Tuesday 19th May
3.30pm for 4.00pm start
Irish Club, 175 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane
COST $30/$25/$15 (full time students) Light supper and refreshments included

Engineers Australia is hosting a seminar on South East Queensland's Transport System in the Peak Oil and Climate Change Era.

The public transport system in SEQ is far from prepared for the coming challenges presented by Peak Oil and Climate Change - this seminar will educate and motivate!

Find the program and speaker bios here http://www.sustainablemaleny.org/files/090519_Sustainable_Transport.pdf

Sustainable Maleny public forum: Saturday 16th May
9.15am for 9:30am start
Old Witta School, Witta Road, Witta
during the monthly Blackall Range Growers' Market

Details of the Forum agenda to come....

If you have something you'd like announced or discussed at the meeting, please send your info through to info@sustainablemaleny.org

Do you have an idea that just needs a bit of support to get rolling? Already in a Sustainable Maleny project group and need some help? Email us and we'll make sure you get a slot to make your pitch!

9.15am for 9:30am start
Old Witta School, Witta Road, Witta
during the monthly Blackall Range Growers' Market

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!

So how close to home will the current financial crises come?

The Upfront Club will be hosting an evening with Ian Golding to examine the issue and uncover some startling facts.

Very few people are aware that one of the spin-offs of the crises could well be a dwindling food supply and difficulties in gaining access to the reliable, nutritious and life sustaining foodstuffs we’ve come to expect.

Food security will be the next big megatrend.

This is due to a number of reasons that few people understand. This lack of understanding means a lack of preparation and that could lead to pain for thousands of the unprepared. Hear of some startling facts and know how to prepare yourself to secure your food. Get to know some opportunities to ensure that you know where your food network is.

Dynamic Groups For Transition
9th to 13th August 2009
At ‘CAMP COOROORA’

An Adventure in Creative Facilitation, Interactive Learning Methods, Personal Empowerment and Skills Development.
A 4 day Training Intensive usually offered for Facilitators, Teachers, Trainers, Groups Leaders, Change Agents and People in Creative, Healing and Sustainability Industries who would like more skills, tools and confidence to work and play with groups.

Offered specially for the Transition Towns Movement on this occasion and designed to address some of the HEART aspects from The Transition Handbook.

COST of $380 Includes food for all meals (everyone will share the cooking, food prep and cleanup), cuppas, 4 nights camping fees, notes, resource use, night time sessions on two nights

Phone - 07 5494 4707
Email - robin@earthcare.com.au
http://www.earthcare.com.au/edu

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

A time to explore how we may work with group collaboration in ways that are new(ish) for Maleny. Governance-nongovernance options in the transition process, exploring questions such as;
How do we keep the characteristics of small groups of friends working together once groups become larger?
How do we dream, plan, decide, take action and incorporate feedback in our small and large groups that are as inclusive and effective as possible?
What is new that will help us to meet the challenges of an accelerated period of change in our communities?

Place:5B Macadamia Drive, Maleny
Cost: Contribution to ‘Leaff’ welcome (details on the day)
Bookings essential

For more information contact:
With Ella Linwood (elinwood@westnet.com.au, 07 5429 6678) and
Franklin Bruinstroop, (franklin@iprimus.com.au, 07 5499 9685)

The most recent public meeting of Sustainable Maleny was held in the usual place, Old Witta School on Saturday 21st February. The attendance numbers keep growing...this meeting we had 52 people present.

We had several community members present reports and event information.

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

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!