Cultural Heritage
September 30, 2007
A reader has put us on to the ABC’s ‘From farm to family dinner’ story in Brisbane, where there is community support for local growers, (CSA) and we’ve talked about relocalisation. How do the two relate? Is the difference just […]
September 27, 2007
This request has just arrived in our inbox, with a note saying “I don’t pass on this type of email unless I can see some real value to our community – Phillip Island, Vic – and this is one of […]
September 21, 2007
With ground conditions more like mid-summer than spring in Victoria, I look at beautiful trees in public parks and on public land and cannot imagine them all dying…Indigo Shire Council in Victoria’s northeast has a really practical suggestion for its […]
September 21, 2007
Adam Robinson, Streetsmart CEO and marketing man extraordinaire is doing a great job ‘growing’ the Streetsmart project. What is Streetsmart? It’s a restaurant fund-raising initiative for the homeless, a campaign for restaurateurs with a social conscience. The campaign, established here […]
September 20, 2007
Heidi Lenffer from SBS Television has contacted us about a new project called Change the World in 5 Minutes, aimed at people – like PWF readers(?!) – who want to do just that! Change the World will feature nine short […]
September 19, 2007
During July 07, Seattle’s Jim Diers, author of Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way ran some inspirational workshops for communities and groups in Victoria, NSW, Western Australia and New Zealand…reported in the Bank of I.D.E.A.S. (Initiatives for the Development […]
September 15, 2007
PWF has received info about two Aboriginal consultants passing on their culture. Our first story is about Ron Murray who this week entertained kids at an inner Melbourne community childcare centre in a ‘fantastic one hour class’ that included Aboriginal […]
September 9, 2007
Last year PWF wrote about the new Dugong Beach Resort being built on Groote Eylandt. The resort and nearby Escape Sportfishing Lodge, will open up the spectacular scenery and fishing in this part of the Gulf. Who is behind the […]
September 7, 2007
Are you on the Avaaz.org email list? Avaaz, meaning ‘Voice’ or ‘Song’ in several languages, is a ‘global community’ of people who take action on major issues facing the world today. They would like the views and values of the […]
September 5, 2007
Maleny, in the hinterland of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, is a community whose history (pdf) and current activities I find quite inspirational, and I am certainly inspired by the final draft of their vision statement that Karyn Maher has emailed to […]
September 4, 2007
I went on a Shopping with a Conscience supermarket tour last Friday night and I do confess the complexity is ALMOST overwhelming. This is just what Supermarket Buying Guide and the campaign Your dollar is your vote – who did […]
August 30, 2007
Some very important explanatory background info has just been presented by Warwick Raverty – principal scientific adviser on the Resource Planning Development Commission (RPDC) Assessment Panel for the Gunns proposal – in an article for New Matilda. The science is […]