Dangerous games in the digital underground
Deep inside the computer systems of the world’s corporations, governments and military, there is a zone where the legal rubs shoulders with the quasi-legal…
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Social permaculture for a troubled land
What positive things can we take from the experience of others to improve what it is that we do in the world? That is the question that arose when watching a new film about the work of Rosemary Morrow in Afghanistan…
Innovation, daring and crime – the secret world of the hacker revealed
Some books don’t become outdated, they are merely rereleased. So it is with an Australian book written in the 1990s about the secret underground of hackers…
Future scenarios — both scary and hopeful
With Future Scenarios, David Holmgren refocuses the permaculture design system on the big global issues but suggests a community-based response to addressing them…
Mark Diesendorf — from academia to climate action campaigner
Mark Diesendorf’s journey has led him from academia to social action. His new book is a manual for a citizen’s movement…
Print is dead… if not now, then soon
The idea of curling up in a warm, sunny corner on a cold winter’s day to bask in the screen glow of a Kindle instead of a good, paper book might sound, well… unorthodox…
How renters can reduce energy and water consumption…
The Alternative Technology Association has produced a useful little book to help renters reduce their energy and water consumption. There’s something missing, however…
