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.
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
Permabee – Video Archive
Learn how to do it…with the help of this community of gardeners? PermaBee 19 videos on all aspccts of regenerative agriculture The official playlist for workshops run through the PermaBee program at the Randwick Sustainability Hub. The PermaBee program provides the public with the opportunity to get involved in an active community of gardeners and food producers interested in regenerative … Read More
Deep Dive into Plastic Free Takeaway
Boomerang Alliance – Plastic Free Places The Boomerang Alliance, a peak community not-for-profit working on waste minimisation and recycling has produced a series of resources and informative web pages that explain the steps to achieving a plastic free takeaway service and cafe culture. Using Reusables for Takeaway during COVID-19 – Clare Sullivan, Plastic Free Byron Project Coordinator This is a … Read More
Biodegradable Plastics Explained
Biodegradable – Compostable – OXO-degradable plastics. Nearly every material will biodegrade, given enough time. But the length of the biodegradation process is highly dependent on environmental conditions including oxygen levels, humidity and temperature, and on the mechanical impacts – mixing, vibration. So just claiming that a plastic is “biodegradable” without stating conditons and time frame is totally misleading to consumers. … Read More
National Electricity Market Data
You can explore the current electricity market….in detail. An Open Platform for National Electricity Market Data The OpenNEM project aims to make the wealth of public National Electricity Market (NEM) data more accessible to a wider audience. We hope that improved access will facilitate better public understanding of the market, improve energy literacy and help facilitate a more informed national discussion on Australia’s energy transition in the long term … Read More
Stretch Jeans Compost Test
What exactly is in those comfortable stretch jeans…? Meg McGowan – a Permaculture Coach on the NSW Central Coast – found out by putting a pair of stretch jeans through her compost routine – household compost, hot compost, and a worm hotel. After a year – the result was quite shocking. These are reported as pure cotton with 3% elastane, … Read More
Do What You Can – One Week at a Time
Emily Paddon-Brown talks about a weekly action you can take to help save the planet! Emily is an actor and music theatre performer, a parent of a young family, and active in her neighbourhood. Early in 2020 she decided to combine her skills with her experience and make series of short weekly video chats about actions anyone could make, that … Read More
EAT-Lancet Commission on Food Report
Can we feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet? The EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health brought together 37 world-leading scientists from across the globe to answer this question: Can we feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet within planetary boundaries? The answer is yes, but it will be impossible without transforming eating habits, improving food … Read More
Go Goals – Sustainable Planet Board Game
A United Nations board game for 8-10 years ( and older ) Based on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. This is a full board game kit – the A3 game board page, a set of rules, templates for a dice and tokens, and 85 question cards covering the 17 goals. Designed for 8-10 years, but suitable for … Read More