The Potting Shed

Ian KininmonthBackyard Natives, Community, Community gardens, Education, Food, Natural environment, Permaculture, Regenerative agriculture, Seed Saving / Library, Waste and consumption, Water

The TTV’s Potting Shed is located next to the Tools n Things Library and has been established to support the activities of the My Healthy Soils project and the nearby Community Food Forest.  It is essentially a wire cage about 36 square metres in area covered with shadecloth. Objectives include to provide a place: Where we can experiment and trial … Read More

Regen Ashley St

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Welcome to Ashley St Ashley St is the a important place of movement and connection. It connects West Footscray to Braybrook, two very different communities. It connections students to local schools It Connects the Maribyrnong River to Tottenham Station and beyond to Stony Creek

Biochar trials

Ian Kininmonth

TTV has generously received a donation of biochar from Fasera Char for use in our My Healthy Soils project. As part of the project we are offering a free use of biochar for your garden, pot trials or other urban applications.  To get some free biochar let us know how you would use biochar by filling in the form below. … Read More

My Healthy Soils

Ian KininmonthBackyard Natives, Climate change, Community gardens, Food, Natural environment, Water

Vision The My Healthy Soils Project aims to empower residents with the knowledge, skills and tools to transform their urban yards from carbon sources to carbon sinks while creating a cool, healthy and more sustainable living environment. Background Soil and terrestrial vegetation are carbon sinks with around two thirds of the terrestrial carbon pool sequestered in soil (ASOE,2021). Charcoal a.k.a. … Read More

Britannia Community Food Forest

Ian KininmonthCommunity gardens, Composting, Food, Permaculture, Waste and consumption, Water

The Britannia Reserve community food forest is a community managed space containing mainly fruit trees with general plans to expand planting beds to contain a mixture of bush tucker species, other fruit and vegetables. In addition to growing fresh fruit and vegetables for the community, the space is intended as a hub for community outreach and bonding events such as … Read More

Transition Glen Eira Sustainability Festival

transitiongleneiraClimate change, Cohousing, Community, Consumption, Economy, Education, Energy, Food

        The climate crisis requires individuals, businesses, not-for-profit organisations and governments to cooperatively adopt energy descent plans and actions. The concepts within Permaculture’s Ethics and Principles offer the best approach, using the Transition Towns Network Framework to reduce dependency on fossil fuels, which is in line with those of a Circular Economy. Transition Glen Eira (TGE), a … Read More

Add your Group/Project/Community

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Join as a Community Member As a Cohousing Australia Community Member you get to showcase your project here. We hold frequent events where you will be able to share your story and contribute to the broader discourse. You can share events via our social media platforms and advertise vacancies. You can collaborate with other members and projects to share what … Read More

Mapping Collaborative Housing Australia

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This page provides a list of cohousing projects that are either completed or in creation to therefore guide people who are in request to seek cohousing opportunities. To look at the detailed list, please check the below for their progress and location. Add map here: <iframe src=”https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1CLcpH3mV73FN1VAEQTFPOtKa3K-ahYrv” width=”640″ height=”480″></iframe> Existing Communities DeCohousing (WA) Pinakarri (WA) Murundaka (Vic) Narrara Ecovillage (NSW) … Read More

Collaborations

Transition Darebin

Collaborations Over the years, Transition Darebin has worked together with various different groups to achieve great things. Darebin Hard Rubbish Heroes ‘Darebin Hard Rubbish Heroes’ is a group dedicated to saving useable items and materials from landfill throughout the City of Darebin particularly at hard rubbish colllection times throughout the year. We are also about promoting the concept of ‘recycle … Read More

Convivial Kitchen and Garden

Transition DarebinBackyard Gardening, Bush Food, Food

Convivial Kitchen and Garden is about learning new skills, engaging in hands-on workshops or watching practical demonstrations. We learn cooking skills, gardening skills, and other useful things. It’s community run, so either a facilitator comes in or it is led by a local person. These workshops have been running since 2014 and have been run a few times a year. … Read More