Archive | August, 2009
ORID – strategic questioning that gets you to a decision
The use of the ORID method of structured conversation by sustainability educators is limited only by imagination...
Continue reading...Planning and good design feed an urban family
26. August 2009
In this 1999 article, Fiona Campbell describes the process of designing, constructing and planting her home garden not far from the shores of Botany Bay...
Continue reading...Something new, something edible this way comes
21. August 2009
As a pumpkin drops a seed that springs to life when the time is right, or perhaps in the manner of rabbits, Food Connect is reproducing itself, virally...
Continue reading...Print is dead… if not now, then soon
20. August 2009
The idea of curling up in a warm, sunny corner on a cold winter’s day to bask in the screen glow of a Kindle instead of a good, paper book might sound, well... unorthodox...
Continue reading...Collaboration, participation build something new on something old
18. August 2009
At Carrs Park, participatory planning and construction, cooperation between citizens and council and collaboration are creating a new community garden and outdoor classroom on a deserted bowling green...
Continue reading...Seals, possums and pests… wild in the city
17. August 2009
Whether its seals or seagulls, in cities, people and animals coexist and both can come out the better for the relationships they develop...
Continue reading...How renters can reduce energy and water consumption…
14. August 2009
The Alternative Technology Association has produced a useful little book to help renters reduce their energy and water consumption. There's something missing, however...
Continue reading...A brief insight into global food trends…
12. August 2009
A PAPER I wrote for my presentation as keynote speaker at the Parliament of World Religions conference at Old Government House
Continue reading...From Plains to Plate
3. August 2009
From Plains to Plate… You can participate in the Future of Food website The Plains To Plate website was set up as the communications hub for the Plains To Plate Future of Food conference in Adelaide earlier this year and continues as a service linking food system aficionados around Australia. Why not visit your food friends and join [...]
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- The Trainer papers... 4
- The Trainer papers... 1
- Why is Food Connect taking off?
- An edible garden for Eastern Suburbs apartment dwellers
- Food Summit hands declaration on food futures to NSW Parliament
- Policy related documents
- Mark Diesendorf — from academia to climate action campaigner
- Something new, something edible this way comes
- Open for business - Food Connect Sydney starts-up
- Rosemary's retrofit a good home forever
- Yvonne Gluyas: Yes, it WAS 'Barricades"!!! Now I remember that so...
- alfredo zotti: Dr Bob Rich has given some valuable feedback on my...
- alfredo zotti: I would like to add a correction here. My wife mis...
- Merilyn Thomas: Today I was waiting for my son to have an MRI in T...
- Jane Logan: Hi Russ I am doing an assignment for uni (I am st...
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From Plains to Plate…
You can participate in the Future of Food website
The Plains To Plate website was set up as the communications hub for the Plains To Plate Future of Food conference in Adelaide earlier this year and continues as a service linking food system aficionados around Australia.
Why not visit your food friends and join the conversation…
28. August 2009
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