Correction
Our segment in TTV #6 on WWOOFers quoted an incorrect web address. It should be...
wwoof.com.au
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Transition Bega 100km Dinner this Friday night
7th August, 6pm, Niagara Cafe, Bega
Discussion: Transport Solutions
New Cycle Ride GPS mapping showing cyclerides.com.au
Car Pools
Industrial Transport
Everyone welcome
Local food available $5 donation and BYO
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SCPA Markets
Friday 7th August
Littleton Gardens, Bega
8am-1pm
Seedsavers, Fresh food, value add produce, information
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In this broadcast: Transition TV 7
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Cooma Community Gardens (@0'10")
monarocommunities.org.au/coomagardens.html
A new community gardens project. This video captures the first stages of the garden so we can all watch how it grows. A great collaboration to get this project up.
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Pambula Community Garden (@1'53")
thebegavalley.org.au/pambulagarden.html
Now getting ready for Spring, the Pambula garden is running apace. There is always someone there when TTV drives past. Get down and get dirty!
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Transition Towns Triangle Plus in Tilba (@2'28")
eurobodalla.org.au/tttplus.html
The TTT+ team have had pruning workshops, started a weekly market in Central Tilba, helped co-ordinate a school garden in Narooma Public School and have now created a brainstorming workshop so they can move (unleash) into even more projects and get more people involved. Here is that story.
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Food Cluster (@4'08")
scpa.org.au and bvsbusinessforum.org.au
Local food producers and representatives met recently, with the support of marketing specialist Samantha Smith with Sapphire Coast Tourism, to form a regional Food Cluster to promote local industry, sustainable production practices, and community awareness about food security.
Here is what cluster members said about local food after the meeting.
The Food Cluster, which has yet to be branded, is asking you to comment on the branding via the sites above.
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Robin Clayfield Workshop (@8'00")
Creative Teaching
Bookings John Barlow john.barlow@guru.com.au
August 25, 26, 27, & 28
Tathra Surf Lifesaving Club
An empowering, creative and participatory workshop for anyone involved in education and group work - established teachers, people conducting introductory workshops, or guest speaker spots, activists, and anyone wanting to start teaching or working more creatively in groups.
Correction: we did misspell her name in the video. Apologies. It's Robin Clayfield.
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EnACT - Pachamama Awakening the Dreamer Workshop (@8'37")
Bookings globallearning.com.au
$20 per person
On Saturday 15 August 2009, enACT will conduct a Pachamama Awakening the dreamer, changing the dream symposium in Majura Community Hall (Rosevear Place, Dickson, ACT). This workshop will create a powerful awareness-raising experience to bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, socially just and spiritually fulfilling human presence on the planet.
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Future Scenarios Workshop with David Holmgren (@9'18")
www.futurescenarios.org
Bookings John Champagne brogopg@bigpond.net.au
permaculturedesign.com.au
Wednesday September 23rd - 9am-5pm.
SERTEC Conference Room
Cnr Auckland & Upper Sts Bega.
$150 inc all day meals
This is a rare opportunity to spend a day with the co-originator of Permaculture. It was Davids book, 'Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability' that was an inspiration to Rob Hopkins starting down the track of Transition Towns.
David has just released his latest publication titled, 'Future Scenarios' where he details the possible options possible given various models around the effects of both Climate Change and Peak Oil.
Places are limited so please, to confirm your attendance simply e-mail me at the above address. Its a case of first in best dressed.
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Green Globe Award - Local Government Super (@9'54")
www.lgsuper.com.au
batemansbayshopping.com.au
Local Government Super, owners of the Village Centre and Bridge Plaza in Batemans Bay, have won a Green Globe Award by demonstrating their commitment to renewable energy and Transition processes.
100% of their base power is sourced from Greenpower. This equals 10Gw of accredited Greenpower and a reduction of 10,000 tonnes of carbon emissions a year. They have initiated a suite of Transition style initiatives including packaging and oil recycling, improved waste management, all new tenants must subscribe to Greenpower and they plan to have their entire property portfolio accredited with the 5 star NABERS energy standard.
They have been working closely with the Business Treading Lightly program.
In this broadcast: Transition TV 6
Hello and Goodbye Nick Wallis (@0'10")
Nick leaves for Bendigo in early August. We hope he'll anchor one more show before he leaves. He goes to further his radio career and assures us he'll connect with Transition projects in that region.
We look forward to broadcasts from Bendigo!
The Bega Valley Festival (@0'27")
begavalleyfestival.com.au
We are delighted to bring you the Bega Valley Festival. The theme is 'Communities in Transition'.
Drawing on the combined creativity and networks of the Bega Valley and the wider South East bio-region, the Bega Valley Festival is a celebration of our rich heritage, the strengths we have now and the bright future we are creating ahead of us in a transition economy.
Held over 3 days, the Bega Valley Festival will feature a Sustainable Land Use and Living Expo under SCPA (the Sapphire Coast Producers) and a Clean Energy Expo under CEFE (Clean Energy for Eternity).
Look out for the gala event - the Clean Energy Solar Ball!
Also featured will be music events, arts and crafts, health, local food, and heaps more....
Stall bookings (terms etc) via the website - begavalleyfestival.com.au
WWOOFers - Part Two (@4'0")
wwoof.com.au
Tierney Woods shares more of her insights into WWOOFing around the South East region with John Champagne. WWOOF - Willing Workers on Organic Farms.
100km Dinner (@5'29")
A reminder of 100km dinner events each 1st Friday of the month at Niagara Cafe, Bega. 6pm. Food available.
Local food security is becoming a hot topic and the 100km dinners are helping to shape that dialogue.
Training for Transition (@5'42")
transition.org.au
Coming this weekend 25 & 26 July, an ideal course to learn the human resource tools you'll need to complete the Transition process in your community. In this video - comments from a previous course in April. Booking are still open for a few more places - be quick!.
Community College (@7'51")
fsccc.org.au
Term Three brochure is out and it includes a Permaculture Design Certificate Three course. Make your life sustainable.
Permablitz in Bega - All three videos (@8'10")
transitionTV.org.au
A presentation of the techniques we used to convert a plain backyard into a productive resource. Cob pizza oven description in detail. Samples of Permablitz #2 Nardy Pardy - over 100 people do it the Nardy way in just one day.
CANWIN (@9'12")
canwin.org.au
News of the Climate Action Network in Wingecarribee, Southern Highlands of NSW.
Clean Energy for Eternity - Banksia Awards (@9'24")
banksiafdn.com
Vote today to make Clean Energy for Eternity the top of the People's Choice Awards. Closing midnight 20th July.
Winners announced Thursday 24th July
