March 29, 2011

‘Urban Coup’ CoHousing In Melbourne

There is an ongoing interest in PWF articles on CoHousing and Community Land Trusts. I’ve just heard a Radio National podcast with ‘Urban Coup’ , an initiative of a group of Melbournians who want to create not just housing, but […]
March 29, 2011

Italy Processes Asylum Seekers In 2 Months – No Detention

It is reported that five people have committed suicide in Australian Detention Centres in the past seven months. A 19 year old Afghan asylum seeker committed suicide at the remote Curtin Detention Centre last night. Refugee advocates say he had […]
March 27, 2011

Landshare Australia Up And Growing..

Landshare Australia – newly launched at Randwick Community Gardens, Sydney – is a matchmaking service for gardeners to help produce more homegrown veggies across Australia. It introduces people with spare land to others wanting to grow fruit and vegetables, but […]
March 27, 2011

Grey Nomads Seeking NT Work From May To September 2011

Nick Blowers is a Grey Nomad who has contacted PWF saying: “We are Grey Nomads and have our own self contained caravan. We are seeking voluntary work in Northern Territory from May to September 2011 in exchange for a powered […]
March 25, 2011

Tallest Skyscraper A Solar Farm & The Future For Urban Food?

EcoGeek reports how America’s tallest building – the Willis Tower in Chicago – is going green. EcoGeek writers believe there’s a safe balance between technology and nature and the articles on their website explore this symbiosis. Greening America’s Tallest Skyscraper […]
March 24, 2011

FREE Sustaining Rural Communities Conference: Narrabri

The 2nd Sustaining Rural Communities National Conference will be held at the Crossing Theatre, Narrabri, NSW on the 5th and 6th April 2011 with the theme of ‘Transforming Regional Australia’. Registrations close 31st March 2011 and registration is required to […]
March 21, 2011

R U O K? Tips To Get A Conversation Going..

Last year’s R U O K? day – a national suicide prevention action day – was deemed a big success. Following are some tips I came across after reading about ‘Key Staff Driven To Disorder’ and Graeme Cowan’s personal five […]
March 18, 2011

Closing The Gap – Government Should Steer Not Row

The content of the Closing the Gap report, 2011, has been called ‘underwhelming’…and it seems SOME insightful thinking on this issue just never sees the light of day, either in political circles it seems, or in mainstream media. Government Should […]
March 16, 2011

Conference: Connecting Up 2011 – Reboot Your NonProfit

Connecting Up 2011 is about making technology accessible, understandable AND practical. Now in its seventh year the conference focuses on how nonprofits and charities can use technology to help them do what they do even better. About The Program Connecting […]
March 15, 2011

Katherine Caretaking Job Recommendation To Grey Nomads

Tina and Will Visser would like to see PWF post info re: places for grey nomads to volunteer their time in exchange for shelter, power, water for the dry season in the Northern Territory. ONE Opportunity For two dry seasons […]
March 10, 2011

‘Major Accounts’ Selling Training Program

There will be an intensive three day sales training program for business owners and staff who sell to ‘major accounts’ in March and April 2011. Daryl Brooke of One Tree Hill Consulting, will run the sessions over three weeks to […]
March 10, 2011

Renewables Research, TIME, And Clean, Affordable Energy?

Commercial buildings are far more energy efficient than the residential sector according to data released at last week’s Green Cities 2011 Conference by property investment analyst IPD, AND commercial properties outperform non-rated buildings financially, reports The Age newspaper. Sustainability engineers […]