MICRO-GRIDS IN UGANDA – A STORY OF A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
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MICRO-GRIDS IN UGANDA – A STORY OF A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

INTRODUCTION Transition Bondi’s speaker in September, Ashley Wearne, had been involved in a development project in Africa for 10 years, foremost in Uganda.  He outlined briefly some of the complexities that surrounded that big idea of bringing what we expect as a public service – electricity access – to a region where around 650 million…

Transitions Abroad: Taiwan’s Evergreen Lily Elementary School

Transitions Abroad: Taiwan’s Evergreen Lily Elementary School

Words and photos by Gloria Chung  Earlier this year, I went back to my home country, Taiwan. The initial purpose was to learn more about natural dye techniques with my teacher Nicole Lamarche from Avignon, France, who was invited to host workshops for children at Evergreen Lily Elementary School in southern Taiwan’s Pingtung County. Through Nicole,…

Transitions Abroad: Augustenborg, Sweden

Transitions Abroad: Augustenborg, Sweden

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…

Q&A: Mark Boyle on Learning to Live with Less
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Q&A: Mark Boyle on Learning to Live with Less

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…

Sophy Banks and Naresh Giangrande came for dinner at Bondi

Sophy Banks and Naresh Giangrande came for dinner at Bondi

Words by Kit Recently, Transition Bondi had a social visit from two key members of the International Transition Town movement, Sophy Banks and Naresh Giangrande. Sophy was one of the founders of the Heart and Soul dimension, and Naresh heads up training in the Transition Network. They were visiting Australia for family reasons and wanted…