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Publication defines food sensitive planning and urban design

VEIL’s report, Food Sensitive Planning and Urban Design, is a source of ideas for planners and local government that would creatively integrate food production and distribution into our cities…

We are as terraformers and might as well get used to doing it properly

We are as terraformers and might as well get used to doing it properly

The idea of geoengineering our way out of climate change is another idea over which opinion splits among sustainability advocates. What we need is to engage with the conversation rather than simply proposing a ban…

Public narrative the approach at food system talk

I made use of the Public Narrative approach in a recent structured conversation about food exchanges at the Transition Bondi Wednesday evening soiree…

Celebration marks end of year one for the James Street garden

Celebration marks end of year one for the James Street garden

A night to remember… the first birthday of the James Street Reserve Community Garden which was attended by City of Sydney CEO, Monica Barone…

Visitors tour sustainability hubs and community gardens

Visitors tour sustainability hubs and community gardens

Visitors from the Philippines and Canada get acquainted with Sydney’s community gardens and sustainability centres…

Rain gardens filter stormwater before it enters natural systems

Rain gardens filter stormwater before it enters natural systems

Rain gardens… a technology to filter pollution from rainwater…

Sun shines on National permaculture Day 2011 at Hub

Sun shines on National permaculture Day 2011 at Hub

The sun shone from a blue sky onto visitors at National Permaculture Day 2011 at Randwick Sustainability Education Hub…