Local Futures
February 19, 2012
In 2011 Asia has dominated Australia’s international tourism arrivals. The Arrivals Stats Despite the weaknesses in the economies of some of our traditional markets and the impact of natural disasters, visitor arrivals to Australia in the year to December 2011 […]
February 19, 2012
Longtime PWF contributer Alan Greig of The Mercury Centre has sent us the following socially innovative observations on worker ownership and global prosperity. Shared ownership helps to diversify rather than concentrate wealth, and it roots the value it generates in […]
February 19, 2012
Josie Feingold at Edendale Community Environment Farm, Eltham, in Melbourne’s outer NE, has contacted us about food swaps and environmental education at the farm. Local Food Swap Starting Saturday 25 February – and then the fourth Saturday of every month […]
February 16, 2012
PWF has recently heard about the newly formed Sydney Travel Group. Last year Lee, the organiser of the group, googled ‘seeking travel companions’ and two PWF posts Seeking Travel Companions? and Grey Nomad Travel Companion For UK & Continent Via […]
February 16, 2012
Was the Gold Coast call centre shut down by police in December 2011 the heart of an investment scam? Police, the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), also searched multiple premises on the Gold […]
February 8, 2012
Even though record numbers of Australians are holidaying outside the country The Backpacker Trade News reports that the outlook for the tourism industry is not all doom and gloom. The Department of Immigration’s latest six monthly report states that applications […]
February 8, 2012
Take a minute to learn about some new science re: photovoltaic cells in this video. Truly amazing! At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology research is being carried out into harnessing nature’s solar cells and it seems photovoltaic panels made from […]
February 8, 2012
Peter Botsman, Editor of Australian Prospect and Voluntary Secretary of the Indigenous Stock Exchange has a concept that should get some of us thinking outside the square. He says: “Australians will be liberated from their accountants. Each individual will have […]
December 31, 2011
Last year PWF introduced The Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Housing. FISH has just launched its own website and in early 2012, in association with Landcorp and The Summit Homes Group, it will build a ‘charity home’ in Broome. The Annual […]
December 21, 2011
Technology Spectator has posted the following ‘politically situational’ article on the NBN by respected telecommunications expert Paul Budde: “With the NBN inching closer to reality it’s regrettable that our politicians seem unable to agree on some fundamental principles in relation […]
December 21, 2011
People involved in Permaculture, Community Gardens, City Farms and Transition Towns initiatives will be interested in the two workshops run by Robin Clayfield, Monday 20 February – Saturday 25 February 2012 at Eltham College in Melbourne’s outer northeast. 1. Dynamic […]
December 20, 2011
Graeme Gibson, from www.realoptions.com.au has emailed PWF about a grassroots forum in Nowra, NSW. With little support from elected Councillors, and public discouragement from some of them, Graeme reports that 110 people participated with a view to starting a community […]