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The Community food movement: communication and cooperation needed

Australia has a community food movement but it could be improrved if it is to thrive, finds a NSW government enquiry into future support for the movment…

Kim Stanley Robinson: Our post-capitalist future

Economic systems, like everything else, evolve. So, what lies beyond capitalism? For speculative science fiction writer, Kim Stanley Robinson, traces of our post-capitalist future are already visible in the present…

The Community Food Movement: Save your own, says Jane

All the way from Sydney's Inner West Seedsavers she came, all the way to the Randwick Sustainability Hub to lead a workshop in saving seeds. For those gathered there in the classroom on the edge of the green, the afternoon with Jane Mowbray was one of seed pods, winnowing an gemination testing…

Workshop introduces renovating the permaculture way

Using permaculture principles as a guide to home renovation was the theme of a community workshop at Randwick Sustainability Hub…

Permaculture course too expensive? Let’s add up the real costs

Do educators offering permaculture design courses overcharge or do those who say so miss the hidden costs?

Liberation Permaculture: a response to Nicole Vosper and Graham Burnett

This is a response to an article about what Nicole Vosper and Graham Burnett call 'Liberation Permaculture' in their article on the UK Permaculture magazine website…

In the Anthropocene… What role for permaculture?

I STARTED WRITING this paper as a background handout for a group direction-finding session planned for APC12 (the twelfth Australasian Permaculture Convergence)...

Small and slow solutions: a principle too little, too late?

SMALL AND SLOW SOLUTIONS… permaculture principle or shibboleth? A bit of both, I think. A good idea some of the time, but what about other times? Small of slow solutions might work when we’re establishing an ordhard, but in these days of the Great Acceleration it might be too little too late. Let me explain. […]

The household economy: time for reimagining?

I KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING when she got the big drum out from the back of the cupboard. “I”m going to bottle those cherries we got yesterday”, Fiona said. “So I’m cleaning up the kitchen first to make space. Let’s get that stuff out of the drying rack and those utensils off the stove”. I […]

The household solution — too small to push change?

I RECEIVED an email from Permaculture Australia recently promoting online videos of Nicole Foss and David Holmgren. So I took a look. The email made reference to their recent Sydney event that I missed, so I don’t know whether the videos fully represent what they spoke about there. NICOLE’s VIDEO was about a purported coming […]

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