In response to what has been called Australia's worst drought in a thousand years,1 on Tuesday January 23rd Woolworths will donate its entire supermarkets profits from all Australian Woolworths & Safeway supermarkets to the Country Women's Association to help farming families with household bills, and for research into sustainable farming... (read more)

There will be a two-week long knowledge-swap on the theme of sustainable living, in Karamea, New Zealand, from 13-27 January 2007. A knowledge-swap is like a summer school, but money-free. Planned workshops include Ethanol Production, Knitting, handsewing, crochet and embroidery, Carpentry and building skills, Basic Lapidary, Fishing, Essential oil extraction, Chainsaw... (read more)

We've just finished the Winter School for 2006. Workshops on it included: Solar hot water, knife and axe sharpening (using files and knife sharpening stones), the establishment of a 'tribal work co-operative', smoking kahawai and then making a French vegetable soup and a French fish and potato pie (using local... (read more)