Words by Kit Plastic Free July was launched with a bang, at Bondi Pavilion on the first Sunday in July. Around 150 people came, including a good two handfuls of very young people, who set the tone of the festive atmosphere. The film “Clean Bin Project” carried us lightly through a range of issues around…
On 4 July 2017, members of the Bondi community, young and old alike, took spade in hand to build a sandcastle wall along the beach. The sand wall would at least temporarily help keep out the seemingly endless waves of plastic pollution on our beaches. Sunday’s event was intriguing and creative. What a good idea, to…
Words by Kit QUINCE! Just saying the name of this ‘rare’ fruit gets the mouth salivating 🙂 Recently we received a huge one in our OOOOBY box – about the size of a rock melon – and were then prompted to experiment with it. Without the childhood memories of my mother baking quince overnight in…
Words by Kit The main feature of our veggie garden in Boonara Ave is an olive tree. We’ve been gently encouraging the tree to bear fruit….and it has come to pass that we got a neat little harvest at the April Dig Day, on the Sunday before Easter. Small green olives, Bondi olives! This marked…
Words by Stef To many of us living in Sydney, the hot days we had earlier this year might seem a distant memory. Wouldn’t it be nice to have some sunny warm days now? Some of us, instead, are still remembering those brave worms in our pot plants which perished in the heat on our…
Words by Kit A number of unit-dwellers in Bondi have asked where they can put their kitchen scraps, not having access to a compost bin in their own building complex. At the front of 241 Bondi Rd, Transition Bondi’s three compost bins are there for any thoughtful composter to use. In fact we’ve got a…
Words by Kit Recently, Transition Bondi had a social visit from two key members of the International Transition Town movement, Sophy Banks and Naresh Giangrande. Sophy was one of the founders of the Heart and Soul dimension, and Naresh heads up training in the Transition Network. They were visiting Australia for family reasons and wanted…
This simple cauliflower and kidney bean salad has an unexpected ingredient – curry paste. It can be made ahead of time and refrigerated. Ingredients 1 Cup of cauliflower florets, cut into very small florets 1 Cup red kidney beans, cooked 1/4 Cup Spanish onion (or other mild variety), chopped finely 1/2 Cup coconut cream Curry…
Words by Jonas and Gabriela We had been in Sydney for a few months when we discovered Transition Bondi in October of last year. Unfortunately, our time in the organization will be short as we will leave Australia already in May. Even though we’ve only spent a few months with Transition Bondi, the organisation has had…
We Australians love our coffee, and it shows, with 3 billion single use coffee cups discarded per year. But did you know that coffee cups aren’t recyclable? This coming from Choice, a reputable publication. Even though commingled recycling in our area accepts paper and containers with symbols 1 – 7, the cup is neither one…
