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Shuman: local the way forward in economics

Talk about rapid response. Within a couple days of Michael Shuman finishing his Brisbane address, something like $36,000 had been

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Going to Launceston? Just don’t breathe too deep

CAUGHT BETWEEN rapacious extractive industry on one hand and the sublime beauty of nature on the other, Tasmania remains a

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In Tasmania – Shakespeare’s excursion into the deep heart of this strange island

IT WAS LATE on a cold Friday evening when I dropped into Desire bookshop. Cars’ headlights had been turned on

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Daring and exploration on Tasmania’s wild rivers

I’VE JUST FINISHED reading Johnson Dean’s Shooting the Franklin — early canoeing on Tasmania’s wild rivers, and have come away

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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.

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Permaculture Strategy for South African villages

Bill Mollison’s Permaculture — A Designer’s Manual covers the broad sweep of the permaculture design system. So does his Introduction

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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

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Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond

I HAD A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR staying at my little shack this week, and I’ve had the good fortune to watch

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City in memory

We inhabit our own geographies... geographies formed by patterns of movement from home to work, from home to our recreational

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Small town off the highway

Wauchope, a minor country town off the highway.

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