Longing to be belonging / Grassiest of grassroots gatherings / Dandenong Deliveries
Longing to be belonging “Everybody should have a place they belong to“, said the speaker at the social enterprise conference this week and I wrote the words down in my notebook and thought a bit…. Growing up I went to seven different schools and got good a taste of being the new kid in the street, […]
Retrosuburban Rich List / New Food Host in Oakleigh East
The Retrosuburban Rich List David Holmgren, aka the co-originator of Permaculture, is coming to CERES in October for a conversation about his new book Retrosuburbia; The Downshifters Guide to a Resilient Future. I’ve been reading this latest chapter in David’s 40 year Permaculture journey and beneath the practical strategies on retrofitting our houses, gardens and neighbourhoods David is […]
Shop News – Baked zucchini risotto / Embracing Pazoynd Day
Put a Zucchini on Your Neighbour’s Doorstep Day (March 25th) Over the last three years Pazoynd Day has greened-up, matured and filled out to become a tradition, a moment in time where the people of Melbourne clutch a marrow to its collective bosom and then just take it next door. All over the city not […]
Something for nothing and your lemons for free
This morning I was out walking when I came across a man wiping down the large green box that controls the traffic lights at our local school crossing. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was cleaning off the graffiti and that he does it quite regularly. The selflessness of it got me thinking […]
