Cultural Heritage
November 12, 2007
A mix of contemporary and traditional eel farming techniques is the basis of the Lake Condah Sustainable Development Project. The historic, as well as potential eel-harvests – from traditionally-constructed eel aquaculture systems – is being investigated in SW Vic. I […]
November 9, 2007
Women’s organisations will rally on the steps of the GPO next Tuesday 13 November 2007, from 11am – 1pm to speak about what issues will be driving their votes at the Federal Election. Coordinated by the Victorian Immigrant and Refugee […]
November 5, 2007
A year ago we wrote about the Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation’s (BAC) involvement with replicable aquaculture in Aboriginal communities – community-initiated and operated mud crab farms at Maningrida and Darwin. Now we see that this entrepreneurial body – in only their […]
November 1, 2007
This event has been recommended by several people as something that sounds quite extraordinary…a very worthwhile way to spend Remembrance Day. If you’re free Sunday week and in Melbourne, think about it… “…if you have built castles in the air, […]
October 26, 2007
Some say Nowa Nowa, in lovely East Gippsland, is one of Australia’s most disadvantaged postcodes, but right now local artists are planning to demonstrate that the good life is not all about consumption and the endless pursuit of possessions. Their […]
October 15, 2007
The Ethical Consumer Group holds meetings monthly at Nick Ray’s place in Footscray, Melbourne. This Wednesday, 17 October, they are screening ‘Wal-mart – the high cost of low prices’. About The Gatherings These nights are a casual meal, movie and […]
October 13, 2007
Back in June PWF posted an article about SPUNC – the ‘newish’ Small Press Underground Networking Community. One goal important to ‘culture consumers’ is the desire to ‘improve the sector’s engagement with the public, with a specific focus on collaborative […]
October 12, 2007
Rick Roser is an Aboriginal artist from Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. He runs ‘Aboriginal Events Management’, an Aboriginal Culture consultancy and has presented thousands of art and culture workshops to schools, TAFEs and universities. Rick is currently promoting his Aboriginal Art […]
October 10, 2007
Local people, local communities, local action…the Sustainability Street program was designed and developed by Vox Bandicoot, who for some 20 years now have been developing sustainability programs for local communities, schools and workplaces. The central idea is that ‘It’s a […]
October 3, 2007
Today people are realising that the traditional ‘them’ and ‘us’ relationship between citizens and government is inadequate for solving public problems. The usual avenues for ‘consultative decision-making’ often waste public resources, create unproductive conflict, and fail to tap citizen potential. […]
October 2, 2007
Have you received this email request to sign the petition at this link and then forward same to everyone you care about? Ricken, Paul, Pascal, Graziela, Galit, Ben, Milena and the whole Avaaz Team say: “The worst is happening – […]
September 30, 2007
Civic Voice (CV) in the NSW Central Coast – Wyong-Gosford region – is really doing something about deliberative democracy/community-based policymaking, as is the Gippsland Women’s Local Government Association (GWLGA) and Ratepayers Victoria Inc. How is democracy and the hope of […]