At one extreme master planned 'communities' can be soulless,sterile suburbs. The danger at the other extreme is social engineering. The question I have is can a city with character and soul be created without community input?

I went down to the Caloundra South display centre yesterday and spent a few hours with a friend discussing the possiblities and problems.  More >>

People with disabilities should be able to join in mainstream society, have fun and enjoy cultural activities like anyone else. More >>

What's the glue that sticks communities together?  Do we have some of it?  You bet!   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 >>

When Mike Shone had just joined the social board we had a lengthy conversation about which affordable AND sustainable housing models we could explore in the Biosphere. I was dreaming about creating NEW learning community clusters from scratch. Mike was suggesting the social board should aim for a 'RETROFIT'.  More >>

The one thing population growth has going for it is employment, albeit short term, cyclical, relatively unimaginative, relatively unsafe, deadline and profit driven, generally without a career path unless you belong to one of the few large construction companies and it doesn’t employ a lot of women. More >>

Palmview, Caloundra South and Glenview are manifestations of the Federal government's lack of a population policy and the more aggressive development lobby's influence on the State government. More >>