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Responsible Runners Cleanup Lockdown Challenge (and a rosemary swap)!

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…

A recognition of Transition Bondi by the Waverley Local Hero Award

A recognition of Transition Bondi by the Waverley Local Hero Award

Last Monday 17th of May 2021, Kit Shepherd received the Waverley Local Hero Award in the Second Nature Category! Her dedication to Transition Bondi is nicely described in her kind words, which we would like to share with the broader Transition Bondi’s community: “This moment of ‘limelight’ on me is very much about acknowledging the…

A Secret Garden

A Secret Garden

The secret garden on Bondi Road has been in operation since 2010 by Transition Bondi members and volunteers. A vacant land in the rear of a block of flats was lent to us (Land share arrangement)  to be designed as a community garden as a generous gesture by its owner. Lance Lieber, the founder of…

Cecilia’s Community Compost

Cecilia’s Community Compost

Cecilia moved to Bondi in the 70s. With a keen interest in gardening. She’sbeen cultivating every available nook and cranny of her outdoor space toplant and grow things ever since. In a quick tour, she introduced me to arange of native and non-native species that live in her garden, WarrigalGreens, Kangaroo Apple, Davidson Plums, Lemon…

Climate Parties

By Kit Shepherd and Christine Thomas, Christine Brauer and Jenni Hagland led us with two evenings of Climate Parties in a new venue at Brown Sugar Café in Bondi Beach. The evenings were cosy and engaging, with tapas-style nibbles created by our resident foodie, Victoria.   Climate Parties bring people together to raise awareness around climate change and creating a sustainable future. They…

Community Composting weaves our ‘hood’ together!

By Kit Shepherd When you travel to the beach along Bondi Road, there’s a little shopping precinct just before the bus dips down and the ocean view engulfs your eyes.  This little ‘outpost’ of urbanity is studded with jewels!  There are eateries, organic food shops, bars, places where you can find funky clothing,  a tattooist, a physio, a…

SEE YOU IN THE LANEWAY!

By Kit Shepherd 12th of December 2020 The laneways near my home in Bondi have been my highway to well-being in the time of COVID, lockdowns, and restrictions on social contacts.  They kept me buoyant during the fires last year. And tending the laneways has been a form of vigil or prayer to Earth amidst the…