My work in local government—a few thoughts
A reflection on my recent role working in local government and a validation for my approach to the work...Read More
View ArticleLocal government version 2.0: from managerialism to platform
What could happen if councils made the change from managerialism to platform? From doing things for people to doing things with them? It might be a move away from vending machine government...Read More
View ArticleIn sydney, a new economics recognises its existence
SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT happened on Thursday 27 September 2012. How it unfolds over the next few years will determine whether it will be a good idea stillborn or the start of an authentically new...
View ArticleTransition Towns comes to Randwick
IT WAS a bit of a squeeze to get into the room at the Barrett House sustainability & community centre in Randwick. People sat on all of the available chairs and on the floor. They stood in the...
View ArticleSustainable Communities Plan for Chippendale—a submission
ON BEHALF of the Australian City Farms & Community Gardens Network, I prepared this submission to the City of Sydney’s public exhibition of the Sustainable Communities Plan for Chippendale...
View ArticleIt’s time for a little… passion mashing
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR some passion mashing attracted around 30 people who clustered in the meeting room at the Randwick Sustainability Hub in February this year for a workshop led by veteran social...
View ArticleCarNextDoor turns idle time into income
THINK OF IT this way… your car takes you somewhere then you park it and there it sits, and sits, and sits awaiting its next journey. Or, maybe, you take public transport to work and leave your car...
View ArticleMaking a better block in Clovelly
FOR MONTHS they had been meeting and now, on the warm Sunday morning of October 27, they were ready. How many would turn up? Would it all go well? Would it be a success? The transformation started. The...
View ArticleThe wild harvest — food from the streets
THERE’S a wild harvest out there in our cities, if you know where to look. Around here, where I live in Sydney’s coastal Eastern Suburbs, it’s that time of year when the lillipilly start to fruit and...
View ArticleIn the deep green
A WOMAN wanders through a forest garden in the green light cast by the tree canopy. It’s quiet in here. Shadows are deep. Small creatures in the leaf little are heard rather than seen. Unknown birds...
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