Collaboration …or not
July 13, 2011
The ‘big boys’ of the Australian International Motor Show board initially excluded Castlemaine’s Ross Blade, Australia’s only maker of electric cars from the 2011 show. The Age’s Lawrence Money went into bat for him. WHAT Happened? Castlemaine’s Blade Electric Vehicles […]
July 13, 2011
Lynne Seddon from the Tasman Village project has contacted us about their ‘affordable’ community village project at Nubeena on Tassie’s south-east coast. The Mercury reports that plans for a 65 lot community village on nine hectares at Nubeena have been […]
July 12, 2011
Cougar Energy has been ordered to shut down its trial underground coal gasification plant near Kingaroy by the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management, after traces of the cancer-causing chemical benzene were found in groundwater monitoring bores last year. […]
July 5, 2011
We all know there are people who stand up for matters important to society and who want to make a change. Petra Meyer is a PhD Commerce candidate and her research is part of an ongoing project to develop theory […]
July 1, 2011
Jack Jumper Ant (JJA) stings can cause a life-threatening anaphylactic reaction. A Victorian group is gathering data to establish the need for a desensitisation program like the one already operating in Tasmania. About Jack Jumper Ants JJA are a close […]
June 30, 2011
Moira Lanzarin (nee O’Brien) and Clair O’Brien are after a babysitter, from 1 July – 7 July approximately, at Numul Numul Station, Roper Highway, Mataranka, during mustering. You can be part of the family and activities. About The Babysitting There […]
June 27, 2011
Light up your winter with a visit to the ‘Colours Exhibition’ at The Granary Cafe, 2 Devonshire Road, Sunshine, says Maureen Ryan of Gallery Sunshine Everywhere, a NonProfit that links young artists with the broader community in Melbourne’s west. The […]
June 24, 2011
Hepburn Wind is Australia’s first community-owned wind farm and in central Victoria it has just begun exporting energy to the electricity grid. Congratulations! Premier’s Sustainability Award For Community Engagement There has been considerable interest in the project from universities and […]
June 21, 2011
At the moment there are a lot of people in Melbourne – and the rest of the country? – delving into new ways of thinking to address the future and our current problems, for example: Gathering ’11 The Melbourne Hub […]
June 19, 2011
This info on the ‘Cities Most Prepared For Climate Change’ I found on Fast Company, collated by Ariel Schwartz. Very interesting to see the local government action around the world. As more than half the people on Earth now live […]
June 19, 2011
Did you read Peter Shergold’s thoughts on how to get welfare actually working, published this week on The Conversation? Peter Shergold – Centre for Social Impact, University of NSW – says as a senior public servant he felt “too many […]
June 17, 2011
Jim Diers and Cormac Russell – two of the world’s leading community development practitioners – will be available to conduct workshops and other events throughout September 2011. Both are currently working at the highest level with the British Government on […]