January 31, 2011

The Church – A ‘Presencing’ Body For Advancing Sustainably?

“Why do our attempts to deal with the challenges of our time so often fail? The cause of our collective failure is that we are blind to the deeper dimension of leadership and transformational change. This ‘blind spot’ exists not […]
January 30, 2011

A Perfect Storm of Shortages And The Next Great Revolution?

Are we ready for a Perfect Storm of Shortages? A recent report by AgriFood Skills Australia states: “Failure to understand the absolute urgency for action by the training system, policy makers and the industry itself will not simply become an […]
January 26, 2011

Seven Easy Steps To Going Paperless In Your Office

The following guest post is written by Lloyd Burrell. He has a website that offers detailed reviews of modern home desks . He tries to practice what he preaches by keeping his home office as paperless as possible. Our offices, […]
January 25, 2011

Sustainable AND Affordable Modern Rammed Earth Housing

In Belgrave, in the Dandenong ranges not far from Melbourne, 86 year old former service station owner John Novrotny is persevering with his affordable building revolution, despite a lack of support from the building industry and government. His innovative new […]
January 24, 2011

Website That Connects Flood Victims’ Needs With Help Offers

Even people living in or near flood affected areas are not quite sure how to support their local community. Andy Henderson, the Technology Director of www.spaceout.com.au – the ‘one stop place for space’ around Oz – is offering individuals a […]
January 16, 2011

Australian Floods And The World Food Crisis Of 2011

As we face higher food prices and food shortages after the devastating eastern Australian floods, Ella Linwood from Sustainable Maleny (Qld) has passed on the following worryingly informative article by Lester Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute and author […]
January 13, 2011

Community Land Trusts – Affordable Housing & Business/Studio/Workspaces

Liz Page from Waratah Community Land Trust in Sydney and Phil Smith from Maleny (SE Qld) have been at an international conference on CLTs. Tomorrow night in Maleny they will screen a CLT film then discuss how this model might […]
January 12, 2011

Petition To Save World’s Bees

In this last week Avaaz started an email campaign asking people to sign a petition to save the world’s bee population, which scientists believe is silently dying off. The email contained links to the articles below. Do These Titles Bother […]
January 6, 2011

Flood Recovery: Industry Groups To Help Qld Ag. Businesses?

After the welcome announcement of grants up to $25,000 for small business/growers to help with flood clean-up and recovery, peak horticulture body Growcom has called for wider assistance due to the severity of the situation. Growcom has been contacting growers […]