People, Planet, Profit!
May 1, 2008
The Fair Trade Association of Australia & New Zealand (FTAANZ) has announced its opening feature for the Fair Trade Fortnight at 7pm, Saturday 3 May in Melbourne. If you click here you’ll find similar events right around Australia during this […]
May 1, 2008
Winners in the 2008 aduki awards, celebrating Australia’s vegan community, have just been announced. These awards acknowledge vegan food and living with the aim of showcasing the best animal-free products, places and businesses. aduki’s Managing Editor, Emily Clarke, says: ‘It’s […]
April 19, 2008
Learning about ‘Building Resilient, Sustainable Communities’ is the focus of this Relocalistion Convergence from May 23-25 in Brisbane, a lifestyle and business practice Philadelphia’s Judy Wicks has been endorsing for many years. FYI In Australia relocalisation communities are clustered largely […]
April 17, 2008
As Victoria’s Warrandyte community plans its first community-wide conversation – a vital part of its Green Map Project – Africa has suddenly appeared on the scene! Albert Mutasa, who works with the Swedish Cooperative Centre (SCC) is also involved with […]
April 17, 2008
Murraylands Regional Tourist Association is a NonProfit organisation, with members from all parts of the drought affected River region of South Australia. PWF has received an email about funding for the region during this time of ‘extreme circumstances’. This is […]
April 9, 2008
Xris Reardon has contacted us about a new ‘Theatre for Living’ experience – all about empowerment, people being the experts in their own lives and being able to use theatre as a means of creating change. Congrats to Xris’ Takin’ […]
April 8, 2008
The Australian Competition And Consumer Commission (ACCC) is investigating the grocery industry because despite low inflation grocery food prices have increased at a significantly higher rate than the headline inflation rate. The inquiry is expected to last 4 months, but […]
April 6, 2008
This year’s fifth Connecting Up conference ‘Online and Off to the Future for Nonprofits!’ will bring together people, information and stories about how innovative community and nonprofit sectors are using technology to change their worlds, whether it be a neighbourhood […]
April 3, 2008
Liz Howland, a Pastor working in remote regions has responded to our article Queensland Encourages Grey Nomads To Plug Skills Gaps suggesting a register so Grey Nomads can match their skills with remote community needs. Liz writes: Dear Gail, I […]
April 2, 2008
From 1998 – 2000 Enrique Peñalosa was Mayor of Bogotá, Columbia, a city that ‘many had given up on’ such were the slums, chaos, violence, and traffic. He says he led ‘the transformation of a city’s attitude from one of […]
March 28, 2008
The NSW Road Transport Authority (RTA), which has been looking at the issue of power assisted bikes, now has a draft report. Graham Bradshaw, EO of the Retail Cycle Traders Association (RCTA) tells us this is available from the RCTA […]
March 13, 2008
Today Treehugger reports on some interesting questions. Steve Brooks, the acting head of Oxfam Cymru – Oxfam in Wales – asks if should we avoid fair trade goods from the developing world to help cut down on food miles? On […]