Local economics initiatives stimulated by visit of US advocate

July 10, 2009 Permaculture

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…

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond

July 10, 2009 Permaculture

I HAD A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR staying at my little shack this week, and I’ve had the good fortune to watch the video CD she left me. It’s all…

City in memory

December 29, 2008 A Tasmanian journey

We inhabit our own geographies... geographies formed by patterns of movement from home to work, from home to our recreational haunts or to the homes of friends. But…

Small town off the highway

December 28, 2008 Nomadics

Wauchope, a minor country town off the highway.

Garden education in Sydney’s sandy east

September 14, 2008 Permaculture

The Eastern Suburbs sandy soils are starting to sprout lettuce and leeks, cabbage and capsicum thanks to a local government course in sustainable gardening...

A tale of sad liaisons on the high seas

March 28, 2008 Memoir

I remember Pierre well but I’m not sure that his memory of me is as sharp. I got this impression one Saturday afternoon in the late summer of…