From geoffreygrigg at thebegavalley.org.au Thu Feb 19 01:16:24 2009 From: geoffreygrigg at thebegavalley.org.au (Geoffrey Grigg) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:16:24 +1100 Subject: [Transitiontown] Febuary 2009 Transiton Towns News Message-ID: Dear Transitioners, 2009 - what a start ! But wait there's more... - COBARGO FOLK Festival - this weekend - in Cobargo! - BIG RED - The Rematch - SCPA Markets in Bega this Friday - FLOWING Festival Jindabyne - this Sunday 22nd Feb - Sustain Magazine - Autumn Winter 2009 Edition - Mailing Lists - new communication options - Seedsavers - video and events - Transition Towns Plus - The Triangle - Australian education tours by UK Transition trainers - Candelo Village Festival - 28th March - http://cas.org.au - and finally ... =========================== *First ...* Welcome to the many new members of this South East Transition Towns list! The friends from Batemans Bay to Bruthen, Vic. and beyond ...welcome! =========================== *COBARGO FOLK Festival - this weekend !* TRANSITION TOWNS goes on display. At this years Cobargo Folk Festival we will have an exhibit space featuring and promoting groups that have got behind South East Transition Towns. LETS, Austcom, Bega Valley Seedsavers, BEND Affordable Housing, Transition Towns Triangle Plus, Far South Coast Community College, Sapphire Coast Producers Association and Clean Energy for Eternity. All weekend - a great festival ! http://www.cobargofolkfestival.com ============================ *BIG RED - The Rematch - SCPA Markets, Bega - this Friday * The best tomato - but with a twist.... Bring your tomatoes for a demonstration of tomato seedsaving. *Please share your best seed* in the community, if they have survived this summer, they are good strong seeds. We need them! http://thebegavalley.org.au/seedsavers.html - click on an image to see the database. Come to Greens and Beans at the markets in March. See our website for detials. http://thebegavalley.org.au/seedsavers.html ============================ *FLOWING Festival Jindabyne - this Sunday 22nd Feb* Jindabyne are hosting a SUSTAINABLE HOUSING EXPO as part of their JINDABYNE FLOWING FESTIVAL. If anyone would like to exhibit for this, please call Acacia Rose on - 0402 298 821. ============================ * Sustain Magazine - Autumn Winter 2009 Edition* The Autumn Winter edition of Sustain Magazine is in production. For Sustain Magazine online, advertising rates and a picture of Sustain in the region go to http://sustain.org.au - Sustain is a not-for-profit local magazine published by Austcom - The Australian Community Network, SCPA - Sapphire Coast Producers Association and Clean Energy for Eternity. 48 quality, full colour pages (accredited print processes) about building sustainable communities, 12,000 copies, handed out at no cost in the towns of the South East and further afield , fully supported by advertising of appropriate products and services. Many levels of advertising available. This edition is about* Sustainable Business.* Contact via the website http://sustain.org.au Please support your community magazine. ============================ *Mailing Lists - new communication options* There is a new EXCHANGE mailing list for South East Transition Towns. See http://transition.org.au It is a knowledge / news exchange list - you must subscribe yourself - it's open, unmoderated chat about Transition stuff, brand new. To subscribe go to http://lists.austcom.org.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/transition-exchange There are six primary mailing lists in the South East Transition network. 1. This broadcast only list - for specific news on South East Transition Towns 2. Transition Exchange - sharing knowledge 3. TTT PLus - The Triangle - Cobargo, Bermagui, Tilba-Narooma 4. TT Bega - the management list for Bega and South East Transition Towns 5. Shoalhaven - a new community network based around the Food Co-op 6. Cann Valley - creating new economies And many, many dozens of secondary community lists (eg LETS, Seedsavers). Are you connected ? If your community needs a mailing list let us know at geoffrey at austcom.org.au For more information http://transition.org.au ============================ *Seedsavers - video and events* There are some new *videos* about Seedsaving techniques at ... http://thebegavalley.org.au/seedsavers.html *New seedsavers database* - public editing of a shared community database of seeds, growing and managing our regional seed stocks. ============================ *Transition Towns Plus - The Triangle* TTTPlus will be at the *Bermagui Seaside Fair *this year, Saturday 14 March. Clean Energy for Eternity (Bermagui Chapter) have offered to