June 29, 2009

Greyhound Coaches, Grey Nomads, The Wanderer..

A reader has suggested the Greyhound 12 twelve month hop on, hop off pass for all ages as an option for single would-be Grey Nomads. Some Ideas Mini Traveller Passes provide travel between two popular destinations and in between you […]
June 24, 2009

Melbourne Community Wide ‘Dialogue To Change’ Organisational Clinic

In Melbourne on Friday 24 July 2009 a one day Community Wide ‘Dialogue To Change’ Organisational Clinic will be hosted by the Australian Study Circles Network (ASCN) and Adult and Community Education (ACE) Victoria. Workshop Goals • To provide a […]
June 24, 2009

Canberra Community Wide ‘Dialogue To Change’ Organisational Clinic

In Canberra, 31 July 2009, there will be a one day Community Wide ‘Dialogue To Change’ Organisational Clinic hosted by Adult Learning Australia (ALA), The Australian Study Circles Network (ASCN) and The ACT Department of Education and Training (DET). Workshop […]
June 22, 2009

A Community Reality Check On Spending Bonanza?

How are you feeling about HOW the financial stimulus money is being spent and even ‘forced’ on schools and communities? Ipsos Mackay research says as a nation we are divided as to whether or not the stimulus will be effective […]
June 22, 2009

Collaborative Thinking, Purposeful Dialogue, Mindful Action

The Augustine Centre and Borderlands Co-operative – partner in the Oases Masters Program in Hawthorn, Melbourne – will host a July workshop with Dr Caresse Cranwell – Transformative Activism – Exploring the links between self-awareness, inter-personal capacity and eco-social transformation. […]
June 17, 2009

Social Enterprise – Jobs, And Companies ‘Looking After’ Communities

PWF has just reported the upcoming Social Traders/TREES Group social enterprise presentation on unemployment and community regeneration in Melbourne and we’ve checked out what some of the businesses in The TREES Group are doing in the UK. Thorpete Gas Services […]
June 16, 2009

The WATER FOOTPRINT Of Food…

Given our water problems, I found this Treehugger article informative, fascinating, frightening (?) More stuff to store at the back of the mind! Note: In general these figures come from Waterfootprint.org (pdf file) and represent gallons of water consumed per […]
June 15, 2009

Last Days To Sign Solar Power Feed-In Tariff Petition

The Energy Matters Community Initiative for solar power supporters across Australia has just a few days to collect final signatures before being submitted. 16,545 signatures have been collected for a national gross feed in tariff via the petition at www.feedintariff.com.au/. […]
June 15, 2009

YouTube And Business Survival In The Downturn

A new video channel ‘Survival of the Fastest’ was written up in The Weekend Australian, 14-15 June 2009. This is a collaborative effort between You Tube, the London Business School and Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper. The aim Collect ideas and […]
June 12, 2009

Software To Make Work Of Volunteer Treasurers Easier

Admin Bandit, developed for community organisations has won heaps of accolades, as has its developer, entrepreneur and Canberra mother of two, Nerida Gill, who is passionate about making that ‘hard to fill job’ of treasurer easier and so supporting hardworking […]
June 11, 2009

New Body Tackling Unemployment & Community Regeneration

Social Traders is a collaborative effort between the Victorian State Government, a private family trust and a consortium of community sector organisations with broad experience in social enterprise development. It aims to ‘facilitate, support and advocate for the development of […]
June 10, 2009

Town To Run Entirely On Biogas – Poo Power!

This morning I see Treeehugger is reporting that the German town of Lünen will become the first in the world to have its own dedicated biogas network – something for our Transition Towns to think about? “The 6.8 MW power […]