By Stefania Bonatti It is once again that time of the year – the 26th of January – marked by various events around the country, some solemn, others celebratory. But why the contrast and controversy? There seems to be much confusion surrounding the 26th of January, so we thought we’d offer some needed context. In…
Words by Daniel Parsa I started volunteering for Transition Bondi by joining its kitchen team back in 2011. That was the time when the group met every Wednesday in the Chapel By the Sea, Bondi. I lived locally and considered the weekly Film & Feast environment very educational. There was also a good emphasis about how…
By Kit It occurred to me in a yoga class that just as the main focus is not each pose but rather the transition from one pose to the next — the joining aspects — so might be the case with individuals in a community. We exist in the world as separate and individual entities,…
Words by Kit. Photography by Christian Seidenberg and Aisha Phillips. There’s a famous Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa set several hundred years ago called Rashomon, which portrays an incident involving a woman on a journey through a forest. The story is told four times, from the differing perspectives of the four characters in the film. I have…
Words by Kit Sock knitting, restringing a wooden xylophone, strengthening loose buttons on a cardigan, gluing scuffed soles onto shoes. These were just some of the projects that people brought to our neighbourly gathering called Fix & Mend. Over a potluck dinner, we also shared life histories on the topics of low consumption, repairs and…
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…
Words by Kit At our March Film & Feast, we saw three short films about water by an Austrian documentary maker, collectively titled Uber Wasser. Bangladesh We saw close up, the plight of people on the coast of Bangladesh being confronted with their coastline shrinking in front of their eyes. They might wake up in…
