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Collaboration, participation build something new on something old

At Carrs Park, participatory planning and construction, cooperation between citizens and council and collaboration are creating a new community garden

Home retrofit production a educational resource

Always doing something interesting and useful, Rosemary Morrow's new booklet on retrofitting her house for energy and water efficiency, and

New manual for sustainable living in Sydney

TerraCircle Inc's Australian project — a community sustainability action guide for local government...

Adrift in a strange land

JAMES BOYCE’S BOOK, Van Diemens Land, is a tale of how geography and environment can influence culture.

A little noise with your coffee, ma’am

A FRIEND OF MINE now avoids the popular practice of taking a break or meeting friends in cafes. It’s not

Launched: the NSW Food Summit underway

THEY CAME FROM COUNCILS and health services, NGOs and universities, farms and government… and they filled the NSW Parliament House

Gibson’s Spook Country a rapsody on our world

I’ve just finished reading William Gibson’s Spook Country, his most recent novel. Having now put it aside, I guess I’m

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

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

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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