Community
October 11, 2011
Barbara, a semi-retired teacher who lives in Brunswick, inner Melbourne, has emailed us with a city-based offer of work for a grey nomad single, or couple. A Roofer Or A Handyman? Barbara is looking for a qualified roofer, or handyman […]
October 11, 2011
An in-store spy – the new iPhone Field Agent app as tweeted by Business Your Way, now pays shoppers to provide retailers with in-store intelligence such as staff performance and competitor pricing. Launched in Australia in September, retailers can now […]
October 4, 2011
Congregations, community service agencies, aged care facilities, schools and the central offices of the Uniting Church in Tasmania and Victoria are setting a strong community example with the Synod’s decision to reduce gas emissions by at least 20% by 2020. […]
October 2, 2011
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is warning that we need to act on global food security to avoid political chaos and environmental refugees. He notes that the Middle-East upheaval started with protests about the high cost of bread. He says we […]
October 2, 2011
The weekend sees Sydney’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas take off and there are lots of Australian cities running TEDx ‘fests’. About TED TED (Technology, Environment, Design) is a global ideas movement that posts ‘ideas worth spreading’ online. It covers a […]
October 2, 2011
PWF has received another grey nomad email from a traveller seeking companions. Roy Winterburn is a single 70 year old ‘active caravanner’. He is interested in travel and in rock collecting – opals, gemstones – and in jewellery-making. Roy would […]
October 2, 2011
Social enterprises are organisations that trade to fulfill their social or community mission and Nina Yousefpour from Queensland University of Technology has emailed PWF, asking social enterprises to participate in and pass on their web survey into strategic orientation of […]
October 2, 2011
Have you heard about Infoxchange Australia‘s new role for its social enterprise, GreenPC? Sorting & Recycling Old Technology Pilot For 10 years GreenPC has been re-manufacturing computers and laptops and making them available at low cost to health care card […]
September 25, 2011
Adam Bandt will host a public forum on Wednesday 28th September at 6.30 pm to discuss alternatives to mandatory detention and offshore processing for asylum seekers. “Behind Barbed Wire: Mandatory Detention and the Malaysian Deal” will be held at the […]
September 25, 2011
It is possible, as part of carbon farming, that breeding crops with deeper roots could stop CO2 increase ‘stone dead’ says the Carbon Coalition Against Global Warming. What Is Carbon Farming? Carbon Farming is farming in a way that reduces […]
September 25, 2011
Kym Jerome has ‘discovered’ PWF and asks us to post info about work for tradies in Cooktown. Work Available There is a shortage of tradies to do reno work in Cooktown. Also needed is a person who has experience in […]
September 25, 2011
Lisa Devlin and partner Glen from Wooroora Station have emailed us saying: “We are 20 km from Ravenshoe on Wooroora Rd, the first turn right off Tully Falls Road. Wooroora Station is 50 000 acres, running a mixed (Brahman, Charolaise, […]