A remarkable book and a remarkable person

April 3, 2011 Memoir

Meetings with remarkable people and with remarkable books can leave an influence long after they have gone from your life. So it was that, somewhere in the middle…

The white aircraft

April 3, 2011 Memoir

The meaning of a large white aircraft remembered from childhood becomes clear decades later...

Mayor and Costa celebrate successful council courses

April 2, 2011 Permaculture

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…

From energy glutton to energy efficiency… a new centre for learning in Randwick

April 2, 2011 Permaculture

In Randwick, a humble and environmentally inefficient community centre has been turned into an innovative sustainability hub—a learning and demonstration centre imagined around the sustainable use of our…

A new kind of public park

March 18, 2011 Permaculture

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 celebration of growing and sharing food in Adelaide

March 1, 2011 The alt.food movement

So what is an Urban Orchard? It’s a food swap. You grow too many lemons, so why not swap them for other edibles at your Urban Orchard market.…