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Dear {usertag:name}
Please welcome new member Kate Gadenne. Kate a mother of two children. She works from home as a professional writer specialising in grantwriting. She yearns for a future with less stuff and more time; and healthy happy kids who will become adults in a world not reliant on fossil fuels. Kate is associated with Ferny Grove State School and St William’s Catholic Church.
She has joined the following subgroups:
Food and Gardening Transport Health Environment Education Energy Building and Construction and Community Cultural Values.
Have you discovered Transition The Grove Hour on local Radio YYY 87.6 FM yet? It is broadcast daily (different times) for a week and podcast on both Radio YYY’s website (whole show) and Transition The Grove’s front page (interviews only).
If there is a topic you think would be valuable to cover in the show do let us know. Or if there is someone local who would be good to interview. Many of the interviews are with very “ordinary” people but they are making contributions to local life and give deep insights into what local community life can be about.
The Transition The Grove film night at Arana Library last night had very good energy. Everyone seemed to enjoy the film ‘In Transition’ and stayed for supper and discussion after. Kate was there and hopefully she and others will find ways that the Transition model will empower local action for resilient community building.
A couple of nights ago some of us travelled to Transition Annerley to see the disturbing film “Collapse” which tells the story of Peak Oil and resource depletion in very plain language. It is impossible to come away from it without feeling reminded of the extreme urgency of our community need to be getting on with preparing locally as fast as possible. We are racing patiently in slow motion but the tidal wave internationally is racing very fast. There is so much we can do and there is great need for more people to take an active part.
At this stage there are regular monthly meetings happening at local venues (Ferny Grove State High School resource centre or Arana Library) and some other things in between times. The radio show is happening weekly. The web forum and events calendar is always actively getting stuff added to it and well read. The Brisbane Transition Hub is also active with information about seminars around Brisbane (we try to put these on Transition The Grove’s events too). Preparations are underway to take part in the Hillbrook Sustainability Day. The Energy Community Garden and Health subgroups are all actively ‘happening’. The Environment subgroup is getting regular newsletters about all the events happening locally to do with the environment – a rich field. The Facilities subgroup is surveying local parks to get a full inventory of facilities in them. The Security subgroup has fed information through to the local Neighbourhood Watch group. Most of the subgroups have good numbers of people who have registered an interest in them and it is a matter of getting processes going to kick them off. Anyone wanting to give a hand in this is very welcome. Local History and Water would both be good groups to get active soon with a lot of current topics.
If you have registered an interest you will get newsletters through from time to time relating to that interest as items of particular note come available. There is also regular material added to all the Forums on the website so do keep an eye on them and if you have information on the topic please do add it. This is the only way that quality local resources and clear understanding can get built up.
It’s a great morning for getting into the garden before the forecast for rain for the rest of the week. John has downloaded some extraordinary figures for the Southern Oscillation Index which suggest very unstable rainfall environment so I’d better get out and working while the sun shines.
Remember you can always make contact through the Contact Us tab on the website or through the Subgroups on the website.
Have a happy day
Anne
Subgroup Coordinator
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