Volunteer with us
We are powered entirely by volunteers who are driven by the greater cause of saving the world from climate change.
If you want to help or if you have specialist skills, we would love to hear from you. We are currently looking for volunteers to help with:
- Writing articles
- Community engagement
- Website administration
Write for us
We are always looking for more articles to share. Writing an article for Transition Australia is easy.
Your topic should be something which is interesting or will inspire others.
You can write about what is happening in your group or broader sustainability topics the transition community may be interested in.
Your article should:
- be 300-400 words
- use 2-5 pictures, including a good landscape image
- have a short heading which uses a capital only at the beginning
- include ‘tags’ which automatically put stories into categories.
Here are some examples of great articles on our website:
- Five tips for sustainability
- Thermal camera – energy efficiency
- WATCH – Ten year anniversary
- Think, eat, save
- Effective lobbying.
If you have an article to share or want to volunteer, get in touch using the form below.
Volunteer with us
Ideas for articles:
- What did you change to make your lifestyle more sustainable?
- How did your transition group start?
- Have you celebrated an event?
- How have you engaged your community?
- How did you change to sustainable transport?
Current articles
Transition Streets Game
Transition Streets – a Personal Plan Explore the facts, effects, actions & costs in reducing your personal impact on the planet, and plan ways you can go net-zero Transition Streets is about working with others in your community to make your home and your street more sustainable. Getting together and looking at key issues – Energy, Food, Water, Waste, and … Read More
Climate Fresk Game
Understanding Climate Change & Impacts through a Game Climate Fresk is set up as a collaborative game of cards, played out on a table. Each card contains a fact, a graph or a physics mechanism related to climate change (i.e. melting sea ice, rising sea levels, disrupted water systems, sea currents, sources and sinks of CO2, fossil fuel burning and … Read More
The Adaptation Game
A Local Government Area focussed Climate Change Game This is a full board game kit – locality maps , game play rules, player tokens, temperature change and impacts scenario cards, response and adaptation cards. The game incorporates the local government area ( council or city ) maps, data, planning, budgets & climate response projects and initiatives – the players get … 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 ————————————————————————————————- URBAN FARMING IS GROWING OR PRODUCING FOOD IN … Read More
Stories of Transition online events
If you like to hear what others are doing in the face of the overwhelming challenges of our world, these online events are for you. You can watch videos of previous speakers on our YouTube channel here. We (the organising team) aim to create a relaxed, informal tone, with time for everyone to introduce themselves and to hear three inspiring … Read More
Stories of Transition
Watch recordings from the online series Stories of Transition In this series of online events we heard stories from various Transition and other related groups around Australia as we find new ways to connect with others in creating the future we wish to see. Each video below focus on a story from a group. Watch all episodes (opens in a ... Read More
Stories of Transition Nov 2022
On Monday 7 November three Transition groups shared their stories online (recorded), followed by informal discussion (not recorded) Speakers: Tim Drylie, Transition Creswick, Vic Monica Winston, Transition Streets Geelong, Vic Karen Majer, Transition Margaret River, WA A couple of themes emerged: (1) COVID and coming out of lock-down and (2) how to be sustainable in our sustainability projects. Balance. Passion. … Read More
Transition 3081: Building resilience
During 2021, with ongoing lockdowns and limitations on face-to-face gatherings, two members of Transition 3081 took advantage of a local Council program to learn skills in digital storytelling – combining the tradition of storytelling with digital technology. Here is the video Yennie Yong and Yukima Cameron created, highlighting what Transition 3081 is all about. We invite you to sit back … Read More