The Transition Town workshop was a wonderfully inspiring afternoon. Thanks to the 40 or so participants who came and joined in on the somewhat chaotic, yet strangely exhilarating meeting of minds. With Morag and Evan's... (read more)

Gardening is a funny thing. In some ways it feels like everything we do is so insignificant, so transient and instantly erased by the forces of nature as soon as we relax and look away.... (read more)

Next week I will have a week off work to complete the last big push of planting in my gardens. I have a large area under mulch mat and mulch for hardy ornamental plants- shrubs,... (read more)

Things are unusually peaceful in my garden at the moment. A light spring rain is falling, settling in some recent transplants and helping them make that crucial first connection to their new patch of soil.... (read more)

Making predictions is hard, especially about the future. All of us in this peak oil/climate change/relocalisation/down shifting movement have decided to think carefully about the future based on what we can learn today and to make... (read more)

It looks like my weekly blogging habit is starting to settle in. If I keep this up for a month then it should be set in concrete. This weeks post has no grand theme, just... (read more)

Just last week something quite wonderful and unexpected happened. In response to a small and unassuming ad in the back of our local permaculture group newsletter, and through word of mouth, twenty or so community... (read more)

I recently made the enormous mistake of boasting that after two years of work I was finally ahead of the planting season, having gotten my potato variety trial in the ground a month ahead of... (read more)

This is just a quick update. I am seeing a lot of people are reading my blog, but so far I have had very little actual feedback. My curiosity about who you are is burning... (read more)

The main focus of this entry is dealing with the drying weather. It has been a couple of months since we had substantial rain, though summer this year was particularly wet. The grass is still... (read more)

In the spirit of making more regular contributions I am determined to keep progress on the property more up to date to avoid data-dumps like the last post. The weather has well and truly turned the... (read more)

The Future Ready Expo at Kawana was quite an eye opener. There was a lot to see and hear. Listening to Roberto Perez (from the Power of Community DVD) was a real treat. We all... (read more)

Gathering my thoughts March 08 It has been almost a year since I last blogged, so you must be thinking I have oodles of news. And in a way I do. But in another way I don’t.... (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)

Below are the details of a "seminar" I found out about through the Brisbane Institute newsletter. Not sure if I'm going yet. I've contacted them for more details as I'd like to have... (read more)

Hi all. I'll be around on the QLD After Oil site, but I just thought I'd let you know I'm starting a blog about my investigations as an enviro-science student and my experiences as... (read more)

Its funny how the human heart can spin on a dime. Last week I harvested my first turnips. They were looking a little moth eaten, though the leafy tops had expanded admirably through heat and neglect... (read more)

It has now been three months since we (myself and my parents) made the move from crowded outer suburb to peaceful rural village. The move itself was fairly traumatic, given my parents had lived in the... (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)

The film night on Thursday was a very successful event. Approximately 20 people turned up, mainly members of the mailing list, but also a good-sized handful of enthusiastic newcomers. (By the way, if you missed the... (read more)

Last night's film night was an interesting one. 10 people came, almost all of whom had heard of 'peak oil'. After 'End of Suburbia', we pulled our chairs into a circle, filled our teacups and... (read more)

On Thursday 10th August, 7.30pm, the Blackall Range Relocalisation will hold the first of a series of film & discussion nights in Maleny, exploring the coming energy crisis and possible local solutions. The award-winning film "The... (read more)