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Taking the Pulse Forum

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This e-newsletter is being sent to the Health Subgroup.

 

The attached brochure provides details of a forum for this health region to give our community a say in what their health concerns are. Worth speaking up if we want our community to be the way we want it!

 

 

  
     
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TTG – What’s Causing Australia’s Heat Wave

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The e-newsletter is being sent to members of The Head Subgroup.

 

A careful and informative analysis of the latest heatwave data in Australia.

Whats-causing-australias-heat-wave?

 

On a constructive note this is turning out to be the Year of Shadecloth! What remarkable stuff for creating a gentle cooling shade around the home and garden at a low cost.

 

Remember we need salt in hot weather along with fluid to hydrate. Have you tried misting yourself with a spray bottle on a hot day? It is pleasantly cooling.

 

 

 

  
     
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Transition Gettogether & AGM – Reminder

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This e-newsletter is being sent to all Members.

 

Just a reminder folks that the AGM and a picnic lunch get-together are on for tomorrow (Sunday 30th September) at Lamandra Park.

Noon until about 2pm.

Lamandra Park is about opposite Wahminda Tennis Courts on Samford Rd Ferny Hills.

BBQ facilities available – BYO sausages etc to cook.

Bring something like nibbles a salad rolls or desert to share.

The AGM part will be short and sweet to cover the required formalities then we can just relax and catch up with each other.

We can swap ideas for the directions we want Transition to go in the coming year and local stories.

Looking forward to seeing those of you who can make it tomorrow

Anne Tennock
Secretary

 

 

  
     
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Transition The Grove – Notice of AGM & Call for Nominations

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This e-newsletter is being sent to all members of Transition The Grove Inc.

The Annual General Meeting of Transition The Grove Inc will be held on Sunday 30th September 2012 at Lomandra Picnic Area Ferny Hills (off Samford Rd) at 12 noon.

AGM to be followed by a picnic lunch together.

RSVP to John at administrator@transitionthegrove.org.au by 20th September if you want to be included for catering purposes in the picnic lunch. Nibbles salads rolls and drinks provided.

BYO meat to BBQ.

Nominations are hereby called for positions on the Management Committee – which consists of President Secretary Treasurer Subgroup Organiser Website Coordinator and other Committee members up to a total Management Committee of ten.

Any 2 members (one of whom can be the candidate) of the association may nominate a member to serve on the Management Committee. Nominations must be received by the Secretary at least 14 days before the AGM.

Nomination for Committee

Name of person nominated:………………………………….

Position nominated for:……………………………………….

Signature of person nominated:……………………………..

Proposer: ………………………………………………………..

Signature of proposer:………………………………………..

Seconder: ……………………………………………………….

Signature of seconder:………………………………………..

Date:………………………………………

Email back to administrator@transitionthegrove.org.au

or post to Transition The Grove Inc PO Box 471 Ferny Hills DC 4055 to be received no later than 16th September 2012.

Regards


Anne Tennock

Secretary
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Jared Diamond t 19th February

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This e-newsletter is being sent to members of The Head group.

 One of the greats in the literature of civilisations and how they survive and collapse.

Jared Diamond Public Lecture and Book Launch Tuesday 19 February

Jared DiamondFrom visionary prize-winning author Professor Jared Diamond comes The World Until Yesterday: What We Can Learn From Traditional Societies an epic and ground breaking journey into our rapidly receding past.

Drawing extensively on his decades of working in the jungles of Papua New Guinea hear as Professor Diamond explores how tribal societies approach essential human problems from childrearing to conflict resolution to health and outlines we have much to learn from traditional ways of life.

Professor Diamond will unearth remarkable findings from the reason why modern afflictions like diabetes obesity and Alzheimer’s are virtually non-existent in tribal societies to the surprising benefits of multilingualism.

Book signings available after the lecture.

When: Tuesday 19 February
6pm for 6.30pm start to 8.30pm
(Refreshments available)
Where: UQ Centre Lecture Theatre
Building 27A Union Road St Lucia Campus
(Ticketed parking available)
Tickets: $25 adult / $20 concession / $18 bulk
Tickets to be purchased from:
The American Bookstore 195 Elizabeth St Brisbane – 3229 4677
or Avid Reader 193 Boundary St West End – 3846 3422

Please refer to the event flyer for further information.

This event is brought to you by the School of Social Science in partnership with Brisbane’s Better Bookshops.

 

  
     
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Welcome New Member – Susan Scott

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This e-newsletter is going to members of the Food & Gardening Environment and Facilities Subgroups.

 

Welcome new member Susan Scott from Keperra.

 

Food & Gardening news: The Hills District Community Garden Group who we work closely with had its AGM recently. President Jonathan is meeting with Cr Andrew Wines to discuss our proposal for a community garden locally.  Cr Brian Battersby is supportive and is looking for somewhere for us to have a garden too.

The children’s garden at All Saints Anglican Church is progressing well.

Grovely TAFE – the main location for horticulture training in the north of Brisbane and a place where great organic gardening courses are held – is under direct threat of being closed down mid-2013 (also Ithaca TAFE). We are very concerned about this. It is a major Food Security issue.

Have you had a look at brisbanelocalfood.ning.com ? It is a great website with heaps of gardening workshops. I’m going to one on Sat 3rd November 3pm on composting and worm tower construction at Deception Bay if anyone wants to come and share a vehicle. It is free. Give me a ring if you want to come (3851 1016).

