The Retelling / Honouring Nirma
The Retelling Over the last seven years Plastic Free July’s were largely the unfashionable provenance of a few well-meaning but deeply suspect folk likely to ride bamboo framed bicycles or be the evangelistic owners of a home biodigester. This Plastic Free July, however, has been unlike any other; since ABC’s War on Waste, the supermarket plastic bag bans and the […]
The reward of inconvenience / Plastic Free July
This week I had the privilege, the pleasure of spending time with the people of Voedselteams in Belgium. Translated as Food Teams, there are close to 200 teams across Belgium’ s 5 regions, each being served by local farmers, bakers & wine makers. Voedselteams also draw on Fair Trade groceries from Oxfam and some of the farmers use their networks to […]
Plastic free mind / Seeking a self-seeder
Plastic free mind I wandered down to the Merri Creek this morning – no matter how long it’s been the creek always welcomes me back from whatever digital diversion that has kept me away. “Where’ve you been,” the muddy water, the yellow wattle flowers and wattlebirds ask. The winter flood had left its usual trove […]
