Local Futures
December 19, 2011
Kate Allsopp of Renew magazine writes that a basic feature of a sustainable future is a reduction in consumption. Some new online-based initiatives can help us in our quest to consume less and live more sustainably. The Sharehood was born […]
December 18, 2011
Researchers from Victoria’s Department of Primary Industries (DPI) have discovered an eco-friendly way to use the by-products of winemaking to improve the quality and quantity of milk production. The Discovery Scientists have found that supplementing the cows’ feed with the […]
December 18, 2011
Whenever someone leaves a Travellers Aid’s office with a ticket in their hand and a problem solved, Travellers’ Aid CEO Jodie Willmer says to Pigs Will Fly: “What Travellers Aid achieves is the result not just of the extraordinary efforts […]
December 12, 2011
The Occupy movement has been described as a simmering stew and Brent Schulkin founder of Carrotmob says for 8 years he’s been thinking hard about carrots in this stew. What is Carrotmob? The Carrotmob campaign is a new way to […]
December 10, 2011
What do the following have in Common? the advent of the automobile the onset of WWII the Beatles the invention of the computer the Hubble telescope 9/11 According to Nassim Nicholas Taleb, each was a ‘black swan’ event: “large-impact, hard-to-predict, […]
November 29, 2011
Kinglake resident and bushfire survivor, Vicki Ruhr, wishes to express her concern at what is reportedly a ‘terrifying and graphic’ bushfire advertising campaign to be run by the Victorian Government. Family Scrambling, Panicking, Dying The Herald-Sun and Melbourne Talk Radio […]
November 23, 2011
Following is an article by Vanessa Barrington, about the collaboration between Baltimore’s Department of Planning, Office of Sustainability, and Health Department. These groups show how an active, involved city government and a willingness to try new ideas can change the […]
November 23, 2011
Kristin Wartman, Nutrition Educator and food writer, a leader of the Occupy Big Food rally in lower Manhattan, writes saying: “Whose food? Our food!” This was the rallying cry at the first Occupy Big Food event on Saturday in Zuccotti […]
November 23, 2011
Chris Plumridge has contacted us about a software consultancy company called Naturally Being. He is the Strategic Business Manager for this local Mobile Solutions house that assists with developing and designing strategies for iPhone, iPad, Windows Mobile, Android & Blackberry. […]
November 20, 2011
C-Mac Industries is a locally grown and owned engineering plant in Girraween, Western Sydney. The company is enjoying an 18% increase in productivity after the employees took over as owners. C-Mac has defied the current trend in Australia to shut […]
November 20, 2011
Recently released research by the Grattan Institute shows that: “We’re just not building the variety of housing that Australians want.” Stereotype Not Accurate A detailed survey into the housing preferences of more than 700 Melburnians and Sydneysiders found that once […]
November 19, 2011
The Centre for Social Impact at the University of Western Australia (UWA) will run a one day Indigenous Business, Corporations and Entrepreneurship Conference on 6 December 2011 at UWA Business School. Indigenous business ventures, the work of Aboriginal Housing organisations […]