How far is it to the edge?  At some point business and community is going to clash if one keeps pushing the other. More >>

Where does the balance lie for material and psychological need in times of natural disaster?  More >>

When Bettina suggested we construct a labyrinth it immediately sent my neurons firing off in all directions ( read ' I thought it was a good idea')!
It was the art project that finally surfaced from all that activity up there in my head.  But that was only the start of it (and may well be the end of me)  – imagine a 6m x 6m canvas!  More >>

And perhaps rightly so.  Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) asked whether the day, 11 July WAS in truth, a day to celebrate.   Amongst its aims this group is promoting urban and rural lifestyles and practices that are in harmony with the realities of the Australian environment, its resource base and its biodiversity.  Very Us, huh? More >>

Mental ill health and particularly suicide takes such a terrible toll on families, friends and society it is difficult to understand how support for those suffering is largely left up to families and communities through voluntary support organisations.  I say ‘largely’ because it is true there are government programs and social enterprises such as religious organisations and a variety of (under) funded organisations, staffed by poorly paid support workers, who do their best for people in need. More >>

I attended the 'no Quarry in Kin Kin' public meeting in Pomona last Thursday. One audience member was referring yet again to the Biosphere as a 'toothless tiger'. I'd like to clarify: The UNESCO MAB program has never been designed to be a TIGER - with or without teeth.  More >>

I've been swatting Mozzies all day, when my fellow social board member Henrietta McAlister asked me to post the following mosquito reminder. More >>