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Understanding readiness for change

19. October 2009

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Understanding readiness for change

Behaviour change is now the focus for sustainability educators. Understanding an individual's readiness to make changes in their lives that move them towards sustainablity thinking and behaviour makes for more effective education programs and workshops...

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Food for thought in Sydney — two days with David Holmgren

2. October 2009

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Food for thought in Sydney — two days with David Holmgren

The winds of late October failed to blow away those attending a series of events with permaculture co-originator, David Holmgren. David left people with food for thought about our future and how we, as communities, might respond to challenging global trends...

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City farm, training focus of Cafe Conversation

4. September 2009

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City farm, training focus of Cafe Conversation

His history in setting up Northey Street City Farm with a group of enthusiasts, and the introduction of accredited permaculture training to Sydney were the focus of September 2009's TransitionSydney Cafe Conversation with Dick Copeman...

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ORID – strategic questioning that gets you to a decision

28. August 2009

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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...

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Ideas diffusion – from innovation to adoption

20. July 2009

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Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ACCORDING TO Dr Robert Gillman – a one-time astrophysicist with NASA turned community worker and, later, publisher of In Context magazine – there is a process by which new ideas move from the creative [...]

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Garden education in Sydney’s sandy east

14. September 2008

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Garden education in Sydney’s sandy east

The Eastern Suburbs sandy soils are starting to sprout lettuce and leeks, cabbage and capsicum thanks to a local government course in sustainable gardening...

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Walking the transect

1. September 2004

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The transect is a participatory process used to collect information about an area of land as part of the design process...

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Participatory Learning and Action — and how to use it

1. September 2004

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Participatory Learning and Action — and how to use it

Participatory Learning and Action makes use of diagrams such as matices, tables, maps and models to build participation into project implementation...

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Participatory approach introduces new methods to growers

1. September 2004

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Participatory approach introduces new methods to growers

Participatory Technology Development with farmers is an approach to rural development that can easily be transferred to urban agriculture and community gardening...

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Four ways of reading the land

26. August 1998

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Four ways of reading the land

The ability to discern pattern and characteristics in the landscape through the use of a variety of tools enables better planning, according to David Holmgren...

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