Brisbane Transition Hub

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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The 2009 Community Grants Program builds on the success of ten previous annual programs that have returned over $925,000 to the community. Since 1987 the Scheme has funded 385 community projects around Australia. Australia’s Open Garden Scheme is a self-funding, not-for-profit organisation that promotes the knowledge and pleasure of gardens and gardening to all Australians. [...]

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“It’s not about stopping anything. It’s about starting something – vibrant local economies that will make our cities and towns the places we very much want them to be.”

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James Howard Kunstler, prominently featured in the peak oil documentary “The End of Suburbia“, has written a frank and chilling assessment of where the world is at for “The Daily Reckoning“. Unfortunately it is not all rosy, but as usual it’s all in how we look at things. Even though there seem to be many, [...]

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On Saturday May 23rd the premiere of the new film ‘In Transition’  will be streamed live on the internet from the UK. With input from Transition communities around the world it tells the story of the people that have looked peak oil and climate change square in the face, and responded with creativity, compassion and [...]

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Two years after the group was formed, Transition Forest Row has just published its first version of an EDAP. Subtitled ‘a community work in progress’ it is a combination of storytelling, cartoons, drawings and practical steps to an oil-free 2030. More yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = “An EDAP is Born!”; yahooBuzzArticleId = “http://www.transitionbrisbane.org/2009/05/an-edap-is-born/”;

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Cited from The Long Now Blog – May 6th, 02009 by Kevin Kelly Farming has become an occupation and cultural force of the past. Michael Pollan’s talk promoted the premise  — and hope — that farming can become an occupation and force of the future. In the past century American farmers were given the assignment [...]

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After a request to take the Food Connect roadshow south of the border, we spent two weeks travelling NSW to see what was happening in local transition initiatives down there.  Our first stop was Sydney and after a couple of nights speaking at Permaculture North Sydney and Chippendale Sustainability group, we met with Russ Grayson [...]

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