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Planning and good design feed an urban family

In this 1999 article, Fiona Campbell describes the process of designing, constructing and planting her home garden not far from

Collaboration, participation build something new on something old

At Carrs Park, participatory planning and construction, cooperation between citizens and council and collaboration are creating a new community garden

Home retrofit production a educational resource

Always doing something interesting and useful, Rosemary Morrow's new booklet on retrofitting her house for energy and water efficiency, and

New manual for sustainable living in Sydney

TerraCircle Inc's Australian project — a community sustainability action guide for local government...

Shuman: local the way forward in economics

Talk about rapid response. Within a couple days of Michael Shuman finishing his Brisbane address, something like $36,000 had been

Resilient Cities – planners post their visions

A couple weeks ago, I received a phone call from a woman in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Permaculture Strategy for South African villages

Bill Mollison’s Permaculture — A Designer’s Manual covers the broad sweep of the permaculture design system. So does his Introduction

Local economics initiatives stimulated by visit of US advocate

FOR MICHAEL SHUMAN, his visit to Australia was a whirlwind of appearances and presentations that started in Brisbane, took him

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond

I HAD A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR staying at my little shack this week, and I’ve had the good fortune to watch

Garden education in Sydney’s sandy east

The Eastern Suburbs sandy soils are starting to sprout lettuce and leeks, cabbage and capsicum thanks to a local government

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