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What we Learned About the Commons through the Covid-19 Pandemic
Giselle Wilkinson, Colin Hocking, Jose Ramos, Gilbert Rochecouste, Maya Ward How Our Questions Came About The ideas in this article first surfaced when a few of us asked the question, ‘What would a Commons response to the pandemic look like?’ … Continue reading
Adventures on the global climate trail: The Quest – Safe Climate Conversation
It was 2015. The quest was to track down people working on rapid emission reductions, a full renewable-energy transition & social transformation. Scientists, activists, mobilisers and artists with evidence, messages and commitment geared to avoiding dangerous climate change. Geared, in … Continue reading
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Exploring contrasts – Brazil
Brazil: the Free University in Curita; Itaupo Dam, the Binacional Hydro Plant and nearby Foz do Iguacu. Australia: trying to hold the memory of our devastating Climate Change Bushfires (Feb 09) while experiencing these truly phenomenal Water Falls. Exploring contrasts … Continue reading
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Transformative Change in Action
first published in July, 2014 as an article in New Community magazine The future must enter you before it happens It’s lonely to get to the future first The Muses … in the dreaming … we are participating I am … Continue reading
Power in Community
The sequel to Founders and Founderhood, this article asks where does power reside in a community organisation? Where does it reside in a cooperative intentional cohousing community? Especially in a community which, by intention, is seeking to be an opportunity … Continue reading
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Founders & Founderhood
Great change is needed to address our social and environmental crises in the very challenging times in which we live. People gather in response to take action to help bring positive, solution-oriented change to our world. Change making projects, activities … Continue reading
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Talking to my Federal MP about climate change urgency
For the last twenty years Jenny Macklin has been my Federal MP in the safe Labor seat of Jaga Jaga. During that time she’s held political offices, been Minister or Shadow Minister of numerous portfolios (Aged Care, Social Security, Status … Continue reading
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The Roof, The Panels, the Car and the Energy Freedom Plan
The first electric car delivered at Murundaka cohousing community has moved Earth Co-op’s living vision closer to realisation. Although quite momentous it is not the first significant step to be taken. This group is part of a local groundswell addressing … Continue reading
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A Co-housing backstory
What more is there to learn from a co-housing community? I was one person involved in creating Murundaka Cohousing Community, the establishment of which of course has its own backstory. I offer a sliver of my story and ask forgiveness … Continue reading
Formation Group Blues and some Common Obstacles.
The Cohousing Study Tour (April to July 2015) commenced in the UK with a cohousing presentation and talk in Newcastle between Edinburgh and Leeds. Meeting the formation-stage Cohousing upon Tyne group, CoHUT to present Murundaka Co-housing and the Australian context. … Continue reading
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