Green Maps
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 17, 2011
Jim Diers and Cormac Russell – two of the world’s leading community development practitioners – will be available to conduct workshops and other events throughout September 2011. Both are currently working at the highest level with the British Government on […]
June 6, 2011
Sarah has heard about PWF’s Grey Nomad info exchange and she tells us there are two positions available for a couple on a central west Queensland cattle station. About Work Available On The Station The two positions available for a […]
June 3, 2011
A central Victorian PWF reader tells us a well-meaning 2 May media release from the Powerline Bushfire Safety Taskforce, about community info meetings, only reached her yesterday, 1 June. She is concerned Gippsland and Mitchell Shire survivors will have been […]
June 1, 2011
Social Traders and the Melbourne Business School’s Asia Pacific Leadership Centre will host a one day forum aiming to bring together people who manage and invest in social enterprises and anyone who is interested in learning about or helping in […]
May 29, 2011
London-based global economics magazine ‘The Economist’ – has praised our successes but damned our political leaders for failing to make the most of the China boom. Survey Of Australia SOME POINTS MADE: The political leaders…are perhaps the least impressive feature […]
May 29, 2011
World Challenge is a global competition to identify and reward people and groups that bring economic, social and environmental benefits to their local communities. It is run by the BBC World News and Newsweek, and Shell. BBC presenter and sustainable […]
May 29, 2011
Happy to pass on Infoxchange Australia advice that it is launching a ‘suite of cloud based applications aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the not-for-profit sector’. About The Cloud Apps AppPac4nfp brings together Microsoft’s cloud based CRM, collaboration […]
May 29, 2011
Country events funding of $74,500 for 24 regional organisations that deliver sports, music, visual arts, food and wine and multicultural festival events across Victoria has recently been announced by Tourism and Major Events Minister Louise Asher. Interstate And International Recognition […]
May 11, 2011
A reader has passed on this excellent website with info on how to calculate all sorts of emissions. It says: “The time to act for the environment is now. We can no longer go on pretending that we aren’t personally […]
May 5, 2011
Gallery Sunshine Everywhere is a NonProfit that links schools, families, business and the broader community with young artists. At least five exhibitions are curated every year, with no costs to families or schools, and the young artists are mentored. Grants […]