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Permaculture Education Institute’s Festival of Wild & Kind Ideas, May 2026
ByKit June 7, 2026June 7, 2026

By Kit Shepherd, Transition Bondi Transition Bondi took the wonderful opportunity to call people together to hear some ofthe speakers who were part of the 2026 Permaculture Education Institute’s Festival ofWild & Kind Ideas. And now the recordings are available for more communityconnecting. Access to replays for all to dive into:https://permacultureeducationinstitute.org/festival-2026/ We will run a…

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What’s the Connection between Fossil Fuel Blockades and our Back Yards?
ByTransition Bondi May 4, 2026May 4, 2026

The world situation regarding oil restrictions could have a big impact on food security. Fertilizers and pesticides used in industrial (large scale) farming are made from fossil fuels, and without them crop yields are greatly reduced. The Green Revolution – that saw food production increase massively as the world population has grown – is based…

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Events · Guest Dinner

TRANSITION BONDI’S GUEST DINNER Tues 17 Feb, 2026
ByTransition Bondi February 26, 2026February 26, 2026

ACTIVE HOPE with Mary Stringer (she was on zoom) Words from Mary: Mary: For decades I’ve been distressed about the Industrial Growth Society that we seem to be trapped in. I came across the work of Joanna Macy in the 1980’s, went to her workshops in Sydney in the 1990s and trained with her…

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The night I learned the power of standing
ByAudrey Egan February 3, 2026February 3, 2026

Photo credit: @manic_seeds_media I was half asleep when the massive Kenworth Forestry Tasmania log truck rolled up to the gate of a logging coupe in the highlands of Lutruwita (Tasmania). We had set up camp under the cover of darkness. I shared a tent with a schoolteacher, while five others slept in their swags or…

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Joanna Macy – Transition Australia
ByTransition Bondi August 19, 2025August 21, 2025

We in the Transition movement in Australia pay tribute to Joanna Macy whose life and work continues to have a profound influence on many thousands of people in many continents over many decades. She was one of the great wisdom teachers of our time. The concepts and practices Joanna gave us are central to the…

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Articles · Events

Seeing Whiteness
ByTransition Bondi July 2, 2025July 2, 2025

– notes from participants Chiara and Kit at Guest Dinner 19 June, 2025 We were honored to have Veronica (Vonnie) Pinniger give a talk on ‘Seeing Whiteness’, a way of focusing on the way Indigenous people and perspectives have been subjugated, in the face of what is commonly felt to be the ‘normal’ condition of…

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Monthly News

ROUND UP OF LOCAL EVENTS ATTENDED IN MARCH 2025
ByKit April 7, 2025April 7, 2025

The month seemed jam-packed with events: Climate Action Week (the second year, a Sydney festival) with many, many events.Ones I attended were: Psychologists for a Safe climate. https://www.psychologyforasafeclimate.org/A talk with Richard Denniss (Australia Institute and Kumi Naidoo Amnesty International)about their work on a non-proliferation Treaty for Fossil Fuels “Discover the Big Picture” (looking at systems)…

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Guest Dinner on 17th March, 2025
ByKit April 6, 2025April 6, 2025

Mark Diesendorf (Honorary Associate Professor of Environment & Society at UNSW) presented a broad strategy for transitioning from the present collapsing civilisation to an environmentally sustainable, fairer and more peaceful one. His recent book “How to Create a Sustainable Civilisation”, shows that technological change alone will not be sufficient for achieving such a transition; that we…

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Stories · Articles

REFLECTIONS ON THE NEWCASTLE BLOCKADE – a personal account
ByKit December 2, 2024December 2, 2024

I hadn’t been to a long festival before, and this one – a Protestival – got me in. And it was a terrific! Rising Tide is a highly functioning mass movement, with a long history, and following in the tradition of other non-violent social change activism (see below). My main interest was to see how…

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SAIL CARGO IN OUR TIME
ByTransition Bondi December 2, 2024December 2, 2024

By Jillian Blackall 2023 The year was 1976. The day was 29th December. The yachts had been racing in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, beginning at midday on Boxing Day. The yacht Ballyhoo crossed the finish line and won line honours with an elapsed time of 3 days, 7hours and 59 minutes. As the…

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