May Update

See more info on these upcoming events by following the Upcoming events links on our homepage: transitionnewcastle.org.au

Tuesday 25th May, 7:15 to 8:45pm, Hamilton. Open Space on current projects. This is an open meeting for people interested in the Transition Model and who are interested in practical projects. Bring your own and start a group, or see whether you can find one of the existing groups to bounce off ideas with, and get active. Currently this may involve the Food group, Built Environment, Transition Space project, Arts and Film (e.g. Film Festival), Schools Project, Awareness Raising, or Web design. All this to provide structure, but with no set demands or committments - as well being open to your own passion and interests.

 Saturday 5th June, 9:00am to 3.00pm. Hunter Wetlands Centre's 25th Anniversary/ World Environment  Day Carnival.  Transition Newcastle is holding a stall, as are Climate Action Newcastle and Permaculture Hunter Region, along with many other organisations interested and concerned with the environment. For more info see Wetlands.

June "Ideas cafe" (Saturday 5th) will be held at the Hunter Wetlands Centre following a power point presentation on the Transition Model and the Twin Drivers (time to be announced).

Saturday 5th June, 2pm to 3.30pm. Waste As Art Opening & Awards,  at Maitland Town Hall.  The exhibition will run from June 7th tto 24th.  There is currently a whacky "Memorial to Oil" being created as Transition Newcastle's entry to the competition, so come along and check it out.

Sunday 19th June, 11:00am to 4.00pm.  Movie Marathon at the Lake - The Coal Point Transition Initiative (Lake Macquarie) is holding another movie marathon at the Progress Association Hall as part of its awareness raising over the next four months.  The coming films are: In Transition - The Movie; the classic - An Inconvenient Truth; and The Power of Community. Catch one, or catch them all.

All the film sessions will also have Conversation Café forums to gather ideas and issues that arise from the films, and there’ll be food available.

The local Transition group meets on the 2nd Monday of the month at 4pm at Progress Hall, to plan the events and activities and think about how to make the Transition Town process work.  Email cppatransition@gmail.com or talk to Luke 4959 9401

Survey please. We are conducting a survey to see what our members and supporters would like to get out of a Transition Town Movement, things that you would like to see happening in areas like sustainable living and energy descent planning. We would appreciate your ideas and/or skills to help promote this rapidly growing community of people to build a more sustainable society. You can fill out the survey here (thanks!).

Transition Maitland is up and running!!!!!! After being s trong supporters of our work, Mark and Kate from Purple Pear have been inspired by the proactive and positive nature of the Transition model to start a local Initative in the Maitland area. Please phone them on 4932 0443 or email info@purplepear.net.au

Sustainable House Day is an event you may like to be involved in this year (September?), opening your house up to people in the local community who may be inspired to follow your lead and lower their carbon footprint at home - you don't have to have completed the tasks, just be well on the way. Please email us at info@ transitionnewcastle.org.au.

Fig Tree Community Garden is hosting a series of workshops including Medicine for the Mind; Grow a lot in a small space; and Kids workshop - Pizza from scratch (in school holidays), along with a ongoing Community Kitchen and working bees (connecting and therapeutic). See www.figtree.org.au

Finally, thanks to all those who came to the Gifts of the Furies and made it such a success. This professional and complex song-story about the Climate emergency stood up to its excellent reviews, and Glenda and Johanna performed the work powerfully. Thanks again.