TTN Radio Interview for Nambour Community Garden!

Below is a link to a radio interview featuring our very own James in regards to the Nambour Community Gardens.


http://www.noosacommunityradio.org/petition-for-a-community-garden-in-nambour/

Nambour Community Garden-a real possibility

A community meeting will now be held on

Wednesday 20th October

at the

CWA Hall, Short Street, Nambour

at 7:00pm

Transition Town Nambour will be facilitating this meeting to help enable the project to become self propelling. Transition Town Nambour is a grass roots community group who are interested in supporting any positive action that helps mitigate the effects of Climate Change and Peak Oil (surging oil prices) on our community and which helps to knit community together.

A Community Garden has long been a desirable outcome for our hope to see Nambour much more self-reliant and self-sufficient. Community Gardens are brilliant 'whole community projects' and can really bring people of all ages and interests together for social network building and for teaching self-reliance skills.

The purpose of this meeting is to follow up the previous Transition meeting on 22nd September at while a slide presentation was made by Sharon Stott of Council and Penny Hegarty of the Nambour Gardening Club. A parcel of land which has recently been purchased by Council is to be made available to the community for a Community Garden. Such a project has been long sought after in Nambour and this is an opportunity to be seized.

Please bring your family, friends, and neighbours to show support.

See you there.....7pm on Wednesday 20th October at the CWA Hall, Short Street Nambour.

And don't forget the following Wednesday we have our talk on "Building Better Communities", same time, same place.

Next Meeting: 25th August 7pm

Transition Town Nambour

Community Meeting

Wednesday 25th August

From 7.00pm

CWA Hall

Short Street Nambour

All Welcome.

Tea and coffee on arrival

Gold coin donation

A Short Movie: A Thousand Suns

A Thousand Suns tells the story of the Gamo Highlands of the African Rift Valley and the unique worldview held by the people of the region. This isolated area has remained remarkably intact both biologically and culturally. It is one of the most densely populated rural regions of Africa yet its people have been farming sustainably for 10 000 years.

After the movie there will be a group discussion about how the movie's messages relate to food production and food security in the Nambour region.

Transition Town Nambour is part of a world wide, grass roots community movement that seeks to raise awareness and create positive outcomes to help mitigate the ongoing effects of Climate Change and Peak Oil within our local community.

Planning for a resilient future.....

SlowFood Sunshine Coast Newsletter

Below is a link to the SlowFood Sunshine Coast newsletter. Our last TTN meeting has been reviewed and there are some fantastic SlowFood events coming up!

http://www.slowfoodsunshinecoast.org.au/Slow_Food/Newsletters.html

Tim Flannery-Here on Earth- Brisbane Powerhouse

Tim Flannery- Here on Earth, A Sustainable Future

Monday 11th October 2010

Brisbane Powerhouse

Tim Flannery discusses his latest book 'Here on Earth, A Sustainable Future', exploring our true relationship with the planet on which our biological, economic, and cultural futures depend.

http://www.brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/view/tim-flannery-here-on-earth-a-sustainable-future/

David Suzuki- The Legacy- Brisbane Powerhouse

David Suzuki- The Legacy

Tuesday 26th October 2010

Brisbane Powerhouse

Based on the premise- "If I had one last lecture to give, what would I say?"- The Legacy is a critical and candid exploration of a period of human history that has seen significant social, scientific, cultural and political developments.

http://www.brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/view/david-suzuki-a-legacy/

David Suzuki- The Legacy

David Suzuki- The Legacy

Tuesday 26th October 2010

Powerhouse Brisbane

Based on the premise- "If I had one last lecture to give, what would I say?" The Legacy presents a critical and candid eploration of a period of human history that has seen significant social, scientific, cultural and political developments.

http://www.brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/view/david-suzuki-a-legacy/

Yandina Permaculture Garden Visit for TTN Supporters

Supporters of Transition Town Nambour enjoyed an instructive seed saving course given by Elizabeth Fekonia at the Yandian Permaculture Community Garden. Afterwards some 20 supporters gathered for lunch around the beautiful cob oven-hosted by Linda and Doug Mahoney from YP Garden- and roasted a wide range of different homemade pizzas in the cob oven. This was our first "hearts" (as in head, hands and hearts) event and it proved to be great fun. I hope others will join us on our next social and YP Garden intend to gather there monthly for their own meetings. Delicious!

Our next meeting is on Wednesday July 21st at the CWA Hall, Short Street Nambour at 7pm. Tea and coffee will be available, gold coin donation.

Guest Speakers

John C Elliott
Strategy and Policy Manager
Economic Development Unit- Finance and Business

Greg Beasley
Rural Futures Project Officer
Sunshine Coast Regional Council

Theme: "Food Future and Council Policy"
about Food and Beverage policy of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council.

After the presentation there will be a Q&A, and a group discussion and facilitation looking for identifiable ideas and outcomes. We are holding this jointly with Slow Food Sunshine Coast.

All welcome!

US Potentially Legislating to ban Organic Gardening

An interesting YouTube video on the topic that is well worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxrzfPo3gKI

Community Gardens

If you are interested in starting up a community garden, a collaboration of members from Veggie Village have come together to provide expert knowledge and a helping hand. Lots of great information so please take a look!
http://www.ediblelandscapes.com.au/community