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Day 1: A ripping time as gardeners create edible footpath garden

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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Public narrative the approach at food system talk

I made use of the Public Narrative approach in a recent structured conversation about food exchanges at the Transition Bondi Wednesday evening soiree...

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Mayor and Costa celebrate successful council courses

If enthusiasm to do something positive in the world is anything to go by, then the last Living Smart cohort to graduate from the ten-topic, 24-hour Saturday afternoon course marks it as a success...

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A new kind of public park

How do you combine an area of boring, low quality lawn, a gas barbecue and a few tables and bench seats and a couple council education courses into a cohesive area of public open space? The answer: create a new kind of public open space...

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THE PERMACULTURE PAPERS 3: childhood

A personal history of the permaculture design system...

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An edible garden for Eastern Suburbs apartment dwellers

The days when most people had a house and garden are gone. If cities are to feed themselves, then attention will have to move towards food production on apartment common land. In Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, a small apartment block in Randwick has taken its first step towards sustainability by starting a food garden...

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