April
April 19, 2012
Staying in country Victoria over Easter I heard about http://pt.warmshowers.org/ the ‘Warm Showers’ network for the first time. While children scrambled for Easter Eggs I heard about a French family who had just left my friend’s place in Beechworth, to […]
April 19, 2012
Spotify is a music streaming service launched in Sweden in October 2008 by ‘Spotify AB’. It streams selected music from a range of major and independent record labels, including Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group, and Universal. How Does It Work? […]
April 19, 2012
Michael J. Sandel, a political philosopher at Harvard ponders What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets. The following raises the question of what role markets should play in public life and personal relations? Do We Want A Market […]
April 18, 2012
‘A fundamental truism of economics is that if you tax something, you get less of it’, writes economics lecturer Stephen Kirchner in The Conversation. This helps explain why Australia’s housing market is chronically under-supplied and affordability is an issue. The […]
April 18, 2012
Melbourne’s Monash University has allowed a group of students, headed by 23 year old arts-science student Ali Majokah, to use an empty paddock which they will turn into a community market garden. The students will need to prove they can […]
April 16, 2012
Jane and Neil Monk are once again running their Awakening the Dreamer Symposiums – at Glen Park in Bayswater (Vic). They are thinking global citizens and they support the purpose of the Awakening the Dream, Changing the Dream Symposium. Find […]
April 15, 2012
Giles Parkinson of Renew Economy, ex Fin Review, asks what if network operators could turn to solar-powered air conditioners as a possible solution to reducing peak load on our electricity grid? The Current Situation – The Biggest Strain The number […]
April 15, 2012
Ted Smeaton of Inspiring Communities has emailed about a program that will provide a range of nationally accredited ‘Person-Centred and Asset-Based Community Development’ programs. A Unique Education Opportunity Inspiring Communities has partnered with Central Coast Business College, NSW, to provide […]
April 10, 2012
The 2012 Sustaining Rural Communities Conference – ‘Local Solutions to National Issues’ will take place Wednesday to Thursday 18-19 April 2012 in Narrabri, at the Crossing Theatre. The Conference will once again be free, with a $50 fee to cover […]