share their space at the Fair with TTTPlus, we will help CEFE on the day and also have Transition Towns information available on the stall. * The TTTPlus brochures *which are being produced by Carolyn Wells will also be available for the Cobargo Folk Festival. *Tilba Easter Festival*, David Oliphant has carriage of that project and at the moment he is talking about street theatre but that is all we are saying about it at the moment. TTTPlus is also planning to vigorously support a proposed *Festival of sustainable transport and sustainable living* which is aimed at raising money (as well as awareness) and facilitating the completion of the Dalmeny to Narooma cycleway. This festival is scheduled for early in 2010. Transition presentations to interested clubs and organisations have started and to date three have been booked in Narooma (*Lions, Rotary and CWA*). The Saturday morning *Growers Market at Central Tilba* is still going strong with good support from local growers. The TTTPlus table is shared by small producers and has been well stocked with fresh produce this month. ============================ * Australian education tours by UK Transition trainers * John Barlow, Leah Wilkinson, Ray 'from Yowrie' Buckley have attended the *Train the Trainer *courses held this week by UK Transition trainers. More news on this soon... ============================ *Candelo Village Festival - 28th March* Go to http://cas.org.au ============================ *and finally ...* Did not see the economic crisis coming !!? You have to be joking. ============================ -- Geoffrey Grigg, 02-6492 5000 0447 273 342 Project Coordinator, Community Network http://australiancommunities.org.au Editor, Sustain Magazine http://sustain.org.au Austcom - Building Sustainable Communities The Australian Community Network australiancommunities.org.au is a shared network shaped by a real community. It is a collection of groups who, by their presence, have crafted a working array of tools such as web pages, on line database applications, events notices, news systems, public access areas, email mailing lists and more. Our core precept is that we help build social, economic and environmentally sustainable communities. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.austcom.org.au/pipermail/transitiontown/attachments/20090219/8e7f3d37/attachment.htm From geoffreygrigg at thebegavalley.org.au Thu Feb 19 01:23:18 2009 From: geoffreygrigg at thebegavalley.org.au (Geoffrey Grigg) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:23:18 +1100 Subject: [Transitiontown] February 2009 Transition Towns Newsletter Message-ID: Dear Transitioners, 2009 - what a start ! But wait there's more... - COBARGO FOLK Festival - this weekend - in Cobargo! - BIG RED - The Rematch - SCPA Markets in Bega this Friday - FLOWING Festival Jindabyne - this Sunday 22nd Feb - Sustain Magazine - Autumn Winter 2009 Edition - Mailing Lists - new communication options - Seedsavers - video and events - Transition Towns Plus - The Triangle - Australian education tours by UK Transition trainers - Candelo Village Festival - 28th March - http://cas.org.au - and finally ... =========================== *First ...* Welcome to the many new members of this South East Transition Towns list! The friends from Batemans Bay to Bruthen, Vic. and beyond ...welcome! =========================== *COBARGO FOLK Festival - this weekend !* TRANSITION TOWNS goes on display. At this years Cobargo Folk Festival we will have an exhibit space featuring and promoting groups that have got behind South East Transition Towns. LETS, Austcom, Bega Valley Seedsavers, BEND Affordable Housing, Transition Towns Triangle Plus, Far South Coast Community College, Sapphire Coast Producers Association and Clean Energy for Eternity. All weekend - a great festival ! http://www.cobargofolkfestival.com ============================ *BIG RED - The Rematch - SCPA Markets, Bega - this Friday * The best tomato - but with a twist.... Bring your tomatoes for a demonstration of tomato seedsaving. *Please share your best seed* in the community, if they have survived this summer, they are good strong seeds. We need them! http://thebegavalley.org.au/seedsavers.html - click on an image to see the database. Come to Greens and Beans at the markets in March. See our website for detials. http://thebegavalley.org.au/seedsavers.html ============================ *FLOWING Festival Jindabyne - this Sunday 22nd Feb* Jindabyne are hosting a SUSTAINABLE HOUSING EXPO as part of their JINDABYNE FLOWING FESTIVAL. If anyone would like to exhibit for this, please call Acacia Rose on - 0402 298 821. ============================ * Sustain Magazine - Autumn Winter 2009 Edition* The Autumn Winter edition of Sustain Magazine is in production. For Sustain Magazine online, advertising rates and a picture of Sustain in the region go to http://sustain.org.au - Sustain is a not-for-profit local magazine published by Austcom - The Australian Community Network, SCPA - Sapphire Coast Producers Association and Clean Energy for Eternity. 