For anyone interested in learning about indigenous community gardens and social enterprises in Australia I recently discovered this wonderful website and resource, http://www.remoteindigenousgardens.net/ It has lists of indigenous gardens across Australia and access to resources and information. [...]
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February 17th, 2010 - 2:19 pm § in Blogroll, Sustainable Action
Hugh’s Edible Britain – Landshare and Guerrilla Gardening in Britain
I recently visited the market village of Axminster on the South West English coast, where the River Cottage Canteen is situated. River Cottage Canteen is the British celebrity chef Hugh Fearnly Wittingstall’s (HFW) cafe and local store. Why am I writing about a celebrity chef? Well HFW is a c[...]
The honest city – Bangkok Car Free Day
I recently reported that I was in Thailand for a couple for weeks a couple of weeks ago, and I noticed a sign for Bangkok (BKK) car free day, however the rest of the text was in Thai so I was unable to ascertain when it was. This sign intrigued me because BKK is one [...][...]
December 28th, 2009 - 11:45 am § in Blogroll
The Brisbane to Bogota journey thus far
Well I have been out of Australia for just over 3 weeks and unfortunately I have been sick for most of it and have as yet been unable to see much sustainability in motion. However I have been able to learn and read about lots more initiatives and caught up on some writing about a couple of s[...]
December 28th, 2009 - 9:43 am § in Blogroll, City Farms
Balaangala Community Group
Balaangala Community Group is a reconciliation group that formed as a result of responding to ‘GetUp!’ (an online independent, grass-roots community advocacy organisation), that was requesting people or groups to start a conversation about ‘reconciliation’. From this Balaang[...]
December 21st, 2009 - 11:39 pm § in Blogroll, City Farms
Northey Street City Farm
Northey Street City Farm is a three hectare permaculture city farm in my city ‘Brisbane’. NSCF was the first community garden in Brisbane and was started in 1992 by Dick Copeman and a group of his friends. The site where Northey Street City Farm is, was council land situated on[...]
November 26th, 2009 - 3:12 pm § in Blogroll
Departure Date Looms Ever Closer.
Well the time is nigh… Departure date is looming and yet my blog is still not yet ready for launch. The reason for my absence of late is because of my final uni exam on the topic of Global and Regional Sustainability. Uni studies, wrapping up at my job in community mental health and packing [.[...]
Sustainable City 1 – Brisbane
As part of Brisbane to Bogota I will be reporting on several sustainable cities, so I thought I’d start with my own. Brisbane is the capital city of the state of Queensland and is located in the south east of the state. Brisbane is 30 kms from the beautiful Moreton Bay and is situated east of [..[...]
Wild Food in the City
I was wandering around Kelvin Grove Urban Village (KGUV) this morning, which is a 16 hectare master-planned community that demonstrates best practice in sustainable, mixed-use urban development in Brisbane. While I was there I saw few dismal looking ornamental potted plants beside a street cafe an[...]
Guerrilla Gardening
I mentioned Guerrilla Gardening in the PARKing post and it occurred to me that some of you may not have heard of this global phenomenon, so I thought I’d write a blog about one of my favourite forms of peaceful dissent. Guerrilla Gardening is a type of direct action where individuals or ‘[...]
