Our next meeting is Thursday 29th April

Our next meeting is Thursday 29th April at the Community Health Centre in Foster starting 7:30pm. We'll discuss of the results of the "Zing" session we held last year to establish what ideas we had for the group, Lloyd will report on the meeting he attended for the formation of the Mirboo North transition group and also his and Rhonda Storm's visit to Gil & Meredith Freeman's to find out about their local food box idea, Grow Lightly.

Our next meeting is this Thursday

Our next meeting is this Thursday at the Community Health Centre in Foster starting 7:00pm. We'll have a film, "The Age of Stupid" followed by a discussion of the results of the "Zing" session we had last year to establish what ideas we had for the group.

We had a stand at the Sustainability Festival held at Coal Creek, Korumburra yesterday which went quite well. It was a perfect day weather-wise and we got to meet lots of interesting folk. Ross & Fiona brought along their donkeys which certainly drew a good crowd!

Here's notice of upcoming events:

Wonthaggi Energy Innovation Festival: Friday March 19th - Saturday March 20th

More details here…

Korumburra, Victoria: 19 Apr 2010 – Growers and eaters’ forum
SLOW Food Melbourne, in association with Cultivating Community and Grow Lightly South Gippsland, invite you to attend the second Growers and Eaters’ forum to discuss the connection between farming and eating and what this means for the vitality of our communities.

More details here…

Hope to see you Thursday evening!

Pre-Christmas get-together

You're invited to a dinner at Manna Garden in Court St Foster for this Friday evening at 6.30pm.

BYO food - must be on theme of 'From your pantry' or 'Sown and grown' ie. you can't go out & buy ingredients specially to make whatever you are bringing - it has to be created form what you already have at home.

Fiona wants to know if anyone is interested in joining her to write letters to South Gippsland Shire to use Foster as a location for a pilot project of having recycling bins next to rubbish bins in the town shopping area.

Discussion is also needed for who and what we can use for a display at Foster Show on Feb 27th (They have said we can have a free spot). Also the 2 sustainability festivals in March at Wonthaggi & Coal Creek that we are invited to attend & 'do something'.

Please BYO chair, crockery, cutlery etc.

If it is wet, Ross West will let us dine inside at the SES admin building, which is in Pioneer St Foster next to the Council depot.

Gold coin donation always welcome!

Another local initiative

There's another group operating in Wonthaggi — the Energy Innovation Co-op - towards a carbon neutral future.

This notice is posted on their site…

Time: November 28, 2009 from 4pm to 6pm
Location: Mitchell House Community Centre Street
Street: 6 Murray Street
City/Town: Wonthaggi
Phone: (03) 5951 3329

We are proposing to get together and discuss the initiatives of Transition Towns groups setting up in South Gippsland and Bass Coast.

We would love for you to come along and share stories of how your group (if involved in one) is evolving and any ideas, contacts or initiatives underway.

Please pass this on to anyone who you think may be interested, this could be a great opportunity find out what else is going on and to inspire and support each other.

Looking forward to seeing you there on the day!!

Cheers

Lisa Wangman

Urban Landcare Project Officer
Phillip Island Landcare Group
Mobile: 0409 366 914
Ph: (03) 5951 3329 Fax: (03) 5951 3312
P.O. Box 272 Cowes, 3922

Next meeting of Transition Corner Inlet

We're meeting again at 7:30 pm Thursday 19th at the Community Health Centre in Foster. This will be a working meeting where we will decide what actions we are going to take and how we'll prioritise them. We'll be using the Shire's Zing computer system which allows this sort of thing to happen quickly and which also lets the quiet types get a bit more input. Gold coin donation to help us with the costs please!

We'll be providing a supper, kindly funded by the Shire! It's important we get started on time because we'll have a fair bit to cover on the night so don't be late if you can help it. Also bring anyone you think might be interested/able to contribute.

What sort of stuff are we after? We're facing changes in our situation due to the decline in fossil fuels and the financial crisis whether we like it our not. We have to take steps to safeguard ourselves and our community, so it's both personal and our leadership roles we need to be thinking about. Here's the list we made last meeting, which will be the basis of our discussion but to which we'll add, subtract and prioritise at the meeting…we need to talk more about this stuff but we also need to start doing things!

Energy
Renewable
Decentralised
Bulk purchase
Community projects
Leadership example for other communities
Self-sufficiency
Showcase
Efficiency & design

Education/information
Encourage others to join
Spread awareness & understanding
Film Festival
Environmental issues
Basic energy knowledge for home or community
Using local libraries to stock relevant books/periodicals
Climate change & energy resource issues education

Local economy
Tourism eco/transition
Bartering/alternative currencies
Bulk buying & co-operatives
Small-scale local economy
Resilience
Practical crafts and handy skills
Multi use of facilities (halls, community gardens)

Food production
Producing basic food groups
Preserving/value adding
Survival food
Food security
Sustainable practices
Community gardens across all communities

Technology
Explore & trial ideas
Alternative fuels
Alternative modes
Getting networks in place
Safety for cycling
Hand tools use and manufacture
Practical recycling of resources
Animal use & management

Health
Growing medicinal herbs
Preventative health

Social
Values (modest scale/frugality/generosity)
Survival/confidence
Sharing with youth
Maintaining social connections at a distance
Older people & physical demands
Employment conditions/availability
Welcoming incomers
Toxic politics/polarisation of views/community division
Starting with simple steps before tackling bigger things
Using/maintaining community halls as social centres more effectively
Personal growth through social involvement
Helping communities help themselves/encouraging community self-reliance
Setting targets/measuring outcomes
Process driven from bottom up
Using the Net & other technology to connect to others
Using non-threatening messages to promote change
Dealing with anxiety, stress, grieving
Co-operation and sharing skills
Network expertise
Developing, maintaining and sharing contacts

Film night next week

Hallo Corner Inlet Transitioners,

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil will be screened next week at Foster Community Health Centre on Thursday October 22 starting at 7.00pm.

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The film will be an ideal springboard for discussing how Corner Inlet community and individuals could make their own transition in tough circumstances - or at the very least it will encourage you to have holidays in the district including picnics at Manna Garden instead of creating heaps of carbon emissions jet-setting off the warm & balmy Cuba...

The film takes an hour - plus allow for the chat, late stragglers, technical hitches & dropping crumbs on the community health centre's carpet from the shared supper that you'll naturally all bring - so all up the evening should be finished in two hours so we can all get home in time to look our pre-transition best the next morning!

Please also bring...a gold coin donation & preferably at least one friend who enjoys food gardening...

Regards, Fiona Mottram who is also part of the CIT blog team & who accidentally joined Lloyd as a follower of his own group while trying to figure out this blog set up caper. [He wasn't being desperate for blog attention at all].