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A decade turns

It is almost 1970 and this is Sydney. Focused on the present moment, we afford too little thought to the

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Hidden path to a cove’s history

The old shacks at Crater Cove are a reminder of the days when life was somehow simpler and our needs

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Partings

For most, it was the last experience of communal life before long term partnerships (or a succession of longer-term relationships

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A short and incomplete history of permaculture

An article on permaculture's history - from 1972 onwards - supplied to the New Internationalist magazine by Steve Payne and

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David Holmgren: design approach to food security

David Holmgren says cities can feed themselves...

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The long road in the far north – on the local food speakers trail in northern NSW

MARCH DAYS ARE MILD DAYS in the sleepy northern NSW town of Lismore. And this year they were no different...

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Celebrating the conviviality of permaculture

Ian Lillington's approach to permaculture living is hands-on. His 2007 book explains how he went about it and what the

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Being idle – a book for the free spirited

Idling for the free spirited… and those who would like to join them. THIS IS A BOOK for the free

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Time for a new localism, says Norberg-Hodge

"See education as activism”, says Helena Norberg-Hodge. "Set up social and learning circles. Have groups of 10 to 15 people

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On Kerouac, Hemingway and a literary friend

First published in 2008. IF YOU HAVE TIME TO HANG AROUND, I’ll tell you a little story about literature and

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