Meeting Summary – March 24th, 2013
Hi everyone,
I told Radha I’d be happy to take the minutes at the meeting on 24 March, so here they are:
The meeting commenced at 11.10am. Radha and I were the only ones in attendance:)
We agreed to move forward with the Compost Revolution (please see details below from Radha’s email of 21 March). Radha is going to email Warrumbungle Shire Council and take the next step to get Council on board with this project. It was decided that, as this is something that won’t require a great deal of effort or money on Council’s part, has been successful in a number of other Shire Council areas and will encourage community participation without the Transition Town Group having to devote a lot of time and energy to get it up and running, it was definitely worth pursuing. I mentioned to Radha that I’d heard the tip is filling up very quickly. I think it’s fair to assume a lot of that would be household waste and other items that could be readily composted. Radha said that Cas has experience with worm composting and may be interested in running a workshop for those who want to participate. I’ve spoken with Amanda, who said that Brett also has a lot of experience in this area, so the fact we have such good local knowledge we can draw upon is terrific.
A sustainable building book list is now on the website and everyone is encouraged to submit details of books they recommend on the subject.
Carol will keep us updated on the Cal-Earth building workshop.
Anyone who hasn’t already given their Demeter orders to Peter is encouraged to do so. Apparently Jennie B. has some people who are keen to place an order, so hopefully the co-op will keep growing and developing as more people become aware of it.
No update yet on the brick building machine.
The next meeting will be held at 11am on Sunday 28 April 2013 at the GoodLife building. Hope to see you there!!
Warm regards,
Kim
Email from Radha to the Transition group – March 21st
Hi All
I would like to remind you that the next Transition/GoodLife meeting is scheduled for this coming Sunday, March 24th at 11am at the GoodLife Building in Timor St.
Compost Revolution
At the last meeting we discussed the possibility of initiating a waste project such as encouraging the local council to adopt a composting system into their waste disposal strategy. I was just surfing the net to see what other councils are doing in this regard and came across Compost Revolution – http://compostrevolution.com.au
This project began in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney in 2009 when ‘Randwick and Waverley Councils received funding from the NSW Environmental Trust to trial an innovative community composting project.’
You can read more about it here – http://reduceyourfootprint.com.au/projects/compost-revolution/
This resulted in the Compost Revolution which is a national campaign. Participating households receive a free worm farm or compost bin by answering a simple quiz. They also hold workshops and distribute information on composting.
All councils in Australia are welcome to join, we just need to fill out this form and email it to them –
http://compostrevolution.good.do/joinus/email-your-council-to-say-you-re-ready-for-the-revolution/
Maybe we can discuss it at the meeting 🙂
Love,
Radha