New manual for sustainable living in Sydney

July 24, 2009 Permaculture

TerraCircle Inc's Australian project — a community sustainability action guide for local government...

Adrift in a strange land

July 20, 2009 Journal

JAMES BOYCE’S BOOK, Van Diemens Land, is a tale of how geography and environment can influence culture.

A little noise with your coffee, ma’am

July 20, 2009 Journal

A FRIEND OF MINE now avoids the popular practice of taking a break or meeting friends in cafes. It’s not that she has suddenly become anti-social or that…

Launched: the NSW Food Summit underway

July 14, 2009 The alt.food movement

THEY CAME FROM COUNCILS and health services, NGOs and universities, farms and government… and they filled the NSW Parliament House theatre to capacity. This was no convention of…

Gibson’s Spook Country a rapsody on our world

July 14, 2009 Journal

I’ve just finished reading William Gibson’s Spook Country, his most recent novel. Having now put it aside, I guess I’m trying to gather some thoughts about it.

Shuman: local the way forward in economics

July 12, 2009 Permaculture

Talk about rapid response. Within a couple days of Michael Shuman finishing his Brisbane address, something like $36,000 had been raised to set up a local economic initiative.…