People, Planet, Profit!
February 27, 2013
Social enterprises can be described as organisations that create, support, nurture and empower businesses that are shifting us to a more socially equitable and environmentally sustainable world. Small Giants was founded in 2007 to do just this.
February 26, 2013
Michael Short, editor of The Zone, has profiled Braeden Lord of Aussie Farmers Direct, a businessman supporting Australian farmers and manufacturers, who now supplies – free of charge – 130,000 households in direct competition with Coles and Woolies. Michael writes: […]
February 26, 2013
On 6 March, at a business breakfast in Melbourne, international guest speaker Peter Hunt, CEO of Mutuo – UK peak body for mutuals/co-ops – will discuss the role of co-ops in Australia’s new economy with Michael Short, editor of The […]
February 14, 2013
PWF is happy to pass on a ‘Call out’ for The Neighbour Project for Melbourne Sharehooders. What Is The Sharehood? The Sharehood is a ‘grassroots group’ – 2641 people with 4968 shareables. THE SHAREHOOD’S DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THEY DO: The […]
February 3, 2013
Following is a ‘guest post’ packed with info by Brent Hardy – http://www.extraspace.com/ – writing about taking an office building ‘off the grid’. Twenty years ago, the thought of an office building without a monthly power bill would have seemed […]
January 30, 2013
Co-ops ‘do it better’. 2012 was the Year of the Co-op, now Melina Morrison of Social Business Australia is talking about a ‘Co-op Blueprint’ for the next decade. The Coming Decade The International Co-operative Alliance represents the world’s 1 billion […]
December 13, 2012
The Productivity Commission reports today, after investigating the quality of governments’ efforts in assessing the cost of red tape to the community, that ministers often announce policies first with the costs coming later ‘as an afterthought’. Some ‘Highly Significant’ Policies […]
November 28, 2012
Greg has contacted PWF looking for Grey Nomad work. He says he would like register his interest in helping out people in the outback – property owners or business owners. Greg writes: “I retired in June this year and have […]
November 5, 2012
An email received yesterday tells me that next year China will launch a tiny’ single seater car that does 258 miles to the gallon and will cost 4000 Yuan – $600 US. Produced by Volkswagen, the initial objective was to […]
October 31, 2012
I read a new term in Renew Economy today: ‘TWIMBYs’- turbines wanted in my backyard! Nearly two years ago the Victorian Baillieu Government was elected on a platform based partly – where renewables were concerned – on NIMBYism. However… Interest […]
October 26, 2012
The Australia Institute (TAI) is an independent Think Tank. It aims to push public debate beyond the simplistic question of whether markets or governments have all the answers to more important questions: When does government need to intervene in the […]
October 26, 2012
After experiencing some ‘ho-hum’ attitudes towards social media in community development, I was interested to hear Richard Branson say that: “Anyone who thinks new technology isn’t going to keep changing the world has got their head in the sand.” In […]