Journal
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
Let’s support, not nitpick companies trying to make a difference
May 25, 2016 | Russ GraysonNEW companies like Biolite are devloping new approaches to international development through direct business-to-community links. Critical harping can only damage that…
The Community food movement: communication and cooperation needed
February 20, 2016 | Russ Grayson | One CommentAustralia has a community food movement but it could be improrved if it is to thrive, finds a NSW government enquiry into future support for the movment…Read More
The Community Food Movement: Can Silicon Valley reinvent the fair food movement?
November 29, 2015 | Russ Grayson | One CommentThere is agreement that we need to build a cohesive commuity food movement in Australia, but how do we go about it? And can Silicon Valley lend us a few ideas to get started?Read More
In Adelaide, a small urban farm links entrepreneurship with good food
November 14, 2015 | Russ GraysonWith around nine city farms already on the ground or in planning around Australia, it appears city farming’s time is now.
In Adelaide, one of their number, Wagtail Urban Farm, is showing that small can certainly be bountiful…Read More
The Community Food Movement: Soft, squishy and sweet
November 7, 2015 | Russ Grayson | 4 CommentsHow a soft, two week old piece of fruit reminded us how we can eat well from our regional food supply…Read More
The Community Food Movement: Are we looking in the right place to build markets in fair food?
November 1, 2015 | Russ GraysonIn promoting fair food in Austalia much of the focus has been on the farmer. But do farmers have the economic clout to truly change the food system or should fair food advocates look at where money is spent on food to encourage change?…Read More
Kim Stanley Robinson: Our post-capitalist future
October 21, 2015 | Russ GraysonEconomic systems, like everything else, evolve. So, what lies beyond capitalism?
For speculative science fiction writer, Kim Stanley Robinson, traces of our post-capitalist future are already visible in the present…Read More
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