Inspiring and supporting local communities as they build a sustainable future

Transition Australia is a movement you can join. It is about communities coming together to address the big challenges we face by starting local. One of the key features of Transition is to motivate and support others. Transition Australia was set up to allow Transition Groups in Australia to share connect and support each other.

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Stories to inspire

Read stories of inspiration from groups around Australia. You will find lots of great ideas on a range of topics, from food swaps to housing. See all articles

I Have a Dream: Imagining a Better World

I walked with a group of students recently and tried a little activity. I asked them to list the dystopian futures that they could imagine. They had no problem identifying books, podcasts, news and movies from Mad Max to the Hunger Games, where a vision of societal collapse was brought forward in high definition. Then I asked them to do … Read More

screenshot of Mary, Kit and Peter in their virtual office

Join us in our virtual office?

Co-working has been a weekly delightful support set-up for several of our people for some years now. Instead of being alone at our home-desks, we do our own work in the company of others on zoom. How do we set it up? We briefly connect and then say what we’ll be working on for the session. We set a time … Read More

Too Close to Home

TOO CLOSE TO HOME: ( Climate Council Report 2024 ) How We Keep Communities Safer From Escalating Climate Impacts A majority of Australians (84%) say they have been directly affected by at least one climate-impact disaster since 2019, and around 33% think that they may be forced to permanently relocate their homes. Both BoM and CSIRO say we are dealing … Read More

Urban Farms – Eat Fresh

Farming the Suburbs …….. Transition Streets 3.21 There are plenty of examples of households making their garden productive and plentiful …… but not everyone has the space or ability to grow their own food. Joining a Community Garden is one option, but another is to be part of an Urban Farm ( see below ) One interesting example is … Read More

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Find resources to help

Our resources are designed to give you practical help and lots of ideas. There is information on how to start a group, workbooks which walk you through the process step-by-step, podcasts and articles.