Get involved — local groups in the Eastern Suburbs
There are a number of local sustainability groups that regularly meet in the evenings at Barrett House, so if you have an interest in Permaculture, climate action or organic natural foods and produce, contact the following groups who are both open to new members and visitors.
There is also a number of other groups that have activities in the local area - take a look at what is happening...
Sustainability groups
- BikEast: meets the first Tuesday of the month - visit their website: http://www.bikeast.org.au
- CASES Climate Action - South Eastern Suburbs: meets at 7pm on the fourth Wednesday of the month, except December — contact [email protected] or visit www.cases.org.au
- Permaculture East: Contact [email protected] or visit Permaculture East facebook
- Pingala Community Renewable Energy: meets third Sunday of the month at Barrett House — http://pingala.org.au/
- Transition Randwick: meet occasionally at Barrett House — contact [email protected] or visit their Facebook page
Other groups you may be interested in joining...
Bushcare and wildlife groups
Bushcare groups meet regularly at several beautiful spots along the eastern suburbs to restore, protect and enhance our bushland
- Waverley Council bushcare groups
- Randwick Council bushcare groups
- Woollahra Council bushcare groups
- WIRES Sydney East — http://www.wires.org.au/branch/sydneyeast
Community Gardens
- Coogee Community Garden — contact [email protected] visit their facebook group or https://coogeegarden.wordpress.com/
- Paddington Community Garden — https://www.paddingtoncommunitygarden.org.au
- Randwick Community Organic Garden committee meets in winter at Barrett house — http://www.rcog.org.au
- Waverley Community Garden — visit the website
- Waverley Park Communal Garden — https://waverleyparkcommunalgarden.org
Childrens groups
- Early Childhood Environmental Education Network — http://www.eceen.org.au
Food groups
- Randwick Organic Buyers Group — http://www.organicbuyersgroup.org/Home/branches/randwick
- Rhubarb Food Co-op Ltd: meets weekly on Thursday's at Barrett House — contact [email protected] or visit rhubarbfood.org.au
- Thoughtful Foods Cooperative — http://www.thoughtfulfoods.org.au/
Clean oceans and waterways
- Blue Bondi Green — Kick the plastic habit and help make Bondi Beach plastic bag free by joining this joint community, council and business initiative — http://www.bluebondigreen.org
- Plastic Free Bronte — a group whose aim is to greatly reduce plastic pollution and make Bronte free of single-use plastic by 2020 — https://sites.google.com/liquidvision.com/plasticfreebronte
- Responsible Runners — join Responsible Runners at Bondi Beach every Sunday for a fun beach clean-up to protect our marine environment — http://responsiblerunners.org
- Responsible Cafes — passionate about improving sustainability at cafes? Lend a hand to reduce the 1 billion disposable coffee cups wasted in Australia every year, and don't forget your reusable cup — www.responsiblecafes.org
- Take3 — take three pieces of rubbish with you when you leave the beach, waterway or…anywhere and you will make a difference — http://www.take3.org