48 quality, full colour pages (accredited print processes) about building sustainable communities, 12,000 copies, handed out at no cost in the towns of the South East and further afield , fully supported by advertising of appropriate products and services. Many levels of advertising available. This edition is about* Sustainable Business.* Contact via the website http://sustain.org.au Please support your community magazine. ============================ *Mailing Lists - new communication options* There is a new EXCHANGE mailing list for South East Transition Towns. See http://transition.org.au It is a knowledge / news exchange list - you must subscribe yourself - it's open, unmoderated chat about Transition stuff, brand new. To subscribe go to http://lists.austcom.org.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/transition-exchange There are six primary mailing lists in the South East Transition network. 1. This broadcast only list - for specific news on South East Transition Towns 2. Transition Exchange - sharing knowledge 3. TTT PLus - The Triangle - Cobargo, Bermagui, Tilba-Narooma 4. TT Bega - the management list for Bega and South East Transition Towns 5. Shoalhaven - a new community network based around the Food Co-op 6. Cann Valley - creating new economies And many, many dozens of secondary community lists (eg LETS, Seedsavers). Are you connected ? If your community needs a mailing list let us know at geoffrey at austcom.org.au For more information http://transition.org.au ============================ *Seedsavers - video and events* There are some new *videos* about Seedsaving techniques at ... http://thebegavalley.org.au/seedsavers.html *New seedsavers database* - public editing of a shared community database of seeds, growing and managing our regional seed stocks. ============================ *Transition Towns Plus - The Triangle* TTTPlus will be at the *Bermagui Seaside Fair *this year, Saturday 14 March. Clean Energy for Eternity (Bermagui Chapter) have offered to share their space at the Fair with TTTPlus, we will help CEFE on the day and also have Transition Towns information available on the stall. * The TTTPlus brochures *which are being produced by Carolyn Wells will also be available for the Cobargo Folk Festival. *Tilba Easter Festival*, David Oliphant has carriage of that project and at the moment he is talking about street theatre but that is all we are saying about it at the moment. TTTPlus is also planning to vigorously support a proposed *Festival of sustainable transport and sustainable living* which is aimed at raising money (as well as awareness) and facilitating the completion of the Dalmeny to Narooma cycleway. This festival is scheduled for early in 2010. Transition presentations to interested clubs and organisations have started and to date three have been booked in Narooma (*Lions, Rotary and CWA*). The Saturday morning *Growers Market at Central Tilba* is still going strong with good support from local growers. The TTTPlus table is shared by small producers and has been well stocked with fresh produce this month. ============================ * Australian education tours by UK Transition trainers * John Barlow, Leah Wilkinson, Ray 'from Yowrie' Buckley have attended the *Train the Trainer *courses held this week by UK Transition trainers. More news on this soon... ============================ *Candelo Village Festival - 28th March* Go to http://cas.org.au ============================ *and finally ...* Did not see the economic crisis coming !!? You have to be joking. ============================ -- Geoffrey Grigg, 02-6492 5000 0447 273 342 Project Coordinator, Community Network http://australiancommunities.org.au Editor, Sustain Magazine http://sustain.org.au Austcom - Building Sustainable Communities The Australian Community Network australiancommunities.org.au is a shared network shaped by a real community. It is a collection of groups who, by their presence, have crafted a working array of tools such as web pages, on line database applications, events notices, news systems, public access areas, email mailing lists and more. Our core precept is that we help build social, economic and environmentally sustainable communities. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.austcom.org.au/pipermail/transitiontown/attachments/20090219/efd5bfc3/attachment-0001.htm