Welcome to CANWin (Climate Action Now! Wingecarribee), a non-partisan community group in the Southern Highlands of NSW.

Kids pledging to "use less stuff" at the Berrima Australia Day Fair, 2010

CANWin is working to engage with the local community in its efforts to minimise climate change and prepare for the effects of peak oil. We recognise that none of us can do this alone, but together we “must be the change we want to see in the world” (Mahatma Ghandi).

CANWin runs regular lecture nights with wise and inspiring speakers, as well as collaborating with other local groups that share our vision of a united, resilient and sustainable community.

One of our primary and most exciting ventures is Transition Shire Wingecarribee, part of the world-wide Transition Network. TSW works to bring climate change and peak oil to the attention of locals, but also to function as a catalyst and/or support for community groups and action. Transition initiatives’ Holy Grail is a path from our current fossil fuel-dependent lifestyles to a more locally-based, simple and mindful community.

CANWin's wheelbarrow flotilla at Berrima, Australia Day 2010

We welcome your involvement, in whatever form that takes. You can peruse our site and digest the information on it and perhaps comment on it. You can volunteer to be actively involved in informing the community about the problems we are facing and how we can best respond to them. You can look at being on the CANWin Committee and playing a very active role.

To become an associate member, please contact us to register your email address. You will  receive the regular CANWin Newsletter and Transition Shire News, as well as the ability to comment on our blog page.

School Environment Day, Lake Alexandra, 2010

If you contribute the membership fee of $20 per year, you will play an important role in supporting our activities, with voting rights and the authority to add new topics to the blog page.

To find out more about what CANWin is doing now, have a look at these: