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. What Is […]
“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 […]
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 Restaurants […]
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 […]
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 ‘lead’ […]
The Just Add Water project aims to put 200 megalitres into the Hattah Lakes, south of Mildura in Victoria. These lakes are internationally significant for their unique wildlife and in a first for a green group, the ACF (Australian Conservation […]
The Network For Good has published some key trends they’ve learnt from the Haiti relief giving…info for all types of NonProfits. About The Network For Good This organisation, supported by several large American corporations, has created a secure, convenient, online […]
The Kinglake Action Network & Development Organisation, KANDO – PWF can relate to this acronym! – is running a water Expo this weekend at trhe Kinglake Temporary Village Community Centre. It’s FREE. RSVP Please Everyone is welcome but could you […]
A Brisbane-based company Spaceout.com.au, is giving seniors and retirees a new revenue stream – from their own backyards! Seniors who own their home can now make use of new online services to help them rent out unused space to people […]
Elizabeth is a ‘grey nomad widow’. She’s in good shape – no illnesses! – and she lives in Frankston, Victoria. Elizabeth is writing a novel and planning lots of travelling. She has recently returned from India which she thoroughly enjoyed. […]
If you’re in Melbourne on the weekend of March 20-21, 2010, Transition Town Maroondah invites you to attend a workshop about creating a local sustainable community beyond oil dependency. Transition Town Maroondah (TTM) is a grassroots initiative working to make […]
Xris Reardon from Third-Way Theatre tells us this 5 day course, April 7-11 at Borderlands in Hawthorn, Melbourne, will cover the foundations in a Forum Play and the structuring a Forum play: plot story character development improvisations the spectator interventions […]