Frankston Council shows leadership with rate rebate for composting

Frankston Council, Victoria, has a run-away success with it’s rate rebate for composting program, Halve Garbage.   The designer of the program, Alison Winn, says: “I originally designed the ‘Halve Garbage Waste’ program and secured a $100 000 grant to roll out a smaller garbage bin service to residents.  Residents who signed up received either a compost bin... Read More

New bees in Newtown, NSW

Stef and Greg’s Newtown Hive About two years ago I bought a native stingless bee hive and bees from Tim Heard in Brisbane, Queensland.   Some 18 months later Peter Clarke from Wild Things at Ku-ring-gai Council showed several of us how to split a native stingless bee hive and I put the second hive into the Asylum Seekers Centre in Surry Hills.   This month... Read More

Food, Margaret Throsby on ABC FM and conversation

Talked with Margaret Throsby yesterday on ABC FM  about Sustainable Food, and we shared some laughter, histories and thoughts on food amidst five easy pieces of music . . . It was fun, thanks Margaret and your colleagues, M  Read More

Talking to Margaret Throsby on Radio National

Dear Fellow RadioHeads I’m not sure when it goes to air but at 12 noon tomorrow I’ll be talking to Margaret Throsby on Radio National about my new book, Sustainable Food: www.abc.net… May the airwaves be with you, M  Read More

The People’s Supermarket

The People’s Supermarket In England there’s a supermarket called, The People’s Supermarket. The supermarket was brought to my attention by someone I met at one of the events to promote my new book, Sustainable Food, Christine, who also sent me some photos of it and they’re above and below. Christine wrote: “I had a great time at the People’s... Read More

Funny thing, politics

But is this a laughing matter . . .   www.youtube.com…   M    Read More

Solar powered light for my tent

  Monique and her solar powered light and phone charger Today Monique Alfris, an Australian engineer working in India and Asia, gave me a solar powered light for my tent. Monique has set up a business and a program in India with her business partner, Kat and Jamie in India and Emma and Ben in Australia, to sell the lights to people who live in tents, shacks and are very poor. Since... Read More

Talking to Phillip Adams this Thursday about Sustainable Food

Phillip Adams and I’ll discuss my new book, Sustainable Food, this Thursday on ABC Radio National, Late Night Live  - www.abc.net…   That night I’ll be talking to Patrice Newell in the Muswellbrook library – do join us if you’re nearby.   Next day, Friday,  I’ll be at the ABC Bookshop in Bathurst where local food and knowledge will... Read More

Looking for a vacant lot for my city tent

Please let me know if you see a vacant lot in the area from Sydney’s eastern beaches out to Marrickville, Newtown or so.   The lot can be soil and grass or concrete, residential or factory.   I want to put a tent on it to stay in temporarily.  More on the design, food, water and living plans later.   I can’t offer prizes or inducements for this information... Read More

Bankstown Council wins unlimited places at book launch

As it puts the boot in to chooks Bankstown Council wins unlimited places at the launch of my new book. Recently a friend wanted to put some chooks in his backyard out Bankstown way, in outer Sydney, NSW.  He called the Council to get some advice which was you can’t do this you can’t do that and amounted to a small telephone eruption of telephone red tape. About 20 minutes after... Read More