Welcome to Transition Hobsons Bay

Transition Hobsons Bay is a community group who are working to inspire a strong and healthy future for our neighbourhoods in the face of climate change and the end of cheap oil.  Transition Towns is a growing international movement with a positive vision for a localised future.  Read more about what we are working on and our achievements here.

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Visioning Workshop: "Newport as an Urban Eco-Village", Newport Folk Festival 2012

VisioningWorkshop.jpg The Newport Folk Festival has offered Transition Hobsons Bay a 1 hour slot in this year's festival, Sat 7 July, to host a Visioning Workshop. The following description will be published in the program. If you want to help me pull it all together please do... (our expectation is that it will be a free event in the Festiv..

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WHAT WE'RE DOING

FRUIT AND VEGIE SWAPS  The Newport Fruit and Vegie Swap is Sunday 20th of May, 10:30 to 11:30am, at Newport Lakes.  The Altona Fruit and Vegie Swap is on Saturday 9th of June 10:30 to 11:30am at Pier St Reserve.

VIVA La FERMENT FEVER Four Fabulous Fermenting workshops in partnership with Very Edible Gardens-  details here.

GLUT AND GLEAN Local fruit tree harvests and fruit preserving workshops. More info here..

COMPOST MATES Is a community composting project.  It is linking cafe food scraps up with composters and worm farmers.

GROUND TO GROUND Coffee grounds are great for the garden! Cafe's that are part of this project will give you their used grounds. Here's a map of where to find them.

RECYCLING GUIDE -- Don't throw it out! This is our comprehensive guide for recycling everything.  To improve this draft, contribute to discussion here.

SUSTAINABLE FOOD - A SUPPORTERS GUIDE FOR HOBSONS BAY LOCALS --- What is sustainable food? Where is it in Hobsons Bay? Download the Sustainable Food Brochure for your guide for growing, swapping and buying it locally.

 YOUTUBE - Check out the Hobsons Bay channel.  Latest clip - your favourite Transition moments from our 2 years.

ABOUT PEAK OIL - Have a read of the THB paper on peak oil and our response to dealing with it.

LOCAL HARVEST - helping you find good food close to you.  THB is proud to play a part in developing this resource.

GET IN TOUCH - Drop us a line on transitionhb@gmail.com

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Increase the shelf life of fruit & veg. without using toxic plastic products

Written by Bruce / on 04/06/2012 / 0 Comments

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You can increase the shelf life of fruits and veggies without having to use toxic plastic products that harm both the environment and you.

 

http://tinyurl.com/bvnktbj

 

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