Local Futures
September 27, 2014
Amid today’s plethora of media thoughts on terrorism in Australia and the world, The Saturday Age reports social researcher Hugh Mackay rejecting the view of some commentators that youth radicalisation here is something dark that we’ve been overlooking. He believes […]
September 26, 2014
After the knife attack in Melbourne and the shooting of Numan Haider we are all asking just what causes the radicalisation of young people born and raised here in Australia.Young Muslims in England have started the #Notinmyname Twitter campaign and […]
September 11, 2014
In this democracy of ours, clearly many of us think the RET is good. Recent PWF posts show that lots of people and community groups are doing something about a problem the world is facing. So, WHAT exactly is driving […]
August 24, 2014
There are some interesting emails about politicians and the end of the ‘Age of Entitlement’ zooming around at the moment – can’t ascertain their origin, but they are food for thought and/or a good public conversation. Email No 1 The […]
August 24, 2014
The Huddle is the North Melbourne Football Club engaging and giving back to its community. Since 2010 in the wider North Melbourne community there has been an amazing combination of love of sport and direction/support in study, for students from […]
August 24, 2014
The Solar Citizens organisation is planning a huge message in the sky over Parliament House, Canberra, on Wednesday (August 27). As I write they are about $1000.00 short of their $14,000 target. They say: “Tony Abbott and the government are […]
August 24, 2014
Australians are a ‘can do’ people, especially it seems when it comes to doing something about energy. CORENA – Citizens’ Own Renewable Energy Network Australia – is but one example. What Beechworth Montessori School In Victoria’s North-east Is Doing After […]
August 15, 2014
A friend just emailed me the Greenpeace link to a Green Electricity Guide plus some info our electricity suppliers. Greenpeace asks: Is There Confusion About Where Our Power Comes From? “Electricity companies spend millions of dollars advertising a ‘clean and […]
August 14, 2014
RenewEconomy reports on Australia’s largest solar power tower plus a desalination plant at Port Augusta, approved recently for Sundrop Farms, a commercial greenhouse business which already uses solar power and seawater to grow vegetables. The project will total 20 hectares […]
August 10, 2014
A new Stockman’s Challenge and Bush Festival event – at Strathalbyn (19,20,21 September 2014) on the Fleurieu Peninsula, gateway to the Coorong and Lower Lakes of the Murray – is a NonProfit effort to preserve the cultural heritage of Australian […]
August 7, 2014
Jane Monk is a Consultant, Trainer and Facilitator for the ‘Awakening the Dreamer Symposium’ which is now being offered in over 60 countries. The next symposium in Melbourne is 24 August (2.30pm to 6pm) at the Croydon Library. It’s free […]
July 17, 2014
“State and federal governments have their heads in the sand around the evolution and growth of cities,” says Sydney Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, slamming lack of policy. Should Cities Rule The World? This is the question Clover Moore presented when […]