Collaboration …or not
May 17, 2010
Social epidemiology is “the study of how social interactions—social norms, laws, institutions, conventia, social conditions and behavior—affect the health of populations” On 6 May in Toronto, Canada, the 3rd International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health had as its […]
May 17, 2010
After writing about weasel words, engagement, collaboration etc as well as how governments get feedback from rate/taxpayers I see there is to be a workshop in Results-Based Accountability (RBA), run here in Vic by Community Indicators Victoria. We are told […]
May 3, 2010
The Australia Institute (TAI) is developing a new series of indicators of Australia’s social, environmental and genuine economic wellbeing – the ‘Measuring What Matters‘ project. It will collect new quarterly data on a range of social, economic and environmental issues […]
May 3, 2010
This week in her Village Futures Food newsletter Natalie talks about how to tackle the weekly box of seasonal produce. Natalie’s Thoughts “Whilst we have been enjoying our fresh and tasty produce from Nature’s Grove there have been some challenges […]
May 3, 2010
Every good farm has a great story behind it and Gippsland women are invited to tell their stories about sustainable agriculture…AT NO COST. There will be two training sessions – May and June, 2010. Jenny O’Sullivan, from Linking Environment Agriculture […]
May 3, 2010
John Mendoza, a senior health advisor and Chair of the National Advisory Council on Mental Health, today voices his concern at the neglect of mental health. As GetUp says, there can be no health reform without mental health reform. Mental […]
May 2, 2010
In his latest Circular Mark Brophy from Dialogue To Change passed on this gem from Craig Thomler, who writes up his eGovernment and Government 2.0 thoughts online. Where’s The Payoff? Convincing Citizens To Engage With Government “Governments regularly hold consultations […]
April 30, 2010
After a lot of interest in recent PWF articles about food swaps and community supported agriculture here in Melbourne, here’s info about fresh organics, live art and live music at this month’s Fitzroy Market. Fitzroy Community Market Partners The Market, […]
April 30, 2010
ProBono Australia, summarising the new Forester’s research, Financing Social Enterprise: Understanding Needs And Realities , reports that social enterprises should not rely on grant funding and should adopt sustainable business operations. The report that finds: “Social enterprise is not a […]
April 23, 2010
PWF totally supports communities finding ways for all kinds of people to think, talk and work together to solve problems. Dr Mark Brophy of the Australian Study Circles Network does just this with an Orientation Workshop in Marrickville, NSW this […]
April 19, 2010
A PWF reader has sent us ‘a succinct piece of science based on data measurements, not modelling’ produced by the BOM and CSIRO(pdf). The following info comes from peer reviewed data on temperature, rainfall, sea level, ocean acidification and carbon […]
April 19, 2010
Darebin Council in inner Melbourne is encouraging ‘sustainable food choices’. They, and Transition Darebin, part of the Transition Town network, will work together on a $75,000 plan to trial growing produce at two sites on public land and also look […]