A pictorial tribute to our mountain hut heritage

A calendar triggers memories of mountain huts, summer and winter…Read More

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

EnSpiral’s path to decentralised organisations: a workshop

How do we make better decisions in organisations? How do we restructure our organisations to create civil workplaces and better interpersonal relations? This was the focus of Patterns of Decentralised Organisations, a training session led by the people from New Zealand’s EnSpiral Network co-op…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

From IDEA to ART — Brenna Quinlan at APC14

HOW DO YOU translate ideas in someone’s head into drawings on a page?

That was the challenge for graphic documenter, Brenna Quinlan, at last April’s Australasian Permaculture Convergence in Canberra…Read More

Collaborative housing the theme of Anitra Nelson’s new book

Anitra Nelson’s new book, Small is Necessary — shared Living on a Shared Planet, shows us that there are viable alternatives to housing-as-usual…Read More

Like a little plastic with your fish?

Plastic in the fish we eat might not exactly be fine food, however it is something we have to get used to unless we do something about microplastic pollution of our oceans… soon.Read More