Cultural Heritage
April 5, 2011
Dr Daniel Bray, lecturer in international relations and teacher of security studies and environmental politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, gives the following explanation of the politics of the current polarised climate change/carbon tax ‘debate’: “Against the instincts of the […]
March 18, 2011
The content of the Closing the Gap report, 2011, has been called ‘underwhelming’…and it seems SOME insightful thinking on this issue just never sees the light of day, either in political circles it seems, or in mainstream media. Government Should […]
March 9, 2011
Today the SMH reports on consumer power versus corporate power. The Berry Rural Co-operative Society, one of Australia’s smallest rural co-operatives producing fresh milk, is not suffering greatly from the supermarket milk price war. Why not? The coop’s South Coast […]
March 6, 2011
‘What does it take to make democracy work?’ What has happened to the civic organisations where citizens could once go to address shared challenges? Do civic organisations know HOW to work with citizens today? The US Kettering Foundation is tackling […]
February 18, 2011
There was a social innovation Learning Festival in Melbourne in late February – based on a systemic approach not a ‘mechanistic mental model’ such as World Cafe and Open Space. A Power Camp And A Love Camp.. In Adam Kahane’s […]
February 16, 2011
Xris Reardon from Melbourne’s Third Way Theatre tells us Barbara Santos will run workshops in Brisbane for training in Aesthetics of the Theatre of the Oppressed. Barbara is the former General Manager for the Centre of Theatre of the Oppressed […]
February 2, 2011
The Barefoot College, founded in 1972 in India, combines traditional ‘barefoot’ knowledge and demystified modern skills, creating tools for people essentially ‘written off’ by urban society. The Barefoot College works with marginalized, exploited and impoverished rural poor, living on less […]
January 31, 2011
“Why do our attempts to deal with the challenges of our time so often fail? The cause of our collective failure is that we are blind to the deeper dimension of leadership and transformational change. This ‘blind spot’ exists not […]
January 6, 2011
After the welcome announcement of grants up to $25,000 for small business/growers to help with flood clean-up and recovery, peak horticulture body Growcom has called for wider assistance due to the severity of the situation. Growcom has been contacting growers […]
December 12, 2010
The National Times has published an article that captures what’s been worrying me about the ongoing WikiLeaks saga. It is written by Julia Gillard’s former boss, Melbourne lawyer Peter Gordon and was tweeted by Craig Thomler. “LAWYERS are used to […]
November 25, 2010
The numbers using social media are huge. Digital marketing people understand this, but do large institutions like banks and government? The following comments, from expert observers I have found through Twitter, could indicate a need for some of our institutional […]
October 28, 2010
Sarah Collingwood from Fourwinds Vineyard in the Canberra region has been in touch re: the big supermarkets and Australian wines. Coles and Woolies are now Australia’s largest wine retailers. They are developing exclusive wine brands and selling them at very […]