Archive for March, 2010

Nillumbik Community Supported Agriculture Up And Running

A new business – Village Futures Food – linking food producers with consumers wanting to buy fresh, seasonal produce direct from farmers in their region, has been in operation for 5 weeks now – in a modest way.

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Relocalisation From A Slow Money Movement In The US?

“We must bring money back down to earth” says Woody Tasch on his Slow Money website.

Last Century, Fast Money And NOW

Woody continues saying:

  • There is such a thing as money that is too fast, companies that are too big,

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Large Print/Braille Embossing Now Available To Tourism/Hospitality Industry

Australia For All Alliance – a hard-working community group made up of people with disabilities and their carers – now has a braille embosser which can emboss both sides of an A4 sheet of paper.

Targetting Clubs And Restaurants

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Mackay/Whitsundays OK…Cyclone Cleanup Info

PWF is happy to pass on this Special Bulletin from Tourism Queensland about the Category 3 Cyclone Ului that crossed the Queensland Coast in the Mackay/Whitsundays region in the early hours of Sunday morning, 21 March.

Limited Damage

Fortunately damage …

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Big Business To End Indigenous Disadvantage With ‘GenerationOne’?

Australian business leaders came together last Friday to launch the GenerationOne campaign which aims to address the problems faced by Indigenous communities.

This campaign, hopefully, will have the power to go beyond politics. Perhaps it will be able to …

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