The Growing Community Social Enterprise Movement
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The ABC’s Inside Business has provided a very positive picture of a Hepburn Wind an Australian community owned social enterprise.
This registered cooperative is Australia’s first community owned wind farm.
A Strong Conclusion From Collaboration
Hepburn Wind …
Democracy Evolving? In New Zealand AND Australia?
August 29th, 2010After being buoyed by Australian post-election ‘let’s improve the democracy discussions’ I see the NZ Opposition is braving the twittersphere inviting open discussion on new policies, espousing transparency and an opening up of the public sector, just like our …
Oil-Eating Microbe Discovered In Gulf Of Mexico
August 25th, 2010Have you seen the reports about an oil-eating microbe that scientists have found ‘flourishing’ in the Gulf of Mexico after the BP oil rig explosion?
Terry Hazen, researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, reported the finding …
CERES Sustainable Home Workshops: Sept – Nov 2010
August 10th, 2010CERES, Melbourne’s award-winning Community Environment Park in Brunswick is running a new series of Sustainable Home Workshops Saturday afternoons 1.30pm-3.30pm. They will focus on reducing our environmental impact at home, for example:
- Insulation and Glazing
- Green Cleaning
- Buying Green
- Living your Choices
- Sustainable Design and
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Twitter, Stephen Fry, Public Interest Journalism & The Future?
August 3rd, 2010The London Evening Standard’s Lucy Tobin reports that although Twitter has not as yet worked out how to make ‘serious money’ it appears British TV star Stephen Fry has.
You may have heard Stephen’s interview defending the modern digital …
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