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 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…
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…
We Australians love our coffee, and it shows, with 3 billion single use coffee cups discarded per year. But did you know that coffee cups aren’t recyclable? This coming from Choice, a reputable publication. Even though commingled recycling in our area accepts paper and containers with symbols 1 – 7, the cup is neither one…
by Anne McArthur Let’s ban single-use plastic grocery bags in Bondi. Blue Bondi Green is a community group working in the Bondi Beach area with the aim to eliminate plastic bags from entering the environment. It’s not all plastic bags that we are focused on. Blue Bondi Green is not tackling the thicker, stronger plastic bags often…
