January Market Update with Chris. Transition Bondi’s Market Stall is a place of curiosity where adults and children alike engage, play and learn about the world and neighbourhood around us. Last month’s markets were no exception and were a huge success. Engaging with the community and sharing local and environmental knowledge with those passing through. A stand…
ByKit
Our last Guest Dinner for the year (in November) wove a number of threads together, arising from the topic of ‘A New Look at Fashion’. Our speakers were Kara Otter and Chiara di Giorgio. It is a topic and an ‘issue’ that we are all connected to, and we were treated to a potted life story…
ByKit
The freshness and quiet of a Sunday morning, together with a glorious all-blue sky, were the perfect setting for this unusual and restorative walk. Mayu, a practitioner of shin-rin yoku, led us through a walk in Lane Cove National Park, bedside the gently flowing river and among mighty trees and coastal bush. Seven of us…
Earth and Ocean Lovers UniteBy Charlotte from Earth Child At the beginning of September, Earth Child teamed up with a Bronte to Bondi beach cleanup walk with over 40 people attending. It was great to have lots of people attend and we hope that we can see some regular faces and new faces in coming…
ByKit
Can one person make a difference? Or do we wait for someone else to do it! This is a question that is asked at our Market stall, round dinner tables, in class-rooms…..everywhere, in these urgent times. What’s that quote from the Dalai Lama … something like, “If you ever think you’re too small to make…
ByKit
Stories (or ‘Narratives’) are spoken about a lot these days as an important way to engage people in communicating and in changing their behaviour. Telling one’s life story is an interesting thing to do to get to know each other well. And telling our ‘environmental life story’ is likewise an enticing way of hearing about…
ByMylene
Responsible Runners Bondi started more than a decade ago, with a group of friends willing to pick up rubbish as they jogged along Bondi Beach. It became mainstream and the movement grew up in other suburbs to do regular clean-ups. The local Bondi group started again in November 2020 with a monthly event. The format…
Words by Stefania Bonatti Those of you who have attended our Film & Feast events will have noticed that Transition Bondi strives to acknowledge the Traditional custodians of the lands and waters on which we live and for which we care. We wonder, however, how many of you know what is the difference between a…
Word by Wiebke Stegh How close together can the carrots be in this bed? Should we cut off the stem of this spinach plant or is it better to dig out the whole root? What does a daikon actually look like, well, what does it even taste like? Why is it better for roots to…
Words by Jade Peace On the 13th of October, we had a very special garden bee, although the morning began quite cold, grey and drizzly, I was excited and full of anticipation for the day ahead. You see, earlier that week, Kit, Lance and I met with Jon Kingston on a windy and cold evening…
