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 Granwell, author of The Tipping Point, defines the three roles important to the spread of ideas… Read More

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.Read More

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…Read More

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…Read More

New lighting provides nocturnal wayfinding at Randwick Sustainabity Hub

When the new wayfinding lighting was recently switched on at Randwick Sustainability Hub/Community Centre, it marked the near-completion of the third and final phase of the redevelopment of the Hub…Read More

The legals: Our duty of care to visitors to permaculture sites

With visits to community gardens, farms and permaculture sites now popular events. perhaps it is time to think about our legal obligations in showing people our permacultures…Read More

ALERT: Time to make sure your organisation complies with the new EU data laws

The EU General Data Protection Regulation comes into effect on 25 May this year. It affects organisations outside the EU that hold personal information about EU citizens. How will the Regulation affect your organisation?Read More

CoLab survey holds a mirror to permaculture practice

What is permaculture worldwide? Who practices it? Where are they? That’s what The Next Big Step: Permaculture, practices, passions and priorities for collaborative working set out to find out…Read More

Participatory event maps Sydney’s sharing economy

Mapping is how we make sense of landscapes. It is also how we make sense of those networks we cannot sea, such as Sydney’s sharing economy.

That is what March’s Map Jam did in creating The Sharing May…Read More