Outgrow the System

Outgrow the System

Documentary & Discussion + nibblesSunday 25 August, 5.00 – 7.00 pmCommunity Room Margaret Whitlam Centre$10 – $15 tickets – Purchase here Hosted by Regen Sydney, this film looks at new ways to use our limited resources wisely. Learn how some folks are changing how we think about money, work, and sharing what we have. These…

Guest Dinner: Building Community & Connection with sociodramatist Nikki McCoy

Guest Dinner: Building Community & Connection with sociodramatist Nikki McCoy

Monday 24 June, 6.30 – 8.00pmFree event for up to 20 pplBring a plate – vegan (no soupBondi location advised on registration An evening with sociodramatist Nikki McCoy on the theme Building Community & Connection. Through this approach, we’ll unlock our creative expression, share perspectives and desire for community and discover what’s missing and how…

Democracy in Practice: Empowering Grassroots Community Groups

Democracy in Practice: Empowering Grassroots Community Groups

Our systems are letting us down. The mechanisms that are meant to support us to live healthy, happy and meaningful lives are inherently flawed. This is because economic growth is prioritised before people and the planet.  How did we get here and what can we do about it?  A man who has been at the forefront…

WHAT CAN I DO?
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WHAT CAN I DO?

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…

CARVING THE PUMPKIN

CARVING THE PUMPKIN

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 –…

August News

August News

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…

July News

July News

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…