Community
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
Apparently our wonderful supermarket duopoly has very narrow fruit and veg specifications. We consumers must not be offered ‘ugly’ fruit and veg. It must be the right shape, colour and look! A demanding lot, aren’t we???? The question is, what […]
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 21, 2011
Should we change the way teachers teach and students learn? “Unless there is change, our kids will be stuck in the dark industrialised ages.. The leaders in our schools will have to be skilled in change management,” says secondary teacher […]
June 20, 2011
A few months ago, in Casterton, a small township in western Victoria, a room of 100 people gave a local community co-op the go-ahead to waylay a possible decline of rural businesses and services by reinstating the local hardware store. […]
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 19, 2011
A hoax email stating that mobile phone numbers are about to to be released to telemarketing companies and that consumers will be charged for telemarketing calls made to them, has been circulating for some time, without a validating link. A […]