TRANSITION TATURA

Short Film Festival

The Transition Tatura annual short film festival is now in its’ tenth year! The Communities Shaping the Future Festivals have now become so much more than just films. With both guest speakers and films, we always focus on the main topic our group has chosen for the year but one of the other main goals of the event is to champion local community and neighbourhoods, enhancing the community and raising awareness of climate change within the community so we can all tackle climactic changes at a local level. This also allows our local communities to become more resilient to future changes and traumas that will come (have already come!).

The festival this year, Communities Shaping the Future: All Electric Cooking, will be held at the Mechanic’s Institute Hall, 75 Hogan Street, Tatura on Saturday, August 26th from 9.30am to 3.30pm. There will be endless tea and coffee starting from 9.30am, nibbles and lunch provided. Tickets are available from Ticketbooth (https://events.ticketbooth.com. au/event/communities-shaping-the-future-all-electric-cooking) ($20.00 for adults and $7.00 for children under 12 {plus booking fee}) although tickets can also be purchased on the day for $25.00 / $10.00.

Along with short films, many exciting speakers, electric cars to inspect and a Trash Sorting Game, our drawcard will be Tatura’s own Masterchef contestant, Matt Hopcraft, who will demonstrate cooking with induction cooktops and looking at Zero Waste Recipes along with the Waste Team from Greater Shepparton City Council. There will also be information on the benefits of all electric living and we are also very happy to have Freja Leonard from Friends of the Earth join us who will inspire us all to Get off Gas and transition to cleaner and more efficient energy sources.

Transition Tatura once again challenged the school children of the Goulburn Valley (Victoria, Australia) with an Art competition to create a Work of Art on the following topic;

“Green Energy or Brown”

The categories of art for this competition are Visual Art, Performance Art, Literature and Media Arts. You can meet the local young Artists and admire their endeavours, along with Q&A from 2.00 to 3.00pm. Entry to the Schools Art Challenge Presentation is free but we would appreciate that you register on Ticketbooth site before the event so we know how many people will attend.

Transition Tatura would like to acknowledge the valuable and most welcome assistance and support from the Greater Shepparton City Council and Tatura Dental Care for making the day possible.

For further information on either of these events or Transition Tatura in general, contact Ross Musolino 0407 845 247 or check-out our Facebook Page: Transition Towns Tatura

Transition Tatura, a not-for-profit collective of like-minded people, plans and supports community guided responses to climate change and shrinking supplies of cheap energy. Through localisation, energy reduction and community strengthening, our goal is for Tatura and all populations to transition to resilient communities that can readily respond to the challenges and dangers of climate change and oil depletion.

Launched in the UK in 2006, Transition Initiatives have grown to include towns and communities across the world. Transition Tatura is the 397th official Transition Initiative.