Tag Archives: sydney eastern suburbs

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…

Recreating the Sustainability Hub through placemaking

Placemaking is a process of creating safe an desirable locations where people like to gather. It was the theme of a recent meeting at Randwick Sustainability Hub that explored ways to increase the existing opportunities at the centre for community education and social engagement…

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…

An edible discovery at the end of the track

An edible discovery at the end of the track

A late afternoon walk along the foreshore leads to an edible discovery…

Mayor and Costa celebrate successful council courses

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…

A new kind of public park

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…

THE PERMACULTURE PAPERS 3: childhood

THE PERMACULTURE PAPERS 3: childhood

A personal history of the permaculture design system…