Embodiment | Emergence | Ecology | Education
Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans) Eastern Maar Country Trees are great teachers especially when larger and much older than humans. They compel me to stop rushing forward to some urgently imagined destination. "Move out of the sagittal plane (the plane of time/duration) into verticality (the plane of presence)" they might say. They mutually support through roots... Continue Reading →
Photo by Mary Taylor on Pexels.com For some reason this has been on my radar for some time. Having lived and worked in a number of big cities, smaller regional and rural towns one notices distinct differences in heat island effects between larger and smaller urban environments. Densely populated urban environments with large tracts of... Continue Reading →
Formidable Vegetable Sound System have done it again with a quirky poignant tribute to one of Permaculture's founders Bill Mollison who died last year. Check it out here: http://www.pipmagazine.com.au/connect/bill-mollison-tribute-song-launch-trees-eat-us-formidable-vegetable-sound-system/ While your at it if you are looking for fun music to get children and grown-ups singing, dancing and more eco-literate you can't go past Formidable... Continue Reading →
Garden Drum's Helen Young reports on the KinderGardenProject: Putting the Green Back into Kindergartens a collaboration between the City of Ballarat, Deakin University, Uniting Care, Flemings Nurseries and Eureka Community Kindergarten Association: Putting ‘garden’ back into kindergarten
Very happy to be part of the collaborative work between Fleming's Nurseries, Mission Australia Early Learning, Deakin University City of Ballarat, ECKA, Uniting Care Ballarat connecting children to nature and the outdoors from a very early age: Kinder-gardens new focus for garden guru Garden guru Wes Fleming gives kindergarten play areas a makeover Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/garden-guru-wes-fleming-gives-kindergarten-play-areas-a-makeover-20140817-103p4o.html#ixzz3AzIQ49ZI... Continue Reading →
We’re a family of 4 living in Brunswick, Victoria bastion of bike culture; some might quip Melbourne’s answer to Amsterdam. With the help of bikes, good public transit and long-term membership of car-share company Flexicar we have been car-free for nearly eight years. We love our bikes! Currently there are 7 treadlies in the garden... Continue Reading →
About 12 months ago I came across an article in Organic Gardener Magazine Jan/Feb 2012 by Justin Russell on Microgreens. Microgreens are a super fast super food that are easy to grow in a wide variety of containers, well suited to confined spaces such as courtyards, apartment balconies, in a well lit corner of a... Continue Reading →
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