Events
Numerous events to celebrate 105 years of Maleny's co-operative spirit!
Individual events will make their way onto the Sustainable Maleny website calendar, but in the meantime please download a copy of the programme here:
http://www.sustainablemaleny.org/files/co-operative_maleny_2009.pdf
Numerous events to celebrate 105 years of Maleny's co-operative spirit!
Individual events will make their way onto the Sustainable Maleny website calendar, but in the meantime please download a copy of the programme here:
http://www.sustainablemaleny.org/files/co-operative_maleny_2009.pdf
Numerous events to celebrate 105 years of Maleny's co-operative spirit!
Individual events will make their way onto the Sustainable Maleny website calendar, but in the meantime please download a copy of the programme here:
http://www.sustainablemaleny.org/files/co-operative_maleny_2009.pdf
Numerous events to celebrate 105 years of Maleny's co-operative spirit!
Individual events will make their way onto the Sustainable Maleny website calendar, but in the meantime please download a copy of the programme here:
http://www.sustainablemaleny.org/files/co-operative_maleny_2009.pdf
Numerous events to celebrate 105 years of Maleny's co-operative spirit!
Individual events will make their way onto the Sustainable Maleny website calendar, but in the meantime please download a copy of the programme here:
http://www.sustainablemaleny.org/files/co-operative_maleny_2009.pdf
Numerous events to celebrate 105 years of Maleny's co-operative spirit!
Individual events will make their way onto the Sustainable Maleny website calendar, but in the meantime please download a copy of the programme here:
http://www.sustainablemaleny.org/files/co-operative_maleny_2009.pdf
Numerous events to celebrate 105 years of Maleny's co-operative spirit!
Individual events will make their way onto the Sustainable Maleny website calendar, but in the meantime please download a copy of the programme here:
http://www.sustainablemaleny.org/files/co-operative_maleny_2009.pdf
Numerous events to celebrate 105 years of Maleny's co-operative spirit!
Individual events will make their way onto the Sustainable Maleny website calendar, but in the meantime please download a copy of the programme here:
http://www.sustainablemaleny.org/files/co-operative_maleny_2009.pdf
Numerous events to celebrate 105 years of Maleny's co-operative spirit!
Individual events will make their way onto the Sustainable Maleny website calendar, but in the meantime please download a copy of the programme here:
http://www.sustainablemaleny.org/files/co-operative_maleny_2009.pdf
Come to the Maleny Community Centre on Friday Aug 21st at 6.30pm for a talk by:
- Prof. Ian Lowe – President of ACF, author of A BIG FIX - Radical Solutions for Australia's Environmental Crisis, and an inspiring, entertaining speaker.
- SCRC Mayor Bob Abbot – dedicated representative of the Sunshine Coast since 1982 and passionate about our sustainable future
- Marcus Bussey - a futurist working at the University of the Sunshine Coast where he is Research Fellow in Regional Futures
Presentations and then discussions hosted by John Thompson, local entertainer and humorist with an amazing mind.
5.30pm for 6pm start,
Maleny Community Centre, Maple StreetFive presentations exploring some exciting new projects, tools, concepts and directions emerging from the Sunshine Coast hinterland.
The Sunshine Coast Hinterland - A place for Innovation:
Challenging and Changing Landscapes, Livelihoods and Mindscapes
RURBAN FUTURE – transforming rural and urban landscape for a post fossil fuel era
Dr Richard Mochelle - Architect, lecturer of ethics in architecture QUT, ex DNR & designer of the Boonah project with SEQ Catchments.
Richard will introduce his rurban systems design concept – a whole systems planning methodology – aimed not only at assuring economic and ecological sustainability, but a higher quality of life, in what will become a hotter, dryer, more populated and energy deprived future.
FUTURES TESTING - Computer Modelling Tools
Robert Pekin will be guest speaker at this month's Permaculture Noosa meeting. Robert is the founding coordinator of Food Connect - an ethically charged Brisbane business harmoniously linking farmers and consumers. www.foodconnect.com.au
Transition Sunshine Coast is keen to get Robert involved in establishing CSAs here on the coast as part of our Energy Descent Action Planning process and building local resilience in our food supply systems.
A former dairy farmer, for a long time Robert has been driven by the belief that societies need to work together to share food affordably across the world as a basic human right.
As one of the country’s most forward-thinking, passionate and intuitive souls when it comes to utilising soil, he’s committed to big-picture dreaming about new and daring paths that Australians might start to tiptoe along in the way we think and act about food.
The first public meeting for 2009 Old Witta School, Witta Road, Witta
during the monthly Blackall Range Growers' Market
Topics to be discussed:
Transition Town Maleny - taking stock of groups, projects and ideas
Reports on recent events - Climate Action Summit, Canberra
Re-skilling - what skills would you like to learn? eg. sewing, food growing, permaculture, blacksmithing, knitting, woodwork - list is endless!
If you have something you'd like announced or discussed at the meeting, please send your info through to info@sustainablemaleny.org
Bring your shopping bags to fill with fresh local produce from the Blackall Range Growers' Market!
27th Feb, 9:30am - 3:30pm
Griffith Ecocentre
Griffith University, BrisbaneGrow Local SEQ is a regional strategy under development by Queensland Conservation Council that aims to increase the production and consumption of locally grown food across Southeast Queensland.
This full day Forum will introduce this campaign strategy and discuss a whole-of-region approach to local food production programs. Speakers include:
- Toby Hutcheon, Executive Director Queensland Conservation
- Cam Walker, Friends of the Earth (Victoria)
- Merv Moorhead, Organic banana grower (Wamuran)
- Dick Copeman, Northey Street City Farm
- Rob Pekin, Food Connect
An afternoon session facilitated by Mary Maher will provide attendees with the opportunity to contribute to the campaign strategy; and to document policy and legislative barriers to local food production.
Registration is $50 per person inc GST
Community Building group fundraiser
Thursday 12th March
from 7pm
Cost $5
Local community member, Terri Bates is introducing these community-building games nights to be held regularly at the Upfront Club. Bring along your favourite board game (or table-top game) with some friends and enjoy a fun evening with others doing the same thing. Meals served from 5.30pm Call Upfront Club to book your table - 5494 2592 or email Terri on tkbates [at] gotalk.net.au
Community Wealth Working Group
Saturday March 14th
2.30-5.30pm
After the last Witta general meeting, a small group of us met to explore what might yet be done in the area of community wealth ie, real wealth, not just 'money' as we know it. So if you are interested in increasing support for the alternatives that already exist, as well as novel ways of funding and sharing resources, we invite you to come along to the next meeting. One project is developing a Hinterland currency along the lines of the Totnes pound.
Darren, Ella, Franklin and Sharon
Phone for details, 5429-6678
Old Witta School, Witta Road, Witta
during the monthly Blackall Range Growers' Market
The exact contents of this meeting are still organising themselves, but you can expect the following:
A short presentation from a Transition initiative in a neighbouring region
If you have something you'd like announced or discussed at the meeting, please send your info through.
