Community Projects & Resilience

“Active Hope is about being active participants in bringing about what we hoped for. Active hope is a practice. It is something we do, rather than have. It is a process we can apply in any situation.” ~ Joanna Macy, from her book Active Hope. At the recent Australian Permaculture Convergence, on Paramangk country near…

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A wild food map is a simple way to identify and keep track of all the places where edible weeds, feral fruit, medicinal mushrooms and other yum things grow in your local area – so that, come late summer and autumn, many a happy weekend can be spent finding, picking and eating the bounty. Free,…

Joining a Crop Swap connects you with a network of gardeners who regularly exchange homegrown fruit and vegetables for free. Here's how to get started.

We've been making herbal tea posies from our garden, to leave on sick or isolating friends' doorsteps... community care in a jar. Here's what goes in.

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