ByMylene
On the 9th of August 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the IPCC Working Group I sixth assessment report (AR6,I). The report addresses the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, classified the report as a “code red for humanity”. Does it mean it…
ByDaniel
Most of us think of a garden as a space with clear boundaries, an enclosure, a patch that belongs to someone. The concept of garden and gardening is changing however, especially in city living where most people have only limited space, if any, and community gardens are few and far between. Some niche gardening books or…
ByMylene
Responsible Runners Bondi started more than a decade ago, with a group of friends willing to pick up rubbish as they jogged along Bondi Beach. It became mainstream and the movement grew up in other suburbs to do regular clean-ups. The local Bondi group started again in November 2020 with a monthly event. The format…
ByKit
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…
ByDaniel
At the house I came to occupy I noticed its fruit trees were in poor shape. The avocado tree, being a fairly tall tree seemed scraggy with barely any leaves on its branches. The dwarf orange tree resembled a mere green shrub. A good portion of its stump was attacked by borers and it looked…
ByKit
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…
ByKit and
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…
ByKit
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…
You don’t need to speak German to listen to Lance Lieber being interviewed by Urania Berlin. The history of Urania Berlin is as long and complicated as the history of the city it was founded in. The founders of Urania Berlin were 19th century astronomers, thus the name Urania. It is a not-for-profit organisation supported…
Last Monday 17th of May 2021, Kit Shepherd received the Waverley Local Hero Award in the Second Nature Category! Her dedication to Transition Bondi is nicely described in her kind words, which we would like to share with the broader Transition Bondi’s community: “This moment of ‘limelight’ on me is very much about acknowledging the…
