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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 the shores of Botany Bay...

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 and outdoor classroom on a deserted bowling green...

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 food production, has already inspired others...

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 raised to set up a local economic initiative. It seemed like the idea of LEI’s – Local Economic Initiatives – that emerged in the 1970s only to soon disappear, had been reborn.

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. She wanted to know if the Department could use a short piece from something I had written in a set of guidelines they were producing.

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 To Permaculture, though at a more basic level. The same goes for Rosemary Morrows books on permaculture, and Ross Marss’. Ian Lillington’s The Holistic Life takes a finer-grain view as he applies permaculture design to […]

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 into Northern NSW, down to Melbourne, then up to Coffs Harbour and Bellingen, down south to Hobart then north to Sydney. Michael works with the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies in the USA.

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 the video CD she left me. It’s all about her Blue Mountains house, how she retrofitted it and how she developed her small garden and designed it and her home to make the most of […]

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 course in sustainable gardening...

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