People, Planet, Profit!
June 7, 2007
Sue Ellson moved to Melbourne in 1994 – because of her husband’s job – changed her career, left work, and became a mother. Although she loved Melbourne, she found it difficult to find new friends and feel like it was […]
June 5, 2007
After receiving a brain injury from a car accident Milly Parker faced many years of unemployment and uncertainty, that was until she started her own business making dog biscuits. Now Milly sees her brain injury as a blessing, as she […]
June 3, 2007
Just announced is Round 5 of the Australian Tourism Development Program (ATDP), a special round of grants open only to applicants proposing projects in exceptional circumstances declared areas – drought declared areas – across Australia. Round 5 opened 1 June […]
May 31, 2007
The PWF article How DO adults learn…to tackle Coles/Woolies?? has racked up a lot of ‘page views’ and a reader has sent us the following story about a council consultant which really makes you wonder HOW we should go about […]
May 30, 2007
All you need to do to raise money for charity is click the boxes, promises new Melbourne based website Jehan Ratnatunga, Simon Griffiths and Matt Tilleard looked at ways use the power of internet to spark real and positive change. […]
May 29, 2007
A profile of one of WA’s fastest growing towns by one of its most innovative and passionate wine makers. Wine by Brad’s Brad Wehr spoke to us last year about Australia’s wine industry. Brad has been in the wine industry […]
May 29, 2007
A reader has alerted us to ‘small grants for volunteers’ winners in Victoria and the National Australia Bank, as a sponsor of National Volunteer Week, reports on global trends in skill-based volunteering corporations. Help for Darfur community to meet & […]
May 28, 2007
There will be a large area dedicated to sustainability at Melbourne’s Building and Home Improvement Expo, for the serious builder and renovator, which probably reflects how much more seriously we are all taking our ‘ecological footprint’. Wanting to lead by […]
May 27, 2007
No dry old format for the Melbourne-based Sustainable Living Foundation (SLF)! At its AGM this coming Thursday, 31 May, they will run a ‘live in the studio’ Great Debate – ’Technological Makeover or Social Transformation?’ . People are invited to […]
May 22, 2007
Farm Day, the successful program where city families are invited to visit farming families to learn more about life on the land, is on again this weekend. Farm Day is the ‘brain child’ of wool and lamb producer, Deb Bain. […]
May 21, 2007
PWF writes regularly about the achievements of Neighbourhood/Community Houses/Learning Centres but until a discussion with Dr Helen Sheil recently we hadn’t realised that ‘lifelong learning’ is education’s ‘poor cousin’ and there is no career pathway for those who teach adult […]
May 18, 2007
Enlightening responses from a recent survey of Victorian businesses on their responses to climate change. The Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry (VECCI) recently surveyed 91 Victorian businesses on their attitudes on working with the environment. The impressive and […]