If the Murray were a he or she / Matthew
If the Murray were a he or she On Thursday the media was full of the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL). The report warned that… if the world is to combat dangerous climate change then we must urgently revolutionise what we eat, how we grow it and the way we use land. Once […]
Mal and Ben good wood men / Congrats Nicky, welcome Kelly
Mal and Ben good wood men The big cold front rolled in this afternoon. The Bureau says the temperature has dropped from 18C to 12C though they reckon it actually feels like 6.7C. Which seems like as good a moment as any to talk firewood. Agroforesters Mal and Ben came to the Fair […]
Alex Podolinsky – Pattern & Flow / Exciting Dirt
Alex Podolinsky – Pattern and Flow Growing up in 1930’s Germany Alex Podolinsky had a dream about a place with a giant yellow sun. Later as a refugee escaping World War II Alex Podolinsky came to the sunny land he saw in his dream and for the rest of his long life witnessed every single sunrise and sunset. If you’ve […]
What took us so long? / Best hospo gig ever?
What took us so long? Early this morning I was over in the park walking Jessie, our kelpie. The remnants of a kid’s party lay scattered on the ground around a picnic table. I picked up the foil lolly wrappers, the empty plastic creaming soda bottle and a half dozen plastic cups. Passing by, my neighbour, Alan […]
Reallocating the red carpet
Reallocating the red carpet Last Monday our own Lorna Pettifer won the equivalent of the Brownlow when she was announced as Australian Environmental Educator of the Year. And though Nat Fyfe is surely good at footy in this time of climate emergency it could be a wise move to reallocate the red carpet from the fella […]
The life changing joy of cycling-up
The life changing joy of cycling-up Everything that comes in and out of the Fair Food warehouse goes past Robyn Lasker’s desk. Robyn is the logistical link between Fair Food and the world – she supervises a team of drivers, she sets their routes, she loads their vans and she works out the delivery windows to let […]
