ByKit
Walking in the local streets and lanes is full of interest as Spring gets plants growing! The lushness of beauty of different types of grass or tree are sheer pleasure to the eye. Even weeds, like the tall plantain with bobbing flower heads, or the circular flat, lobe-leaved dandelion bring a pause to one’s step,…
Earth and Ocean Lovers UniteBy Charlotte from Earth Child At the beginning of September, Earth Child teamed up with a Bronte to Bondi beach cleanup walk with over 40 people attending. It was great to have lots of people attend and we hope that we can see some regular faces and new faces in coming…
ByKit
Can one person make a difference? Or do we wait for someone else to do it! This is a question that is asked at our Market stall, round dinner tables, in class-rooms…..everywhere, in these urgent times. What’s that quote from the Dalai Lama … something like, “If you ever think you’re too small to make…
ByKit
Stories (or ‘Narratives’) are spoken about a lot these days as an important way to engage people in communicating and in changing their behaviour. Telling one’s life story is an interesting thing to do to get to know each other well. And telling our ‘environmental life story’ is likewise an enticing way of hearing about…
ByKit
August is a season of mellow fruitfulness At my home garden there’s been a lovely specimen of butternut pumpkin growing for months. It’s been tucked away from most eyes, next to a lemon tree growing in a pot and supported on the vine, by sitting on the ground. The day finally came when neighbours –…
BE OUR DINNER GUEST | GARDEN COMP | ECO-FESTIVAL Head, heart and hands – that’s the mantra of the Transition Network, a positive, empowering movement that has spread organically via word of mouth and communities, both locally and throughout the world. Great conversations don’t happen by accident as we found out at our recent Guest…
PLASTIC FREE JULY | FIRST GUEST DINNER | BONDI FESTIVAL | NAIDOC | WINTER CROPS Plastic Free July (PFJ) is a big event on our sustainability calendar. ‘A world free of plastic waste’ was the ambition of Rebecca Prince-Ruiz, a waste expert from WA who challenged her local government colleagues to reuse single-use plastic items…
Many of us grow our own food and gardens— or even just houseplants— and we sometimes need to think about what we need to feed our plant friends, too. Instead of getting fancy expensive organic fertilisers….….did you know that the following common kitchen scraps and leftovers make excellent, safe, and easy-to-use natural fertilisers for your…
ByCaroline
One of the highlights of my May calendar is Composting Awareness Week! Several of us at Transition Bondi were lucky enough to lead into CAW with a talk on organic gardening by local permaculture legend, Steve Batley. Now, I’ve been an avid Bondi composter for some 10 years but Steve taught me a thing of…
Many-many-a-rainy-day later and the lane is singing again. The bees are busy at work as we prop plants up to grow to new heights. It is a joy to see school children curiously learning of natural wonders on their way to and from school. The diversity of the garden is always a site in itself….
