Neighbourhood Houses & Learning Centres
May 30, 2012
Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy says: “The most remarkable feature of this historical moment on Earth is not that we are on the way to destroying the world-we’ve actually been on the way for quite a while. It is that we are […]
May 25, 2012
Marita Cheng is passionate about engineering. She was raised in far north Queensland then went to Uni in Melbourne where she established Robogals. She is doing exactly what our Chief Scientist, Ian Chubb, is exhorting Australian parents and teachers to […]
May 25, 2012
Yesterday Ally Moore’s 774 morning Talk Show covered a wide range of opinions on Victoria’s TAFE system, given its significant loss of funding and the possible loss of 2000 teachers. The views of John Buchanan, director of the Workplace Research […]
May 23, 2012
95 year old great, great grandmother Laurie Baymarrwangga, from the Crocodile Islands east of Darwin, is Senior Australian of 2012. Laurie has played a crucial role – often in the face of hardship – in protecting her culture and her […]
May 15, 2012
Neuroscientists at the University of Queensland’s Brain Institute (QBI) have made a major breakthrough in the fight against dementia, finding the chemical process that causes the growth of new nerve cells. The molecule fractalkine may be key to halting early […]
May 15, 2012
Tyrrell College, in the little Victorian wheat belt town of Sea Lake, population around 500, has received $500,000 from the inaugural NAB ‘Schools First National Award’ 2011 – just reward for the Dynamic Agriculture student-business mentor program which previously ran […]
May 14, 2012
Inspiring Communities is partnering with Central Coast Business College (CCBC) to provide a range of Nationally Accredited Person-Centred/Asset-Based Community Development and Social Enterprise Programs. In 2012 they will be granting a number of Scholarships throughout NSW for students who are […]
April 19, 2012
Michael J. Sandel, a political philosopher at Harvard ponders What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets. The following raises the question of what role markets should play in public life and personal relations? Do We Want A Market […]
April 18, 2012
Melbourne’s Monash University has allowed a group of students, headed by 23 year old arts-science student Ali Majokah, to use an empty paddock which they will turn into a community market garden. The students will need to prove they can […]
April 16, 2012
Jane and Neil Monk are once again running their Awakening the Dreamer Symposiums – at Glen Park in Bayswater (Vic). They are thinking global citizens and they support the purpose of the Awakening the Dream, Changing the Dream Symposium. Find […]
April 15, 2012
Ted Smeaton of Inspiring Communities has emailed about a program that will provide a range of nationally accredited ‘Person-Centred and Asset-Based Community Development’ programs. A Unique Education Opportunity Inspiring Communities has partnered with Central Coast Business College, NSW, to provide […]
March 3, 2012
Co-ops or Gonski? There will be a FREE public discussion moderated by Walkley winner and business reporter Anne Lampe at the University of Technology, Sydney, this Monday 5 March at 5.30pm. For those in Sydney this should be an hour […]