Header for Stories of Transition online event August 2023, with logos of Toowoomba Local Food Challenge, Sustainable Bayswater and Finding our Heart Storywalk
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.

We (the organising team) aim to create a relaxed, informal tone, with time for everyone to introduce themselves and to hear three inspiring stories.

We keep the session to one and a quarter hours.

This series of online events enables us to we find new ways to connect with others in creating the future we wish to see.

We hear how groups in Australia are contributing to the transition from an Industrial Growth Society to a Life-Sustaining Society

In the upcoming session Monday 14 August 8pm AEST we will hear three different stories:
  • WA: Al and Tess from Sustainable Bayswater, a community engagement arm of Enviro House, will discuss how their group ‘walks the talk’ and ‘talks the walk’ on climate protection, active transport, and other sustainability issues. They will discuss their various projects, including the successful monthly Share and Repair.
  • Qld: Penny Claringbull will speak about her experiences running the Toowoomba local food challenge aimed at eating only food grown within 150 km of Toowoomba. Penny is the Coordinator of the Darling Downs Environment Council.
  • Vic: Megan Baulch of Monty First Nations Allies will speak on ‘Finding Our Heart’ Story Walk project: how a few passionate parents are connecting schools with the Uluru Statement from the Heart
In sharing our stories and learning from each other we help to make our groups and the Transition movement stronger.

The first online Stories of Transition event was held in July 2022 with 3 speakers:

  • Iain Mackay from Sustainable Living Armidale in NSW
  • Karen Hewitt from Transition Tamar in Tasmania
  • Jane Genovese from Transition Guildford in WA

That was a pilot and we decided to run a similar event quarterly. Always online.

Speakers at the November 2022 event were:

  • Tim Drylie, Transition Creswick, Vic
  • Monica Winston, Transition Streets Geelong, Vic
  • Karen Majer, Transition Margaret River

After the November event we started to edit the recording for viewing on YouTube.

You can find the recordings on our YouTube channel here

So this project has evolved to become an interactive online event for those who can attend, with the bonus of a growing collection of stories for sharing with the wider world. One listener told me she likes to listen while she’s driving.

Speakers at February 2023 event were:
  • Lisa Gibson: Transition Bridgetown, WA
  • Robin Krabbe, Live Well Tasmania
  • Meg Ulman, Relocalise Hepburn, Vic
Speakers at the May 2023 event were:
  • Amanda Healy and Christine Pinniger, Transition Darebin, Vic
  • Peter Duggan, Transition Dubbo, NSW
  • Nettie Hulme, Active Hope online, Tas

All of this is achieved entirely by volunteers – the organising team, the speakers, the video editors –  all contributing their time and energy and skill to create more connection and more inspiration towards the world we wish to see.

Mary Stringer

August 2023