Teaching the Anthropocene
The challenge: Take a Living Smart class through the story of the Anthropocene. A rough lesson plan…
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Gladwell’s three roles in spreading ideas
Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, defines the three roles important to the spread of ideas…
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THE STRUCTURE OF PERMACULTURE — understanding the network
Networks are a pattern in nature and they are the pattern that permaculture has assumed in Australia and elsewhere. Networks are how permaculture grew into what it is today and what it will grow into in the future. Strengthening networks strengthens permaculture.
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EnSpiral’s path to decentralised organisations: a workshop
How do we make better decisions in organisations? How do we restructure our organisations to create civil workplaces and better interpersonal relations? This was the focus of Patterns of Decentralised Organisations, a training session led by the people from New Zealand's EnSpiral Network co-op…
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APC14 — impressions of a permaculture convergence
What did participants think of Australasian Permaculture Convergence 14 in Canberra? What are their next steps in permaculture? That's what I asked them in this series of video clips made at APC14…
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APC14 — informative and convivial
Describing the 14th Australasian Permaculture Convergence as convivial and informative doesn't do it justice. Neither do photographs, but they are all I can offer…
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From IDEA to ART — Brenna Quinlan at APC14
HOW DO YOU translate ideas in someone's head into drawings on a page? That was the challenge for graphic documenter, Brenna Quinlan, at last April's Australasian Permaculture Convergence in Canberra…
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Collaborative housing the theme of Anitra Nelson’s new book
Anitra Nelson's new book, Small is Necessary — shared Living on a Shared Planet, shows us that there are viable alternatives to housing-as-usual…
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Like a little plastic with your fish?
Plastic in the fish we eat might not exactly be fine food, however it is something we have to get used to unless we do something about microplastic pollution of our oceans… soon.
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Finished at last: Randwick Sustainability Hub
INTERNATIONAL PERMACULTURE DAY 2018 was the right day for Randwick mayor, Lindsay Shurey, and ABC Gardening Australia host, Costa Georgiardis, to open the final phase of the development of Randwick Sustainability Hub.
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