On the weekend 24/25 May I attended the Going Local Convergence at New Farm, Brisbane. I got the chance to catch up with our neighbours from the Sunshine Coast Energy Action Centre and the Sustainable... (read more)

I would like to share an interesting site I found on possible rising sea levels. You can play with it endlessly and view almost anywhere in the world to see what a new sea height... (read more)

I have lost in cyberspace my first blog entitled US which was a rundown about how hubby and I had come to this point. It was amusing, concise, interesting and informative. No honestly, you can... (read more)

Elvira suggested that I should write about coloured cotton plants. When we lived in the west, I grew lots of ordinary cotton just as a garden plant. We would pop a bush in anywhere in... (read more)

So we've skipped over the adventures in the bush. When we had had simply too much drought and floods and geographical isolation and intellectual isolation we headed back to the coast to our little... (read more)

A very interesting thing happened here last week. We had a public meeting sponsered by the Chamber of Commerce and two projects were chosen. One that I want to help with is a festival... (read more)

Well, it's one month today since the local council election and the amalgamation of three councils into one. The EDAP is still being written, but in reality, we it wouldn't have been appropriate to deliver it... (read more)

While talking to someone yesterday about peak oil and its possible effects on every aspect of life, I felt a bit like I did about Y2K. Do you all remember the hype and doomsday pictures... (read more)

We have been thinking that one of the best ways to help relocalize our community is to join existing organisations that have similar aims and revitalise them! For example, the QCWA, that is, the Country... (read more)

Here is a plan showing the food forest I am creating next to the chook run and then our cow/sheep paddock. The chook run has small compartments down it in which to grow veges and... (read more)

With all the rain this Summer, I couldn't do much to my farm. Not even keep up with the grass! Now the weather is cooling,I am all inspired to get to work! I have finally begun... (read more)

The Australian Conservation Foundation now has a website, called Who On Earth Cares, where we can each put ourselves on a map of Australians who care about climate change. Over 11,000 of us have... (read more)

My husband and I keep a personal blog which is chiefly about our adventures moving from the US to Australia, buying a rural property, building a passive solar strawbale house and attempting to become self... (read more)

Just joined three of my local groups and am hoping for some interesting connections and infomation about living simply and making/growing my own in Kenilworth. Current projects are starting a permaculture farm and garden and... (read more)

Thursday night I gave a presentation on oil depletion and relocalisation at the Permaculture Noosa January meeting (see the attached PDF of the presentation). The main purpose of the presentation was to introduce them to... (read more)

The night of 29th November was my 8th wedding anniversary. We stayed in a lovely hotel, right on the beach. Romantic, right? So what'd we do with our time? We watched TV. SBS aired "Independent America", a... (read more)

I've just posted the recent article from the Weekend Australian Magazine about people in Australia who've changed their lives in response to peak oil. My husband and I are the last couple featured in the... (read more)

Last Thursday's meeting was a very exciting event, with representatives from some well-known Maleny organisations in attendance. Mark gave an introduction to BRR, our goals and current projects. I was then to give an overview... (read more)