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  Read more »

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

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

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

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

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…