a panel that included Robert Rosen and Michael Zagoridis, speaking about community energy and urban agriculture respectively. Our kitchen volunteers prepared a 3-course vegan feast to feed the 60-odd attendees….
Words by Kit Plastic Free July was launched with a bang, at Bondi Pavilion on the first Sunday in July. Around 150 people came, including a good two handfuls of very young people, who set the tone of the festive atmosphere. The film “Clean Bin Project” carried us lightly through a range of issues around…
On 4 July 2017, members of the Bondi community, young and old alike, took spade in hand to build a sandcastle wall along the beach. The sand wall would at least temporarily help keep out the seemingly endless waves of plastic pollution on our beaches. Sunday’s event was intriguing and creative. What a good idea, to…
