What could happen if councils made the change from managerialism to platform? From doing things for people to doing things with them? It might be a move away from vending machine government...
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A reflection on my recent role working in local government and a validation for my approach to the work...
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It was a different process getting the Bourke Street Park Community Garden through the social design and into the design stage. When it's built it will supplement the existing community garden in Woolloomooloo to provide new opportunities in commuity-based urban agriculture and social development for local people...
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Expensive, argumentative and messy it might be, if democracy is to remain a core social and political value then the expense and hassle of dealing with it is a necessary one for any society with democratic aspirations.
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Day 2 of the rehabilitation of the Barrett House footpath garden planter in Randwick saw the creation of a new, food-producing garden...
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In a do-it-yourself approach to tactical urbanism, a Randwick team has removed a monoculture of agapanthus in preparation for a footpath garden of herbs, vegetables and fruit...
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A reflection on working in local government and on its hiring practices...
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Led by ABC Gardening Australia host, Costa Georgiadis, it was a participatory event to install the footpath planter garden at the Waterloo Neighbourhood Centre...
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Working with a mixed demographic, council and social agencies has been a rewarding experience that could see something new created in Woolloomooloo...
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A band of urban food adventurers has started turning Victoria Park edible with their first wicking garden bed. Working with the local community worker, my role was to ensure that the project made its way through council's approval convolutions. Now, what's new for Green Square Growers?
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