Brisbane Transition Hub

Transition Kurilpa and the Brisbane Transition Hub are hosting an evening with:
David Holmgren, co-founder of permaculture.
JUNE 15th
South Leagues Club
Davies Park, West End (map)
DOORS OPEN 6PM FOR TASTING AND A 6.30PM START
David Holmgren on Future Scenarios
Cost $10/5

“The simultaneous onset of climate change and the peaking of global oil supply represent unprecedented challenges for human civilisation. In this [...]

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TED talks bring some of the world best thinkers and doers together to share “Ideas worth spreading”. Along with its once a year conferences in California and Oxford, TED affiliated events are now held around the world and many talks are put online for all to see.
Here’s Rob Hopkins talking about the transition to a [...]

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Transition Kurilpa will be helping out at the Paradise Street Community Garden, this Sunday, March 7th.
This is a regular social gathering on the first Sunday of the month – good local food, cob oven pizza, weeding, making new friends and supporting one of our local Community Gardens.
So come on down and welcome in the Year [...]

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The Transition Town movement is gaining momentum in cities and towns around Australia as small groups of motivated individuals come together to make positive changes in their communities.

Title:

1 March. Building vital communities: Transition towns

What:

seminar & panel discussion

When:

01 March 2010 6:30pm

Where:

Queensland Irish Assn., 175 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane

Cost:

$25. Free to subscribers of The Brisbane Institute

RSVP:

26 February 2010

Our group of [...]

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Transition Town initiatives offer hope, as we meet the challenges of peak oil and climate change. Towns, cities, islands globally are following the Transition model. Hear how local communities are taking action – their strategies and how you can be part of it too! You can listen to the talk and question time by going [...]

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From the Minister for Infrastructure and Planning [Media release]
Friday, September 11, 2009
More time for public comment on SEQ climate change plan
The Queensland Government has extended the period for public consultation on the Draft South East Queensland Climate Change Management Plan by one month, to 9 October 2009.
The plan aims to move the region towards a [...]

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Published in the Courier Mail Tuesday, 8 September 2009 by Graham Readfearn
THE year 1938 should have a significant place in the lives of two of the world’s largest groups of addicts – two collectives which whether we like it or not, we’re more than likely a fully signed-up member to at least one of them.
1938 [...]

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In the past, solar power generation has been largely limited to niche applications (space satellite, telephone repeater stations and remote homesteads) and applications by dedicated enthusiasts, but the technology is now increasingly being adopted by mainstream grid-connected households and businesses.  As solar power gains wider application and costs are reduced, will the technology reach the [...]

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Sustainable Transport is coming our way!!
Click image below for registration and more details:

Making Kurilpa the Heart of Active & Sustainable Transport in Brisbane
A West End Community Association & Transition Kurilpa Initiative
A Workshop Facilitated By Australia’s Leading
Sustainable Transport Planners
President of PedBikeTrans RACHEL SMITH
Convenor, CycleEast & Churchill Fellow, PETER BERKELEY
Workshop Outline
1. Transition Town Leading Case Studies
2. Sustainable [...]

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