August 17, 2012

Bra Distribution – Volunteer Goodwill Being Burned

For women in the third world a bra is often unobtainable or unaffordable. Project Uplift! collects new and second hand bras and sends them wherever we have requests. Indigenous women in isolated communities have no access to bras and when […]
August 16, 2012

What’s Been Going On In Victoria’s TAFE/VET Sector…

Had you, like me, been wondering exactly what has happened in the VET sector to cause the Baillieu Government to act so harshly with the TAFEs? Ben Eltham on crowd-funded New Matilda explains: “According to the policy experts and union […]
August 9, 2012

New Energy Storage, Less Energy Demand = Change

Dramatic changes in demand meaning Australia needs virtually no new coal or gas baseload generation over the next decade plus the development of new water and salt-based batteries at WA’s Murdoch Uni signal change. Decreasing Demand And Growth In Small-Scale […]
August 9, 2012

An Urban Food Forest For Neighbourly Foraging!

The US city of Seattle has plans for a ‘food forest’ for the city. It wants to make blueberry picking a neighbourly activity. Permaculture And Foraging It IS great to pick food growing in a backyard and the vision of […]
August 9, 2012

Our Centralised Energy Grids At Risk?

Do energy consumers want a smart grid, or no grid at all, asks Giles Parkinson. He writes in Reneweconomy: “Very seldom do you get people who get mad as hell about electricity prices and go off grid. It simply costs […]
August 8, 2012

Social Enterprise StartUp – Cycle Courier Service In Nillumbik

A new social enterprise – Clockwork By Cycle Couriers – will offer local same day deliveries by bicycle in Nillumbik Shire in Melbourne’s outer NE. 100% of the profit will go back into Nillumbik Community Health Service and a new […]
August 7, 2012

Intro To Permaculture At Yarrunga – Croydon (Vic)

In outer NE Melbourne, Croydon’s Yarrunga Community Centre will run an affordable, accessible short course on Permaculture Oct- Nov 2012. On the basis of wanting to share knowledge of these important principles Yarrunga has won some government funding. About The […]