What do healthy soils, native bees, seagrass meadows and clean water all have in common? At first glance, very little. Yet one of the key messages from the Biodiversity Collage workshop, hosted by People for Nature, was that each forms part of an interconnected web of life. Transition Bondi’s Kit Shepherd attended this workshop and…
Transition Australia is a community-run organisation that aims to create more environmentally sustainable communities across Australia by supporting local groups and promoting eco-friendly practices. As part of the international Transition movement, it encourages people to work together to address environmental and social challenges through practical local action. At the core of Transition’s ethos is its…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
– 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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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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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…
