Honey!! Be Self-Sustainable Bee workshop Saturday 11 October 2014 (CEL)

CEL Sustainability Elders - live interviews and Q&A 20/21 November 2014

CEL Sustainability Elders - live interviews and Q&A

FOR BOOKINGS & MORE INFO,

EMAIL INFO@CEL.ORG.AU OR

CALL 0400 665 810

Belloppy Market location - Bellingen Courier Sun 1 October 2014

☂Transition Bellingen

The following article was published in the Bellingen Courier Sun on Wednesday 1 October 2014.

Bellopy market needs to find a location in the town centre of Bellingen.

Click on article to enlarge

Charcoal-making for household resilience Saturday 15 November 2014

Native Stingless Bee Workshop Tuesday 7 October 2014

If you cannot clearly see the detail above, click on the poster to increase its size

TEDX film at North Bank Gardens 28 September 2014

TEDx and North Bank Gardens Event


" For anyone who missed last year's TEDx talks, we have a screening planned for this Sunday arvo/ evening, weather permitting. Includes a warm up with relaxed open mic music and the Community Garden café open throughout the event. "
 
https://www.facebook.com/events/719739048098247/


https://www.facebook.com/Northbank.Community.Garden

Biodynamics in the Home Garden Tuesday 30 September 2014

"...simply be with each other in peace and goodwill" Sunday 21 September

☂Transition Bellingen

Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan and Bike Plan Survey

PAMP AND BIKE PLAN COMMUNITY SURVEY


Bellingen Shire Council has commissioned GHD Pty Ltd, to undertake a review of the 2006 Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan (PAMP) and Bike Plan.


The PAMP and Bike Plan document will identify the pedestrian and bicycle network hierarchy and include an action plan for Council to integrate walking and cycling into the transport system of the Shire.


Part of the review involves a short survey. Please provide your input via the survey up until Thursday 16 October 2014.
Click this link to Take the Survey Now. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VDG2T8J

Sandy Eager
Sustainability Officer
Ph 6655 7376
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au

Bellingen Seed Savers will be at the Plant Fair on Saturday 13 September 2014

for report and photos click on plant fair

Create your own Permaculture Garden - 14 September 2014

Create Your Own Permaculture Garden - Sunday 14 September

Centre for Ecological Learning

- Discover the practical skills of soil preparation and planting by creating a garden bed

- Learn how to make compost

- Learn about the people who inspired Permaculture

- Identify, use and cultivate useful plants for the garden

- Find out about different planting styles - backyard garden, market garden, food forest etc

When: Sunday, 14 September, 9am - 4pm

Where: Bellingen Highschool Community Garden

Cost: $60, morning tea included

Charlie has long-term experience in the design, teaching, research and implementation of Landscape, Permaculture, Edible Streetscapes and conservation projects. http://www.charliebrennan.info

Contact Zoe on 0400 665 810.

Back to back Bellopy markets on 29 August and 5 September

Bellopy Markets will be held on Friday 29 August and 5 September 2014 at Bellingen Showgrounds

PIP magazine second edition - see Kombu

The second edition of PIP magazine has been published  and is sold in good newsagents and at the Kombu Shop

Kombu features in this edition. see https://www.facebook.com/KombuWholefoods

Why are we excited?

The Transition Town Network is based on Permaculture principles and they are fundamental for the future

Direct link to PIP magazine https://www.pipmagazine.com.au

☆ Festival of Our Future 30 August 2014

Solar "write up" Wednesday 20 August 2014

On behalf of ‘Solar Citizens’ invitation to you to gather outside 5 Church Street for letter writing & petition-signing to celebrate solar in Australia and ensure it has a bright future….

WHEN:

10.30am Wednesday 20th August

WHERE:

Outside 5 Church Street, Bellingen

WHAT:

To enjoy a cuppa while writing letters and signing petitions to our cross bench senators about solar power and the Renewable Energy Target.

        **Please bring a stamped envelope and a pen**

☂ Bellopy Market is moving - next market 15 August 2014 at Showgrounds

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NEXT MARKET - 15TH AUGUST AT THE SHOWGROUNDS

OK we have an interim market site for the next market on the 15th August...

Our market site will be at the front entrance of the showgrounds at the main pavilion.


We will use this site until we can find a venue in town...as this will take some time....a big thank you to the show ground committee for pushing this through for me so quickly and making it so easy...Im very grateful for their support.

We will have loads of wonderful produce and we look forward to seeing you all there for a great day out. 

Nick Warfield Bower bird sculpture at Bower House reuse centre Bellingen

Opening of the Bellingen Shire Council's Bower House Reuse Centre at Raleigh

Pat Collin's Workshops Saturday 26 July and Sunday 27 July 2014

North Bank Community Garden - membership drive July 2014

Dear Northbank Community Garden Supporter,

Firstly, thank you for your support in the past in building this wonderful community garden. We are a truly grassroots organization, creating resilient local food systems on the Mid North Coast!

We are currently contacting everyone on our mailing list to update our contact list and to move from our current membership system to a new one (that is aligned with the financial year cycle).

To do this we need to ask you what level of involvement you wish to have. Please consider the following options:
A) Mailing list only – you will receive occasional newsletters, invitation to events and calls for help.

B) Membership – costs $20 annually and helps us operate (for such things as paying bills and buying materials). This includes the above mailing list contact plus invites to member-only events, discounts to workshops and events, and the knowledge you are a part of something wonderful, local and important! If you are wanting to pay membership, the easiest way to do this is via paypal on our website atwww.northbankgarden.org.au/membership.

C) Committee membership – any member is welcome to join our hardworking committee. The Committee guides the direction of the Garden and oversees its operations, including its financial sustainability. We need more people involved at this level so the current group aren’t burnt out. Many hands make light work!

Please reply to this message (or return the slip below) or contact us via the secretary, Jennie Fenton, on secretary@northbankgarden.org.au or 0417 026 206. We hope to have our membership and mailing list confirmed prior to July  30, so if you can contact us before that date, we would be grateful.

We also wanted to let our supporters know that, in response to your requests for more regular working bees, we are now holding working bees on the first, third and fifth Sundays of the month from 12 noon (or 2pm during Daylight Savings). Everyone is welcome to come along and help with general garden maintenance, learning new skills or to work on one of our projects. Our current projects include toilet construction, mobility-friendly access, a new stage, new chook enclosures and re-opening the nursery. And if you have any materials laying around that you would like to donate to any of these projects, please contact us also.



Yours Sincerely,
Jesster Kerr-Wearne
President, Northbank Community Garden Inc.


2014

☂ Free Market Bellingen Showgrounds Sunday 6 July 2014 - big turnout

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More than sixty people attended the Free Market, deeply engrossed in finding their free bargains.

David Pepper has introduced a fruit and vegetable section - produce picked only hours before the start of the market.

Bellingen Free Market Sunday 6 July will include a Free Food Exchange. Bring along your own surplus produce to share but be prepared to take home your left-overs.

Transition Bellingen

Bellingen Free Market at Showground Sunday 6 July at 2pm

http://tbeventspics.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/free-market-1-july-2012-pgotographs.html