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Building the alt.food food system
March 11, 2017 | Russ GraysonHere is the handout that accompanied our Australasian Permaculture Convergence 13 session in building the alternative food system…Read More
Internships in permaculture: federal report raises questions
January 21, 2017 | Russ GraysonA recent federal government report on internship arrangements raises the issue on internship arrangements in permaculture. Could possible future legislation affect permaculture establishments offering internships?Read More
Permaculture design: Asking the right questions
November 4, 2016 | Russ GraysonWhen it comes to permaculture design it is important to ask the right questions. Here we look at a couple situations where that could have been one better…Read More
APC13: Convergence revisits permaculture courses
October 16, 2016 | Russ Grayson | 3 CommentsAPC13 revisits the vexed question of permaculture course structure and content…Read More
The new economy reborn in Sydney
September 2, 2016 | Russ GraysonAugust 2016 saw the rebirth of an alternative economics in Sydney with the Building the New Economy conference…Read More
On the food frontline: seminar highlights growing challenge of food insecurity
August 7, 2016 | Russ GraysonNot knowing where next week’s meals are coming from is something fortunately unknown to most if us. But, for a growing number of people its is a real question…Read More
The fair food movement: morally superior and elitist?
August 3, 2016 | Russ GraysonIs the fair food movement being inadvertently elitist and morally superior? Does it position its participants above people who do not share its food values? Yes, says Rachel Ankeny, a history professor at the University of Adelaide…Read More
Lloyd Kahn — pioneer, builder, author, inspiration
July 23, 2016 | Russ GraysonSomething of a latecomer to skateboarding, Lloyd Khan came early to owner-building, resilient living, writing and publishing…Read More
Farewell and thanks Michael Herr: Despatches — an appreciation
July 9, 2016 | Russ GraysonHe wrote several books and consulted on films, but Michael Herr’s best known book is Despatches, a book of his time reporting the war in Vietnam as the seventies drew to an end. His contribution to the New Journalism will be long remmebered…Read More
Artefact a list of global permaculture organisations of the past
June 9, 2016 | Russ GraysonIn the deep dingy recesses of a seldom visited bookshelf, an amazing artefact from permaculture’s hidden past has been uncovered…Read More
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