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COVID once again shifted the landscape of our activities during July, and an opportunity arose for a pop-up Plastic Free July event – a home-based Film & Feast. Nine people attended on zoom, from the comfort of their own dining tables, to meet others and watch six engaging short films. The focus topic was a…
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Winter is a slow month in the garden; and our garden is overshadowed by a building – even more so in these cold months. However, I noticed recently – on a sunny day – that there’s a niche in the garden that gets a good dose of sun as the rays travel along a side…
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At Transition Bondi’s June Inner Transition event we learned a fun process for discussions and meetings, called Six Thinking Hats. This process is like a language to use, and to navigate the often complex dynamics in group communications. Six colours described as followed: One colour for information, another for caution, one for creativity, one for…
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After a morning in our community garden recently, mid-week, I was proudly carrying home some harvest in my basket – carrots, spinach and herbs. In the short distance from the garden to my home there’s a small business located in a side street, that makes cosmetics – from natural products, as it turns out. On…
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By Kit Shepherd and Christine Thomas, Christine Brauer and Jenni Hagland led us with two evenings of Climate Parties in a new venue at Brown Sugar Café in Bondi Beach. The evenings were cosy and engaging, with tapas-style nibbles created by our resident foodie, Victoria. Climate Parties bring people together to raise awareness around climate change and creating a sustainable future. They…
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These notes were taken by Jillian, Jade and Kit, with an image by Jade. Ulli Radtke led us into the practical and uplifting world of a course she took up (online) during COVID. She was drawn to this free course offered by Yale Uni, to counterbalance the heavy experiences she encounters in her job as…
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By Kit Shepherd When you travel to the beach along Bondi Road, there’s a little shopping precinct just before the bus dips down and the ocean view engulfs your eyes. This little ‘outpost’ of urbanity is studded with jewels! There are eateries, organic food shops, bars, places where you can find funky clothing, a tattooist, a physio, a…
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By Kit Shepherd and Mylene Turban 25th of January 2021 Five thirty is not the usual time to be in the garden, but for us, it was a special opportunity to do some desk work, in the surrounds of our community garden on our Landshare plot in Bondi Rd. Four of us – one a…
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By Kit Shepherd 12th of December 2020 The laneways near my home in Bondi have been my highway to well-being in the time of COVID, lockdowns, and restrictions on social contacts. They kept me buoyant during the fires last year. And tending the laneways has been a form of vigil or prayer to Earth amidst the…
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By Kit Shepherd, Transition Bondi It was a slow realisation – that the electricity supply had been cut off. No, the food on the stove wasn’t getting hot, the fridge was no longer humming, and the phone couldn’t’ be recharged. The internet too was now not working, so all the usual screen-based contact (that has…