• April 13^th - Public meeting of folk interested in adding value to the steering committee: How might you be a part of Transition Newcastle or contribute and where might you fit?

• May 1^st - Next Ideas Café at Cultural Stomp in Civic Park.

• May 6^th and 7^th - Gifts of the Furies  at the Maritime Centre; only just over 4 weeks away.

• April/May - Community Calendar to be launched.

The Transition Newcastle “steering group” goes public – 13th April

              7.15 – 8.45 pm Tuesday 13 April at the Hamilton Baptist Church Hall, Lindsay Street,   Hamilton (opposite Gregson Park).

Following the Open space last month, Tuesday the 13th of April sees the opening up of the core group that has been meeting for nearly two years, to the wider community.  Various people have asked what is happening, and expressed interest in being involved in the growing transition movement in Newcastle.  As we have gained recognition as an organisation with valuable things to contribute, developed a useful and engaging website, as we've got runs on the board running both community and special interest events, as we have started collaborating with other groups that share our values, as the need for an exciting, new and positive vision for the future becomes more obvious, our desire and need for people with a variety of skills has grown.  Transition Newcastle is inviting people inspired by the model and interested and ready to contribute more, or just contemplating it, to join us.

At the meeting we will explore how we want to be involved in Transition Newcastle, how we can motivate people to become involved in transitioning and to help them to take action, and brainstorm potential activities in preparation for a strategic planning meeting on 27 April (to which you are all invited). We will also have updates and deal with a few other business items (e.g. planning the 6 week Intro to Transitioning Course).

We really hope you can take the leap and we'll see you there.

Next Ideas Café – May 1st at Cultural Stomp in Civic Park

We are holding the Ideas Café as a part of the Cultural Stomp Festival this year. This will include an introduction to the Transition Model for those interested, and an open space type discussion around “The wheel of Change”, to explore our own personal journey to Transition. There will also be soapbox opportunities. Around 2:30pm at Civic Park. See you at the Stomp.

"The Gifts of the Furies" is coming – May 7th and 8th.  Flyer

Transition Newcastle is hosting "The Gifts of the Furies” performance by Glenda Cloughley and Johanna McBride, at Newcastle’s Maritime Centre on the 7^th & 8th of May. This is a powerful and beautiful production, and is the first Australian art work to recognise the mythic scale of the climate crisis. It is previously been performed in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney to critical acclaim. Our venue was chosen for its sense of history and atmosphere, to complement the nature of this extraordinary work. 

We hope to engage many from the arts community with their capacity to generate energy and support for the message of hope for our future. We also know that many people involved in Transition Newcastle and others will want to support this production and our efforts to extend awareness of the great challenge of our age, and build a capacity to respond positively in proactive ways. Please book early for these performances, as the venue does have limited capacity - for bookings, go to  www.trybooking.com/EAS.

A free singing workshop will be held on Sunday morning 9th May with Glenda and Johanna for those interested in a performance of the "Big Furies" with a citizen's chorus later in the year.

The Community Calendar to be launched soon.

Our new online database and calendar, which will feature local organisations and events that promote sustainable practices and a transition to a low energy future, is currently being trialled and will be released after Easter.

Wishing all our supporters a heartfelt rest over Easter.