Business
July 5, 2009
James Nethery of the Affordable Housing Group Australia has contacted us with info about a much needed affordable housing project he’s working on. It sounds interesting, ambitious. The group aims to make every aspect of their designs as simple as […]
July 3, 2009
Queenslanders Robert and Dell Drury have just requested a listing on the PWF Nomads Jobs/Skills Register & General Info. About The Area The Drury’s dairy and beef property is located in the mountains on the Atherton Tablelands 6km from Ravenshoe […]
June 29, 2009
A reader has suggested the Greyhound 12 twelve month hop on, hop off pass for all ages as an option for single would-be Grey Nomads. Some Ideas Mini Traveller Passes provide travel between two popular destinations and in between you […]
June 17, 2009
PWF has just reported the upcoming Social Traders/TREES Group social enterprise presentation on unemployment and community regeneration in Melbourne and we’ve checked out what some of the businesses in The TREES Group are doing in the UK. Thorpete Gas Services […]
June 15, 2009
A new video channel ‘Survival of the Fastest’ was written up in The Weekend Australian, 14-15 June 2009. This is a collaborative effort between You Tube, the London Business School and Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper. The aim Collect ideas and […]
June 12, 2009
Admin Bandit, developed for community organisations has won heaps of accolades, as has its developer, entrepreneur and Canberra mother of two, Nerida Gill, who is passionate about making that ‘hard to fill job’ of treasurer easier and so supporting hardworking […]
June 11, 2009
Social Traders is a collaborative effort between the Victorian State Government, a private family trust and a consortium of community sector organisations with broad experience in social enterprise development. It aims to ‘facilitate, support and advocate for the development of […]
June 4, 2009
Lane Burdett of businessresources.com.au has sent us this link to a great piece of lateral ‘ecological’ thinking. Check it out for your next business card. The Idea Instead of PRINTING a business card, the business ‘card’ morphs into a rubber […]
June 2, 2009
We hear from Shane Strudwick on behalf Victoria’s Murray River tourism community that they have developed and recently launched one of Australia’s first tourism specific mobile phone and devices web site. What Does This Mean? Via your mobile phone there […]
May 25, 2009
Once again – amazing. No sooner do I realise Victoria is getting into relocalisation and Transition Towns than I see Sydney is right into it too – and involving Robert Pekin of Brisbane’s successful Food Connect. The live local website […]
May 24, 2009
As a city person in SE Oz I am glad to see something positive reported in our drought – can you believe all that water up north that we’re ‘willing away’? A recent ABARE (Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource […]
May 23, 2009
The Housing Industry Association-Boral GreenSmart Awards have now been running for 10 years. They recognise the importance of environmentally advanced housing. The following list of winners would have to be a ‘good green starting point’.. Award Winners Across Australia TOP […]