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Welcome New Member Leonie Moorshead

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This e-newsletter is being sent to the Transport Health Environment Energy Governance Security The Head and The Heart subgroups.

Welcome new member Leonie Moorshead. Leonie is a Keperra resident who is passionate about seeing The Grove district thrive. She is a Town Planner and has a passion for urban environments that are healthy happy well connected and sustainable. She believes that a community is only as strong as the people who choose to build it and she wants to be someone who builds The Grove district into a resilient community.

I had a talk with Leonie and she is interested in local security and Neighbourhood Watch for Keperra. I suggested she might like to look through the Security Forum which has quite a lot of stuff on it. And that if she is interested she could pick up and work with the members who are currently in the Security Subgroup. There are currently 10 of us including Sheila Siggins who is the Area Coordinator of Ferny Grove Neighbourhood Watch (Area 10) and John and I are Block Coordinators in that Area too. This can be done directly through the Groups Tab.

The real need at this stage of the Transition The Grove’s development is for people to start exploring how they can take a more active role. The best way to start getting involved is slowly in gradual steps. Pick a territory! Like the Security Subgroup. Start taking an interest in the issues. Read up on some of them. Work out how to use the Groups Tab to contact the other members in the Subgroup. Only take it at a pace you can handle. [Local happens organically at its own pace. Be comfortable.] If they are in a Subgroup it is because they have already identified that is a topic they are interested in. So you have somewhere to start finding common ground. Remember we are all locals all part of this community. The sooner we get to know each other and work together the sooner we will be building a future here together and having fun.

All the best

Anne Tennock

Subgroup Coordinator
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Welcome New Member Emma Crameri

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This e-newsletter is being sent to the Food & Gardening Transport Health Environment Education Energy Water and Towards Zero Waste subgroups.

Welcome new member Emma Crameri. Emma is interested in organic gardening and permaculture and has joined the above subgroups.

I love seeing the word Permaculture in people’s stories. The Transition Town movement grew out of a Permaculture course in Ireland. Some of us are keen on using Permaculture principles in our gardens and in building sustainability into all the systems of our lives. It simply works brilliantly. The HD Community Garden group has been focusing on getting some community garden sites started but there is also potential for Permablitzes and for visiting around our gardens to share and learn from each other and get inspired.

Remember the Ferny Grove Festival is coming up at the Ferny Grove State School on 28th April in the afternoon and Transition The Grove will have a marquee there. There’ll be lots of chances to help and get involved. If you have green thumbs how about potting up some seedlings or cuttings for edible plants for it. If you have a local health business do you have some pamphlets about what you do that could be handouts? How about coming along and talking to folk about your ideas about sustainability and food growing and living locally here?

Transition The Grove t-shirts are available for sale for $20. They have the slogan “Life After Carbon? – ask yourself how” and Transition The Grove on them. If you want one there’ll be some for sale at the Festival or better still order one directly so we can ensure there is one in your size. (administrator@transitionthegrove.org.au) Pay when you pick it up.

Cheers

Anne Tennock

Subgroup Organiser
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Welcome new member – Jan Holley

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Please welcome Jan Holley. Jan has joined the Food and Gardening Environment Energy Water and Towards Zero Waste subgroups.

Loves talking gardens and her chooks.

Warm regards

Anne
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National Permaculture Day at Northey St

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This Sunday 1 May is the inaugural National Permaculture Day. While we can all do something to celebrate it Northey Street City Farm has a big program of events planned and all are welcome. The calendar for the day is on their home page.

They also offer a lot of Permaculture courses.

Permaculture is a design system for creating sustainable human environments. It is about designing households and communities that are productive sustaining and largely self reliant and have minimal impact on the environment.

National Permaculture Day – Sunday 1st May is a day where a range of Permaculture events occur across Australia. Open homes gardens and farms films educational workshops permablitzes and a host of other activities provide an opportunity for the public to see positive Permaculture projects in action to talk personally to the people living it and experience the Permaculture movement first hand.

Last year thousands flocked to discover what Permaculture is all about to see home gardens and to find answers or solutions to problems. This year promises to be even bigger and better with many more homes gardens and workshops on show.
What’s on at Northey Street City Farm?

At our very own Northey Street City Farm we’re hosting a range of exciting activities to get you in the “permaculture spirit”. Come along on the day tour our Organic Farmers’ Market and then shop from local growers for your weekly supplies tour the Farm and see what we’re up to learn about our new sustainable Permaculture Learning Centre get your hands dirty by learning how to build no-dig no-fuss vegie gardens for your own back yard.
8 am – 9 am Tour of the Northey Street Sunday Organic Markets. Meet some of the stallholders at this weekly organic market in Brisbane. Hear their stories and how this market is integral to reducing food miles sourcing chemical-free produce and supporting farmers directly. Tour led by Paul Ziebarth NSCF Market Coordinator.
8.30 am – 9.20 am and 10.00 am – 10.50 am Tour of this inner city community ‘farm’ site of 6 acres. Learn about the history and key features of this permaculture educational and demonstration site in the innner Brisbane suburb of Windsor. Tours led by Wendy Marchment NSCF Education Coordinator.
9.30 am -10.00 am and 11.00 am – 11.30 am Tour of city farm’s new building funded mainly through a Federal Government grant. Learn about key sustainability features of the building and the exciting plans which will see its completion by the end of 2011. Tours led by Steph Zannakis Architect and Building Project Manager.
10.30 am – 11.30 am Demonstration of how to build a no-dig garden saving your back and and improving the soil all in one. Save $ through growing your own vegetables and food miles are zero if you can step outside and pick your own food. Demonstration with Peta Deacon NSCF Education tutor
All tours will leave from the NSCF Information Stall which will be located opposite the Nursery at the entrance to the Farm.

Look forward to seeing some of you there

Anne

Subgroup Coordinator
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