June
June 30, 2008
Having aged parents and in-laws the past few years have been an eye-opener for me with regard to institutional aged care. I definitely prefer the Italian idea of ‘Nonna’ sitting in the corner of a son or daughter’s home…if this […]
June 26, 2008
Clearwater Filter Systems’ Sales Manager Tom Cannard called us about our Bottled Water Responsible For Huge Emissions article and he’s sent us some info about Clearwater Systems. They have a clever slogan… H2-Know. Do the green thing, switch to the […]
June 25, 2008
In Processed Food And The 100 Mile Diet we gave a brief review of the 100-Mile Diet book by Canadians Alisa Smith and J B McKinnon. This book about a pair of Canadians ‘eating local’ for a year will be […]
June 24, 2008
Glenn Peters has pointed out the sentiments expressed in an Alertnet article about food production and farming in developing countries… arguments put forward that are relevant for Australian communities. The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and delegates at the High-Level Conference […]
June 23, 2008
The Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES)‘s Talent Management division reports a growing demand from corporate Australia for a range of customer service and graduate positions, led largely by Australia’s ‘Big Four’ banks. CEO Danny Lester says in 2006-07 the AES was […]
June 21, 2008
From mid to late July, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Newcastle will run two-day ABCD for Inclusion Workshops facilitated by Ted Smeaton and Mike Green who have developed and run these workshops throughout North America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Both […]
June 20, 2008
Martha McCoy – Executive Director of Everyday Democracy (formerly the Study Circles Resource Center) in Connecticut, USA – will be a key note speaker at the Adult Learning Australia’s 48th National Conference – Social Inclusion – Engaging the Disengaged in […]
June 20, 2008
PWF has been following the large number of comments on the electric bike posts (Electric bike ‘limits’… can we change the law?, Legislation to increase electric bike power? and 300W electric bikes? An update on the legislative process) with interest. […]
June 19, 2008
More on Grey Nomads…Finding Travel Companions. It seems we over 55s are reticent when it comes to sharing travel but our kids just do it! Check out the community/travel partner section of the gumtree websites for each state. This is […]
June 17, 2008
Here’s a big bouquet for the LETS network. Two weeks ago PWF responded to a request from Maureen offering accommodation in return for help as her broken leg healed. Fortunately a Sydney PWF reader advised that LETS (Local Exchange Trading […]
June 15, 2008
Co-housing has not yet taken off in Australia, BUT there is definitely interest, reports Sue White, freelance journalist writing for the Sydney Morning Herald. In Sydney – with sky high house prices and the rapid pace of city living – […]
June 15, 2008
Calling other Grey Nomads with skills…are you in a similar situation to Mike? If so, do get in touch. Mike has emailed PWF: “I was searching for outback jobs and on page 7 via google and I discovered your site. […]