Collaboration …or not
September 18, 2010
Chris Ross from the NSW south coast saw the need for a self sustaining funding process to develop youth programs while working for the Bega Valley Council. He had a brainwave, put up his own money, and set up a […]
September 15, 2010
After seeing Social Enterprise didn’t rank in this week’s BRW ‘Top 10 Sectors Set To Take Off’ In Australia, the School For Social Enterprise (SSE) CEO, Benny Callaghan, asked ‘if something was missed’. He oberves: The BRW Methodology The Top […]
September 6, 2010
We hear through Monique Decortis’ excellent Vic Climate Action Calendar that the Alternative Technology Association is looking for help with managing visitors to homes on Sustainable House Day Sunday 12 September 2010 10am-4pm. Help give out info and have fun […]
September 6, 2010
Caroline Smith tries to live a green lifestyle and enjoys the challenge of recycling secondhand items to give them a new lease on life. Here, as a PWF guest writer, Caroline explains ‘freecycling’. _________________________ WHY FREE-CYCLING WORKS A major tenet […]
August 31, 2010
Commenting on the very positive restaurant business outlook, Restaurant & Catering SA CEO, Sally Neville, says the industry turnover is continuing to grow annually at 7 per cent. This annual growth rate reflects new businesses as well as higher turnover […]
August 29, 2010
PWF has found the TRI Community Exchange (TRI) on Twitter. TRI is a NSW community info exchange that has been in operation since 1992. They’re dealing with: Suicide & Self Harm Prevention– TRI has just launched a national suicide/self harm […]
August 29, 2010
The ABC’s Inside Business has provided a very positive picture of Hepburn Wind an Australian community owned social enterprise. This registered cooperative is Australia’s first community owned wind farm. A Strong Conclusion From Collaboration Hepburn Wind chairman, Simon Holmes a […]
August 29, 2010
The need to better manage Aged Care processes has not lessened – something else for our Indies to address? PWF has addressed this issue before with Something’s Wrong – Families Struggle To Support Elderly and Good News On Direct Family […]
August 29, 2010
After being buoyed by Australian post-election ‘let’s improve the democracy discussions’ I see the NZ Opposition is braving the twittersphere inviting open discussion on new policies, espousing transparency and an opening up of the public sector, just like our Australian […]
August 29, 2010
Cycling IS good for our health and the environment. Helmets DO protect riders. In Victoria you can be fined $146 riding without a helmet. Why did Melbourne start a $5.5 million Bike Share project? Why don’t Sydneysiders cycle? A ‘Melbourne-World’ […]
August 25, 2010
There was little or no attention paid to Indigenous issues over the election campaign, as noted by Sarah Maddison from University NSW. It seems we voters are blind to Australia’s greatest failing and, of course, the First Australians don’t live […]
August 25, 2010
Have you seen the reports about an oil-eating microbe that scientists have found ‘flourishing’ in the Gulf of Mexico after the BP oil rig explosion? Terry Hazen, researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, reported the finding in […]