By Stefania Bonatti It is once again that time of the year – the 26th of January – marked by various events around the country, some solemn, others celebratory. But why the contrast and controversy? There seems to be much confusion surrounding the 26th of January, so we thought we’d offer some needed context. In…
Words by Daniel Parsa I started volunteering for Transition Bondi by joining its kitchen team back in 2011. That was the time when the group met every Wednesday in the Chapel By the Sea, Bondi. I lived locally and considered the weekly Film & Feast environment very educational. There was also a good emphasis about how…
Since its founding in 1955, the Underwater Research Group (URG) dive club of New South Wales has been at the forefront of scuba diving technology as well as underwater research and photography. Over the years, the club has done everything from fish identification surveys and shipwreck investigations to prospecting for gold and fixing the transmitter…
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,…
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…
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…
Words by Kit The main feature of our veggie garden in Boonara Ave is an olive tree. We’ve been gently encouraging the tree to bear fruit….and it has come to pass that we got a neat little harvest at the April Dig Day, on the Sunday before Easter. Small green olives, Bondi olives! This marked…
Words by Stef To many of us living in Sydney, the hot days we had earlier this year might seem a distant memory. Wouldn’t it be nice to have some sunny warm days now? Some of us, instead, are still remembering those brave worms in our pot plants which perished in the heat on our…
Words by Kit A number of unit-dwellers in Bondi have asked where they can put their kitchen scraps, not having access to a compost bin in their own building complex. At the front of 241 Bondi Rd, Transition Bondi’s three compost bins are there for any thoughtful composter to use. In fact we’ve got a…
