How to change the world, one street at a time Transition Streets is a grassroots initiative that empowers local community around the issues of sustainability, giving real meaning to the phrase, “think globally; act locally”. Transition Streets are for renters and home owners. They are for linking up with our neighbours to make our homes and even our streets more … Read More
Habitat Links
Indigenous Garden Tours Transition Warringal’s Indigenous Garden Tours bring local people together to inspire and support appreciation of indigenous plants and local ecosystems. We gather in the spirit of honouring the sustainable management of the lands and waters by the Wurundjeri Woi wurrung people, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we walk. Our Indigenous Garden Tour hosts recommend … Read More
Sugar Gliders in Banyule
We won a Pick My Project community grant The Banyule Sugar Glider Project (BSGP) was one of the 237 projects across the state to win a Pick My Project (PMP) Community Grant in 2019. The project will discover protect and enhance the wildlife corridors on the Eastern area of the Plenty River known as the Vegetation Protection Overlay 1. Sugar … Read More
Transition to a Safe Climate 2019
The second Transition to a Safe Climate conference in Banyule at Macleod College An amazing effort from the community groups in Banyule, presented and organised entirely by volunteers from Montmorency Community Group, Sustainable Macleod, Transition Warringal, Sustainable Greensborough, Transition 3081 and Sustainable Watsonia Read a write up from the event at: sustainablegreensborough.org
Boomerang Bags
Boomerang Bags is an initiative that originated in Queensland and is now international. It reduces plastic bag use by engaging communities to make reusable ‘Boomerang Bags’ as a fun, sustainable alternative. Local community volunteers make the bags using donated second-hand materials, keeping the initiative local and sustainable. You can make bags at home, with friends or family, in the classroom, as … Read More
Coordination Group
The Transition Darebin Coordination Group meets on the 2nd Monday of each month. It’s a lively group which kicks off about 7.30pm with some nibbles and occasionally a cheeky glass of wine. The venue generally rotates through a number of homes of the coordination group members. We circulate a basic agenda before the meeting and members can add any items they … Read More
Transition in the Pub
TD in the Pub is a (mostly) monthly evening event where where folks can kick back, meet new people, and learn more about the world we live in and what we can do to change it. Anyone is welcome to come along whether you like drinking beer or not! Each night has a focus topic for people to engage with, … Read More
Fun Raising
Normally, when groups aim to raise something through running extra events, that something is FUNDS. Money – for future operations, new big purchases, or just to keep things running. But we’re not going for something like that – what we’re interested in is FUN raising. We want to provide social opportunities, chances for people within the Transition Darebin community to … Read More
Darebin Fruit Squad
Darebin Fruit Squad is a program that harvests fruit from households across Darebin, and shares them with those in need. DIVRS currently runs the program, with funding from Darebin Council, but it began as an idea by Transition Darebin. We started the project, and developed this project over three years from 2011 to 2014. This How to kit (link here) explains … Read More