Tag Archive | "transition initiative"
The Trainer papers… 4
SEGMENT 4... A response to Ted Trainer specifically addressing points he raises in criticism of the Transitions and permaculture movements...
Continue reading...The Trainer papers… 3
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
SEGMENT 3: Ted Trainer responds to comments published by me following his critique of the Transition and permaculture movements...
Continue reading...The Trainer Papers… 2
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
SEGMENT 2... my first response to Ted Trainer following his criticism of the Transitions and permaculture movements...
Continue reading...The Trainer papers… 1
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
SEGMENT 1: Ted Trainer's says that the Transition and permaculture movements do too little to change the economic structure of our society....
Continue reading...Future scenarios — both scary and hopeful
Friday, October 2, 2009
With Future Scenarios, David Holmgren refocuses the permaculture design system on the big global issues but suggests a community-based response to addressing them...
Continue reading...Food for thought in Sydney — two days with David Holmgren
Friday, October 2, 2009
The winds of late October failed to blow away those attending a series of events with permaculture co-originator, David Holmgren. David left people with food for thought about our future and how we, as communities, might respond to challenging global trends...
Continue reading...ORID – strategic questioning that gets you to a decision
Friday, August 28, 2009
The use of the ORID method of structured conversation by sustainability educators is limited only by imagination...
Continue reading...Resilient Cities – planners post their visions
Saturday, July 11, 2009
A couple weeks ago, I received a phone call from a woman in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. She wanted to know if the Department could use a short piece from something I had written in a set of guidelines they were producing. The guidelines, she explained, were for other levels of government [...]
Continue reading...Local economics initiatives stimulated by visit of US advocate
Friday, July 10, 2009
FOR MICHAEL SHUMAN, his visit to Australia was a whirlwind of appearances and presentations that started in Brisbane, took him into Northern NSW, down to Melbourne, then up to Coffs Harbour and Bellingen, down south to Hobart then north to Sydney. Michael works with the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies in the USA.
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- The Trainer papers... 4
- The Trainer papers... 1
- Why is Food Connect taking off?
- Food Summit hands declaration on food futures to NSW Parliament
- An edible garden for Eastern Suburbs apartment dwellers
- Policy related documents
- Mark Diesendorf — from academia to climate action campaigner
- Something new, something edible this way comes
- Rosemary's retrofit a good home forever
- Lawson residents ready to garden as community
- Yvonne Gluyas: Yes, it WAS 'Barricades"!!! Now I remember that so...
- alfredo zotti: Dr Bob Rich has given some valuable feedback on my...
- alfredo zotti: I would like to add a correction here. My wife mis...
- Merilyn Thomas: Today I was waiting for my son to have an MRI in T...
- Jane Logan: Hi Russ I am doing an assignment for uni (I am st...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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