Dec 14
This 52 minute documentary really makes you think about how we got to where we are and do we really want to continue down the same path.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3uvzcY2Xug
Many Transition Initiatives have shown this documentary to raise awareness of the issues that communities like Gawler need to address. Issues such as transport, land use, fuel consuption and many more.
A friend sent this cartoon to me the other day. I don’t think it was specifically produced as a ‘Transition’ thing but it speaks to me in the same way that the Transition movement does. Lots of people togther pushing for change in the same direction allowing for a new way of life to follow after the initial hard work of rolling out the grass. Join us in pushing together.
How much time do you waste sitting inside your car travelling from A to B? I’ve just been thinking how car transport affects the way we think about travel. I’ll give you an example from our family. Last Friday night, after a busy family week, we decided to go to dinner at a local pub. Often a car trip would have been in order, however feeling keen, and the weather lovely, we decided to walk there instead. It was a pleasant 2.4km walk with the bike trailer converted to a ‘pram’ for the 5 year old who had a cold. We had a nice meal, and headed home. The trip home along the new bike path by the river was not direct, but a lovely evening walk, and took us close to 1 hour to complete. Talking with a friend later she was a bit shocked at it taking an hour. Thinking about this later I realised car travel is often a bit like travelling in suspended animation, waiting for the trip to be over. But what we experienced in the walk home was an hour where we were all together as a family. The boys weren’t watching telly or on the computer, and instead were chatting with us and enjoying the walk. (and I could feel better about the extra cake and custard I had for dessert). That hour was not a wasted hour. It was an hour better lived. And something I feel we will be doing a lot more.
If you are thinking of putting in a veggie patch at this time of year or any time really you would be crazy not to build a ‘wicking’ garden bed. The idea it to construct the bed with a reservoir of water under the soil so that plants are watered from underneath as the water works its way up through the soil by capillary action. More information and a printable handout is available if you look under What is Transition/Food/home grown.
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