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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Teaching the Anthropocene
The challenge: Take a Living Smart class through the story of the Anthropocene. A rough lesson plan…
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Gladwell’s three roles in spreading ideas
Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, defines the three roles important to the spread of ideas…
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THE STRUCTURE OF PERMACULTURE — understanding the network
Networks are a pattern in nature and they are the pattern that permaculture has assumed in Australia and elsewhere. Networks are how permaculture grew into what it is today and what it will grow into in the future. Strengthening networks strengthens permaculture.
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APC14 — impressions of a permaculture convergence
What did participants think of Australasian Permaculture Convergence 14 in Canberra? What are their next steps in permaculture? That's what I asked them in this series of video clips made at APC14…
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APC14 — informative and convivial
Describing the 14th Australasian Permaculture Convergence as convivial and informative doesn't do it justice. Neither do photographs, but they are all I can offer…
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The legals: Our duty of care to visitors to permaculture sites
With visits to community gardens, farms and permaculture sites now popular events. perhaps it is time to think about our legal obligations in showing people our permacultures…
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It’s time for a little… passion mashing
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR some passion mashing attracted around 30 people who clustered in the meeting room at the Randwick Sustainability Hub in February this year for a workshop led by veteran social change expert, Les Robinson. Les has worked in the social change area for decades, both online and offline, and consults on programs, campaigns […]
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CoLab survey holds a mirror to permaculture practice
What is permaculture worldwide? Who practices it? Where are they? That's what The Next Big Step: Permaculture, practices, passions and priorities for collaborative working set out to find out…
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It’s all about… Changeology
IT WAS LATE SUMMER when thirty or so people gathered at the Randwick Community Centre for day one of the two day Changeology course with veteran social change educator, Les Robinson. Les is a tall, fit-looking man of middle age with an authoritative but casual and relaxed way about him. I first heard of Les […]
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