Sustainable Homes Day bus tour

Transition Town Guildford has formed a Sustainable Homes action group and this month we will be touring houses as part of the National Sustainable Homes Day (http://sustainablehouseday.com)

Sunny's House Safety Bay

We thought it might be a good opportunity to hire a bus, tour a few houses together and in particular visit some homes further a field that we wouldn’t often get to.

The plan is to depart Guildford at 10:30 am, visit two houses in Safety Bay and then another 1-2 houses on the way back. Returning around 4-5 pm. We will be stopping at a cafe/park to have lunch, so please bring extra money for that or pack a lunch.

Itinerary

  • 10:15 am – Meet at Guildford Train station (far eastern end) & board bus
  • 10:30 am – Depart Guildford
  • 11:30 am – arrive Sunny’s house (Safety Bay)
  • 12:30 am – lunch and toilet stop at a nearby cafe/park (BYO/ pay for own)
  • 1:30 -3:30 pm – visit another house in Safety Bay and 1-2 houses in freo on return trip, TBC
  • ~4:30 pm – return to Guildford station

We can only fit 24 people on the bus, so please make sure you register. We are charging for this event as we need to cover the cost of bus hire and fuel. Luckily Sustainable Home group co-leader Colin is a bus driver and providing his services for free 🙂

RSVP essential, please purchase a bus ticket here

September movie night – The Power of Community

Transition Town Guildford September Movie night – The Power of Community

Power of community poster

The September movie night will be a special night on food and Kitchen Gardeners – The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil – It’s an oldie, but a goodie, a must see if you haven’t seen it!

“The documentary, “The Power of Community – How Cuba Survived Peak Oil,” was inspired when Faith Morgan and Pat Murphy took a trip to Cuba in 2003. When they learned that Cuba underwent the loss of over half of its oil imports and survived, after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990, the couple wanted to see for themselves how Cuba had done this. During their first trip to Cuba, in the summer of 2003, they traveled from Havana to Trinidad and through several other towns on their way back to Havana. They found what Cubans call “The Special Period” astounding and Cuban’s responses very moving.” IMDB rating 7.6/10

As usual, the second Tuesday of the month – Tuesday 9th September

@The Stirling Arms Hotel, 117 James street, Guildford

6 pm onwards for food and drinks, Movie starts 7 pm

Entry by donation

Please RSVP via Eventbrite, so we can let the kitchen know how many to expect.

Gasland II and Fracking in WA

Last week we screened Gasland II, all about how ‘Fracking’ (hydraulic fracturing) has polluted water and politics in the USA, and it was pretty scary!

This industry is looking to take off in WA with test wells planned in two locations in regional WA in the next few months. You can watch a 7:30 WA report on it from the other week here: Mid West community unhappy with fracking plans

But here’s the fantastic news, over the weekend, Central Greenough (south of Geraldton) just became the first ‘Gasfield Free Community’ in WA! Over 96% of the community said no to unconventional gas.

Celebrating the first WA Gasfield Free Community! (Photo Jaime Yallup Farrant)

Celebrating the first WA Gasfield Free Community! (Photo Jaime Yallup Farrant)

Great work Greenough, we support regional Australians protecting their land and water! Make sure you tell your MP that you support protecting our land and water via Clean Water, Healthy Land.

Greenough gasfield free

Over 96% of the local community said no to unconventional gas (Photo Jaime Yallup Farrant)

You might also like to watch this recent Australian Story on how fracking is bringing together unlikely allies, Greens, farmers and shock jock Alan Jones. Available on Iview until 9 pm tonight

Celebration time (photo Jaime Yallup Farrant)

Celebration time
(photo Jaime Yallup Farrant)

Local article in the Geraldton Guardian

Local article in the Geraldton Guardian