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ORID – strategic questioning that gets you to a decision

ORID – strategic questioning that gets you to a decision

The use of the ORID method of structured conversation by sustainability educators is limited only by imagination…

Resilient Cities – planners post their visions

Resilient Cities – planners post their visions

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  Read more »

Local economics initiatives stimulated by visit of US advocate

Local economics initiatives stimulated by visit of US advocate

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.