Musings

We have had a full and ful-filling year, weaving our way among the obstacles of COVID and other vagaries of life. Continuing our online education events (now called Community Café) we hosted some creative and hard-hitting presentations on ‘climate’ – Climate Parties (yes it’s fun becoming informed, with a bunch of buddies!), Food in a…

Image: The Mulloon Institute – Before and After: Mulloon Creek in 1977 and 2015 Article written by Kimberley Crofts posted here On Thursday evening I attended my first Transition Bondi Film & Feast night—online of course. The two films were about regenerative agriculture and, after watching them and going down a few other rabbit holes,…

It’s been such an exciting time to take our events online! Making the most of connecting with individuals and communities who live outside the local Bondi area… and that was most certainly the case at our most recent event Film & (home)Feast: Regenerative Agriculture. We tuned into living rooms and kitchen tables across Bondi, Melbourne,…

Once upon a time a tree Stood here, a landmark all could see Down Bondi Road you’d see it far Towering over bike and car   Birds flew in and sang their song They gathered here, they came to throng They marked the morning and the eve And now it’s time for us to grieve…

“Go to your room at once….” Don’t metaphors make things clear!  I loved this story about how a friend sees the current COVOD-19 situation, suggesting a way that we might reflect on it.  She said: “It’s as if Mother Earth is giving us a slap on the wrist, telling us to go to our rooms…

words by Renata Seigmann   I recently opened myself for learning new things. I literally threw away old stuff (including my hair) and started chasing new ideas. One of these ideas was Permaculture which led me to an experience in an amazing farm in the Gold Coast, AUS. But it happens that when you’re really…

By Renata Siegmann In the beginning of this year I was embedded in readings and sustainable habits. You know, taking my own bag to the supermarket, using my keep cup and complaining about the huge amount of plastic we are surrounded by. But I guess the height of time compressed those habits all together in…

The man who wrote the book on living off-grid in the city plans to retreat to a rural bolthole, saying eco-friendly progress has not kept pace with the speed of climate collapse by Janine Israel Sun 29 Sep 2019 06.00 AEST Last modified on Sun 29 Sep 2019 06.11 AEST Michael Mobbs, you might say, has been preparing…

Less food waste, less hungry and more happy people? Seems like an unreal dream? No, it’s possible and Oz Harvest is the organisation which put a lot of effort in to make it happen every single day. In each supermarket, bakery or restaurant is food waste a common problem, at the end of the day…