Join conversation with gardeners, Costa and I about Sustainable Food book

For those near Bondi, Sydney:  a conversation at Bondi with local gardeners, Costa and I about my new book, Sustainable Food, and all the issues we face with food, water, soil, health and community – 17 October. There’ll be local food on the table and we’ll acknowledge the champs who grew it and hear from them, too, of course. And thank you, Transition Bondi, for arranging this – you’re leading the change we want to... Read More

Public meets to discuss plan to sustain a suburb

The Sustainable Communities Team have arranged a public meeting on Tuesday 16 October at 545 pm to discuss the plan to sustain a suburb, The Sustainable Communities Plan.   They’ve put the event onto Facebook where any person, even if they don’t use Facebook, may visit to see what’s planned.  Here’s an extract from the site:   The Sustainable Communities Panel is a completely free event brought to you by... Read More

Do successful politicians have more erect ears?

We come now to ears.   In the first chapter of his book, The Origin of the Species, Charles Darwin notices that domesticated animals tend to have drooping ears because  they’ve grown to have less need to hear or listen for predators to protect themselves. *   On reading this I wondered if successful human politicians may be characterised by more erect ears than their competitors, such ears giving them a greater capacity to hear what... Read More

Free mulch service, Australia-wide

Thais has posted this offer in the Sustainable Chippendale Facebook page. “Gardeners – free truckload of mulch for you to take away in open yard, Chippendale Yesterday we received a massive truckload of mulch to protect our gardens from the heat that is about to come; and it was free!! MulchNet has kindly donated the mix of beautiful mulch this afternoon, the lovely Wally dropped it off to us, and it is all now at the Pine St... Read More

A reminder of Italy in Lombok

Sunset from Cafe Alberto If escaping, perhaps finding yourself, or running from the law, exercising your curiosity or a whim . . . if any of these is yours – whatever the impetus may be that brings you to Lombok, come you to Café Alberto. Lombok Straight from Cafe Alberto This dash of Italy is on the southern headland of Senggigi.  On the web it categorises itself a “B and B”.*  It’s more than that, it’s an oasis. And have some... Read More