How do you combine an area of boring, low quality lawn, a gas barbecue and a few tables and bench seats and a couple council education courses into a cohesive area of public open space? The answer: create a new kind of public open space...
Read MoreA hot, sultry and sticky night didn't deter 45 people coming together to help Leichhardt Council develop their policy on community gardening...
Read MoreA story of a temporary but longer than anticipated immersion in working class culture...
Read MoreIn the bright light of an early afternoon in the summer of 1970 I stood atop that long flight of stone stairs that connects the valley of Woolloomooloo to the ridge of Victoria Street. There I stopped and looked out onto a city that then seemed full of skyscrapers...
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The Sydney food Fairness Alliance calls for policy measures on food security...
Read MoreThe days when most people had a house and garden are gone. If cities are to feed themselves, then attention will have to move towards food production on apartment common land. In Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, a small apartment block in Randwick has taken its first step towards sustainability by starting a food garden...
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