From village to city state to megalopolis, food shapes cities and lives
Architect and writer, Carolyn Steel, knows a thing or two about food, its history and politics. These she shared at
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Tag: environment
Choose your circle of action to create change
Feel a little overwhelmed at the scale of changes we need to make to move towards sustainable cities? Choosing your
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Drawing lessons from National Tree Day
National Tree Day shows what is needed to attract continues public participation in events...
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Sun shines on National permaculture Day 2011 at Hub
The sun shone from a blue sky onto visitors at National Permaculture Day 2011 at Randwick Sustainability Education Hub...
Read MoreFrom energy glutton to energy efficiency… a new centre for learning in Randwick
In Randwick, a humble and environmentally inefficient community centre has been turned into an innovative sustainability hub—a learning and demonstration
Read MoreA new kind of public park
How do you combine an area of boring, low quality lawn, a gas barbecue and a few tables and bench
Read MoreTroubled paradise: Byron Bay faces change
This is an article I wrote around 2005 and which was republished in Brisbane's Courier Mail newspaper. It was stimulated
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Future scenarios — both scary and hopeful
With Future Scenarios, David Holmgren refocuses the permaculture design system on the big global issues but suggests a community-based response
Read MoreLess a town than a landscape
It's not the town, its the landscape it is set in that gives the Byron region its spectacular character. This
Read MoreCollaboration, 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
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