The last day — Living Smart

SATURDAYS during course time at Randwick Sustainability Hub there’s buzz about the place… the buzz and movement of people doing things.Read More

Seed saving with Jane

It was a full house as people crowded into Barrett House for Jane Mowbray’s seed saving workshop…Read More

CarNextDoor turns idle time into income

THINK OF IT this way… your car takes you somewhere then you park it and there it sits, and sits, and sits awaiting its next journey. Or, maybe, you take public transport to work and leave your car parked at … Read More

Practical solutionists shine at food waste forum

THINK.EAT.SAVE was the name of the UNSW World Environment Day seminar that attempted to draw attention to food waste. This it achieved to some extent but having representatives of the three main political parties on the panel turned it into … Read More

Let’s make farming cool

IF YOU ARE ASKED to describe Jo Baker and you say that she is tall, blonde, slim, intelligent, articulate, well dressed and very knowledgeable about Australia’s food system, you get full points.

It was the latter quality that brought more … Read More

Dinner, a movie and a new food enterprise

FOR ASTER, the rain reminded her of home because she is English. For Jenny, the sound of rain is welcome because where she lives at Gunnedah, farming olives, it’s been dry. For others, it was the sound of the day’s … Read More

Media release on the National Food Plan

This is a media release I produced for the Australian Food Sovereighty Alliance in response to the federal government’s release of their National Food Plan in May 2013…

WHERE ARE FAIRNESS, HEALTH, AND SUSTAINABILITY IN CANBERRA’S NATIONAL FOOD PLAN?

The … Read More

Once upon a time, food lobbyists got together to eat and talk

UNLIKE the overindulgent who cite Epicurus’ philosophy as an excuse for consuming excessive volumes of overpriced gourmet food and wine, the Third Century BP Greek philosopher actually proposed that people lead modest, contemplative lives in the company of good friends … Read More

On buying wine

SOMETIMES, shopping can be fun. True, I never thought I would come out with such a bold statement. This afternoon, however was different.

It started when Fiona and I walked all the way from home to The Spot and on … Read More

Course feeds ideas into early childhood centres

THIS TIME IT WASN’T only teachers, early childhood educators and parents who attended the Creating Ecoschools and Centres course for the past six weeks of Wednesday nights. There were people from the wider community too, including one who travelled all … Read More