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Talkfest indicates disconnect between community and peak environment organisations
March 2010's Climate Action Conference was a worthwhile event that highlighted a bridgeable disconnect between the peak environment organisations, academics and grassroots movements towards sustainability...
Continue reading...Education bureaucrats stifle, not reward innovation
26. February 2010
The promise by NSW education department bureaucrat to punish students hacking their state-provided netbooks rewards fear, not innovation...
Continue reading...The Trainer papers… 4
3. February 2010
SEGMENT 4... A response to Ted Trainer specifically addressing points he raises in criticism of the Transitions and permaculture movements...
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3. February 2010
SEGMENT 3: Ted Trainer responds to comments published by me following his critique of the Transition and permaculture movements...
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3. February 2010
SEGMENT 2... my first response to Ted Trainer following his criticism of the Transitions and permaculture movements...
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3. February 2010
SEGMENT 1: Ted Trainer's says that the Transition and permaculture movements do too little to change the economic structure of our society....
Continue reading...Serendipitous encounters on a drizzly summer morning
4. January 2010
It's sort of strange how a relaxing walk in the morning drizzle can lead to encounters of the vergetative kind...
Continue reading...Now, here’s an idea, Sydney Ferries
12. October 2009
Why is the private catamaran ferry service to and from Manly to be preferred to that offered by Sydney Ferries? Is it time to change public transport from a public service into a social enterprise?
Continue reading...Beware phone nazis disguised as librarians
25. September 2009
An incident in Manly Library calls into question librarian attitudes to a popular and universal communication device...
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...
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- Why is Food Connect taking off?
- Policy related documents
- Mark Diesendorf — from academia to climate action campaigner
- Something new, something edible this way comes
- Lawson residents ready to garden as community
- ORID - strategic questioning that gets you to a decision
- Open for business - Food Connect Sydney starts-up
- An edible garden for Eastern Suburbs apartment dwellers
- admin: Response to Terry Leahy... Thanks for your comm...
- Antonia Vorner: Thank you Russ Grayson for this discussion paper,...
- tali k: Hi Russ and Fiona, Great article, this looks like...
- admin: Thanks for the good news about Food Connect Melbou...
- doron francis: Great article! Yes Food Connect is spreading. CERE...
- Why is Food Connect taking off?
- In Adelaide and Sydney, a tasty future beckons
- Plains To Plate signals arrival of food as sustainability issue
- Participatory planning the theme of local group meeting
- One year later… and a community garden blooms
- Food Summit hands declaration on food futures to NSW Parliament
Upcoming events
From Plains to Plate…
the Future of Food in South Australia South Australian Food Convergence
February 2010
More details on the Food Convergence, including details on how you or your organisation can get involved will be available soon. Check back regularly, or email us for more details.
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6. March 2010
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