Community
April 17, 2014
During this summer’s southern heatwaves rooftop solar produced by consumers reduced overall demand by nearly 5 per cent. In the future with rooftop solar doubling/trebling (?) plus battery storage added into the mix, what would happen? Do We Need A […]
April 17, 2014
Housing experts working on a housing affordability initiative are considering an equity co-op proposal to reduce housing market entry costs. The Concept Housing could be developed and owned by Not-For-Profit entities, such as Common Equity Housing Limited (CEHL). The Process […]
April 16, 2014
Since the election last year the Coalition for Community Energy has been working to put community energy on the policy agenda with the new Ministers. Community Energy Is Catching On Right across Australia local communities are working hard to set […]
April 16, 2014
Check out The Ideas Nest – a new collaborative effort that is “a collective of organisations dedicated to educating individuals on how small, positive lifestyle changes contribute to a sustainable future both for ourselves and for our environment”. The Ideas […]
March 25, 2014
Radio National reported this morning that Australia’s first not-for-profit real estate agency opens today in Melbourne – a model that hopefully will be rolled out across the country. Homeground Services – one of Melbourne’s largest homelessness, housing and support agencies […]
March 7, 2014
Altin, from Borderlands Cooperative, ran a preliminary ‘co-op conversation’ at the Augustine Centre in Melbourne, late last year. One outcome was a desire to start running short, very low-cost workshops to introduce people in the greater Melbourne area to co-ops […]
March 5, 2014
The Social Enterprise Awards are open for applications until Friday 28 March. Do you know an amazing business doing great things that you’d like to nominate? About The Awards The Social Enterprise Awards are the national awards for Australian social […]
February 25, 2014
Lindsay Tanner always made sense to me. He and Martin Stewart-Weeks are quoted in The Australian (17/02/14) saying: “Our institutions are relatively closed, exclusive and linear, exercising authority from a combination of longevity and distance from the lives of ordinary […]
February 25, 2014
The thought that if Simplot Australia closes, NO Australian-grown frozen veggies would be available at all and we would be relying on food grown totally outside Australia, is pretty black. A concerned friend sent the following info with a request […]
February 25, 2014
The Grattan Institute’s Ben Jensen has completed a fascinating report – for an ex-teacher! – on what works best and how it is implemented in the education systems of Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea. ‘Catching up: learning from the best […]
February 19, 2014
It is possible that many companies in the car industry, as well as tens of millions of taxpayers’ dollars could be saved according to PPB Advisory – a major insolvency company that advises on business restructures and turnarounds. They are […]
February 12, 2014
Greg Foyster lives at Murundaka Cohousing Community in Heidelberg Heights, Melbourne. He’s contacted us about one of the most popular PWF articles Cohousing A New Affordable Australian Dream? (2008!) and what he calls ‘the first truly urban cohousing community’ in […]