Funny, honest vids that work (and don’t involve my generation)
There’s some terrific videos, vimeos and apps about how to get on with things and to repair our lovely torn Earth. They often involve kids or folks in their 20s, 30s, not my generation. My generation is the failed generation. We had our chance but blew it. Movies and vids with serious faced professors, ‘guru’s, ‘experts’ from universities – they simply don’t engage most people. And serious... Read More
ABC TV Landline on food security this Sunday
The ABC TV Landline story on food security, that some of us in Chippendale were involved in, is being re-run on ABC 1 this Sunday at noon. There was some great feedback on this piece last year, so hopefully the repeat will generate a similar response. Thanks again to Chippo folk and the others in the programme for helping bring this complicated issue to life. Enjoy, M Read More
Free Estimator for Solutions for Construction Pollution
Free Carbon Calculator Here is a free estimator. It’s an excel spreadsheet. Any developer, builder, designer, consultant, council or person may use it to estimate the pollution and impact caused by their project. Once you’ve estimated the impact the estimator suggests how you may offset the impact by investing in carbon farming and by turning food waste into soil. When we build projects we use water, energy, food and other resources.... Read More
Toby’s Estate supports Chippo community garden
New lime tree Mulch from reused sawdust from local craft workshop + coffee husks Reused coffee sacks in timber pallet garden On Thursday this week about ten folk from Toby’s Estate coffee gardened with me while we planted out some herbs and fruit trees they’d purchased from a list I gave them. And today a new gardener and arrival to Chippo, Anna, watered the new plants, introduced herself to some Toby’s folk and will join... Read More
Urban farming on Radio National
On ABC Radio National on Wednesday 4 April at 2 to 230 pm there’ll be a panel discussion of urban farming. There’ll be three panelists: Indira Naidoo, Will Smart and moi. The Panel starts each show and runs for about 25 minutes all up. abc.net… Should be fun. Let’s know if you listen in and find it handy, M Read More
