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• If you’re interested in renovating your home or are planning on building a new house in Canberra, then
Light House Architecture and Science provide a fantastic service to help you construct aesthetically
beautiful, highly energy efficient homes.
• If you would like ongoing support, please visit the SEE-Change website which has a range of information
about local events and projects that you might want to get involved in: www.see-change.org.au.

A sustainable behaviour mobile app for Canberra

The Neighbourhood Effect is also building a mobile application in Canberra, to take the Transition Streets
approach and make it more interactive and fun for Canberrans to use. If you’re not already a member of The
Neighbourhood Effect and are interested in using the app, you can join up here.

The Transition Streets global network
Transition Streets Canberra is also part of a network of Transition initiatives that are happening in over a
thousand highly diverse communities across the world — from towns in Australia to neighbourhoods in
Portugal, from cities in Brazil to rural communities in Slovenia. The Transition Network has a range of resources
that can help you start on different projects at: www.transitionnetwork.org.

These communities have started projects in the areas of food, transport, energy, education, housing, waste,
arts, and so on, as small-scale local responses to global challenges of climate change, economic hardship and
shrinking supplies of cheap energy. Together, these small-scale responses make up something much bigger,
and help show the way forward for governments, business and the rest of us. It’s the opposite of sitting in
our armchairs complaining about what’s wrong, and instead, it’s about getting up and doing something
constructive about it alongside our neighbours.

Helping others to participate

You can read media article about the Transition Streets in Canberra and read other participants stories
here: www.see-change.org.au/transition-streets-canberra/
Share your story

Would you like to write a ‘success story’ about your group?
Would you be willing to supply us with a quote about your experiences of doing the project, so that we can
tell other people about how it has been for you?
We can put these on the website and use them to help inform others about the benefits of Transition Streets.
If you would like to share your ‘success story’ please email: info@theneighbourhoodeffect.com.au.

Become a Transition Streets mentor

Would you like to become a Transition Streets mentor?
Now you know what it’s all about, you could help another group to get started and to get the most from the
program. This is a great way you can give back to your local community. Please contact us to find out more:
info@theneighbourhoodeffect.com.au

And now...
take the time to celebrate your achievements so far with your group!

Well done! Pat yourselves on the back – you’ve just completed the Transition Streets Program!

Thanks for your participation – we hope you’ve

enjoyed it!

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