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 […]
Rowe Morrow – see her before she gets big / Fair Wood – what Pete’s been up to
Rosemary Morrow I’m not sure why Rosemary Morrow isn’t better known, her life story would make an incredibly watchable Netflix drama. For the past 40 years Rowe Morrow (that’s her above in red) has been teaching Permaculture to tens of thousands of people in shattered communities across the world’s warzones and disaster areas. Perhaps the lack of recognition […]
If you believe…..
It’s crunch time – one week to go before our Rewiring the food system campaign ends. One more week to buy the new software that will give more people access to Fair Food and by doing so will give more farmers fair prices, give more asylum seekers jobs and fund more education programs at CERES. 180 people have given $17,500, so it’s only $7,500 to get to our tipping point of $25,000 to make it happen. The scary thing is that If we don’t make the tipping point […]
Beans at Joe's. Bees in Pip.
If you’ve ridden or walked past the bottom end of Joe’s Market Garden on the Merri Creek lately you would have seen a large patch of broad beans waving in the breeze. This is our first crop since our farmer mentor and seed saver, Joe Garita, died earlier this year aged 89. If there’s anything […]