The current Organic Gardening course at Grovely TAFE under the tutelage of Adrian Holbeck of BOGI is going excellently. Lots of plants getting propagated and soil tested and built and great fun being had.

Margaret Burman the Manager at the Ferny Grove Shopping Village is a local wonder. She’s applied for some funds for small workshops for youth during school holidays at the shopping centre. There will be one on setting up a Permaculture garden box and one on setting up a worm farm. If you have teenagers who’d like to participate get in early. 

You should probably also be aware of the Food Relief Network that Deb Blakely coordinates in this region. There are regular meetings with representatives from quite a range of local groups who contribute food in one way or another.

 

Environment: Northern Rivers Catchment Group and Kedron Brook Catchment Group both active. We do what we can to support them and encourage any of our members who are interested in the environment to join them and get involved. They have great seminars coordinate local bushcare and do wildlife surveys which are well worth being part of.

Anyone interested in coming along to climate change seminar at Griffith Uni Thursday 29 November 6-8pm at the EcoCentre Nathan Campus we will be happy to car-share. These seminars are excellent and the people who attend are great to talk to over supper (5:30pm).  Tje next seminar is on climate change adaptation for human settlements in South East Queensland.  RSVP to Lisa Malcolm at l.malcolm@griffith.edu.au if you want to come and if you want to car-share ring us on 3851 1016. 

 

Facilities: The potential loss of the excellent Grovely TAFE facility is probably the most significant local news.

The Ferny Grove Shopping Village is a good news story – Margarent has been getting music performances happening. She got a big mural painted by Ferny Grove High School Students. She’s offered us the use of one of the vacant shops to run seminars and workshops in (I’m thinking about doing wellness groups).

 

Cheers for now and welcome Susan.

Anne Tennock

Subgroup Organiser

 

 

  
     
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Sustainable Community Futures – What Do You Think?

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This e-newsletter is being sent to all members of Transition The Grove Inc.

How often do we ask ourselves about the future ten twenty thirty years from now?

How do we start preparing now for a future here that will preserve the best address challenges constructively and craft the community we desire?

Now seems to be the time to be asking and thinking about these sorts of questions.

The Queensland 30-year plan is asking Queenslanders to think about long-term planning. After a Summit in Mackay 6 questions are being put forward to Queenslanders for community discussion to stimulate us to develop a long-term community vision together. Your local MP (for most of us this will be Dale Shuttleworth of the Ferny Grove electorate) is currently putting together a steering group to enable the community discussion locally. If you would be able to contribute in a forward-thinking way I encourage you to contact Dale’s office. The steering group will be meeting on the 3rd Thursday evenings of the month.

 

Another opportunity to contribute your thinking is the Hillbrook Sustainability Day on Saturday 1st June from 10am to 4pm at Hillbrook Anglican School 45 Hurdcotte St Enoggera.  The Transition Towns Local Futures and Sustainable Communities groups from the Metro North West Region of Brisbane will have a marquee there with a World Cafe where you can join small tables to discuss questions concerning our community futures and sustainability. If you are able to come along there’ll be people there from Transition The Grove Transition The Gap St John’s Wood Sustainability Transition Enoggera and Samford Futures to join in discussion with. If you are able to take on a role such as leading a discussion at one of the cafe tables or taking notes that would help too.

 

The questions for the Hillbrook Sustainability Day (still in draft so if you have ideas for improving the questions that would be welcomed) are:

  • What suburb do you live in and how long have you lived there?
  • What do you think are the valuable strengths and resources of the local region where you live (community environment social/cultural….) that you want to have preserved into the future?
  • Our local communities aren’t perfect! What do you think needs addressing to improve your local region and whose responsibility should it be to do something about it?
  • How do you see global megatrends affecting your local community and what  do you think we should be starting to do now to address them?
  • What ideas or vision do you have for your local region or community for the future?
  • What skills and networks do you have that could assist in getting broad community participation in thinking about our community’s long-term future?

Locals who join Transition Towns are among the more forward-thinking people in our communities. There is a need to have your input and thinking in local planning discussions for our community future. We are only a phone call away so if you would like to talk some more about these things call to start the conversation: 3851 1016.

 

Warm regards

Anne Tennock

Secretary Transition The Grove Inc

 

 

 

  
     
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Our Community – Aboriginal history & background event

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This e-newsletter is being sent to members of the Local History Subgroup.

 

If you would like to come please contact Anne Tennock on 3851 1016 so she can alert the catering crew.

Our Community – History & Background

The history and development of our Catholic Communities of Mitchelton Keperra/Grovely and Samford have been well documented in the excellent book “Living Stones”. There are also several recorded histories of the development of these north-western suburbs but these only go back about 150 years at most. What do we know about the earlier history of our area before white settlement? Who were the original inhabitants of these Western Hills districts and what happened to them? Are there still descendants of the original Aboriginal people living in our community? What significant sites remain such as Samford’s Bora Ring?

Connection to Elders – If you would like to explore some of these questions and get a better understanding of the history of our local area come to the Daley Centre behind St William’s Church in Dawson Parade on Friday 19 April at 10 am for morning tea and meeting with Traditional Elders who know some of the history of the area.

 

 

  
     
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