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Transition Newcastle

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Commenced:	01/01/2009
Submitted:	03/02/2012
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	Baptist Hall, 108 Lindsay St, Hamilton, NSW, AU
Phone:	02 4921 7241
Website:	http://www.transitionnewcastle.org.au/
Climate zone:	Warm Temperate

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Transition Newcastle

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Permaculture Local Group Transition Town Permablitz

Project Summary

A group in Newcastle, NSW, Australia, committed to fostering sustainable and resilient communities. We’re not about reinventing the wheel. We help promote projects, encourage networking, as well as bring together like-minded people to bolster existing projects, and to create new and exciting ones to engage our communities in more sustainable ways of living.

Project Description

Transition Newcastle is based on The Transition Town model, which is a global, grassroots phenomenon driven by the twin challenges of Climate Change and Peak Oil.

Instead of focusing on what we don't want, the key to the Transition Town model is the focus of creating positive visions and projects to create a truly sustainable and resilient society.

A sustainable society is defined as one which satisfies the needs of the present generation without compromising the capacity of future generations to meet their needs.

A resilient society is one able to continue to function and develop in the face of challenges or shocks to the systems it relies on.

We welcome everyone in the broader Newcastle area interested in these areas to come along to our great Open Space and movie nights - a recent one attracted 100 people.

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