Green Eggs & Hemingway - A Book Club for bookaholics from the Ghetto/Bronx/Hood (yes, us punks and hipsters from the 'under-appreciated' part of town are ready, willing and able to read - don't look so shocked!) with an Incurable Love for Literature (and the like). Preliminary investigations have lead me to conclude that there is a lack of (if any) established institutions/societies/communities/clubs (whatever you want to call it) in the South Western Sydney region where bookaholics can congre …

Are you paying too much for your mortgage or rent? Sydney grows by some 65,000 new residents each year. This is the main reason why housing is so expensive.   The human population grows by over 220,000 per DAY. India holds the world record with a population growth of over 42,000 per day. Australiawide we add 1000 new people and about 400 new dwellings each and every single DAY. Clearly population growth is an environmental problem. Yet environmental groups rarely mention population. There is tal …

Sydney LETS (Local Energy Trading System) is an alternative trading network made up of individuals who trade goods and services using a community currency called "Operas" instead of federal dollars. You need to be a member of LETS to trade, but new people are welcome to come along to see what's on offer. Find out more about Sydney & Illawarra LETS: http://www.auslets.org/sydney/home/ What's on OFFER? http://www.community-exchange.org/offerings.asp?xid=syce&cat=month What do other members WANT? …

FairShare International (FSI) is about actively working towards a world in which everyone on the planet can benefit from the good things in life. This is a chance for you to be part of the change you want to see in the world! FSI provides a formula for ethical living to create a sustainable world with strong communities where financial wealth is more equitably shared. The FairShare community uses the formula 5.10.5.10 to plan action and evaluate personal progress. Here's how it works: 5.   Lesse …

Are you passionate about social change but love your day job? Are you driven to use your business to deliver practical solutions to social and environmental challenges? Do you want to use your professional powers for good? This is the group for you! We recognize that social intrapreneurs face unique challenges in pursuing their vision, and aim to build a community of like-minded innovators to share ideas and advice. We welcome intrapreneurs at all levels of experience from all sectors: innovatio …

“What's mine is yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption” is one of the most ground-breaking business book of the recent times. Similarly Rachel Botsman's speech The Case for Collaborative Consumption on TED.com had excellent reception. Collaborative Consumption is defined by Wikipedia as an economic model based on sharing, swapping, bartering, trading or renting access to products as opposed to ownership. This group is around the concept of Collaborative Consumption. In our meetings, we’ll …

… Mahatma Gandhi   Interested in embracing ways of living that resist the need to keep up with the Joneses, cutting down on waste, shopping more wisely, saving money or at least reallocating it more thoughtfully, making more of your resources, cultivating gratitude in what you have and in doing so, helping the environment? Thrifty living is a movement devoted to cutting back spending in wasteful areas and becoming more self sufficient - whether that be by cooking cheaper, more healthy meals at ho …

We are living and working in an uncertain, tumultuous and rapidly changing world. The rules of the game have changed and yet we are still chained to our current mentality, which is stopping us from thriving and evolving into the future. How can we gear ourselves to meet these challenging changes now so that we are empowered to shape a more sustainable future? The SWAG (Sydney Work Action Group) provides you with access to ideas and information, knowledge, support and a network to help you develo …

Rhubarb food co-op is the answer to a retail outlet that supplys all your household needs. It will be environmentally aware, organic wholefoods and household goods. We are interested in finding people who are wanting to set up a food co-op in the eastern suburbs. Anyone is welcome to join. We meet every 3rd wednesday of the month at Barrett House Randwick

Transition Sydney is a group of Sydney people whose concern about the impact that climate change, fossil fuel depletion, and collapsing global trade and financial systems will have on our way of life calls us to do something practical about it. Action is needed at the local level to help communities transition to the new realities these forces will bring and to build their own local resilience. This action starts with a few people getting together and deciding to do something in their local area …