Supermoon – perigee moon – November 2016
It is an exciting night in the world. The moon is the closest it has been to Earth since 1948 and as close as it...
14 November, 2016
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Food politics, environment and production
Evolution of life from single celled organisms
This morning when I woke up, I wanted to find out more about the evolution of life forms on earth. 'Where did we come from?'...
29 October, 2016
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Bee extinction – we will have ourselves to blame
One of the problems of our human civilisation is that we are so slow to act when environmental processes that threaten our survival are known...
14 August, 2016
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Human origins – fire and language
Bill Hall is putting on a series of free lectures at the University of Melbourne on Human Origins, Cognitive technologies, and Futures. I went along...
29 October, 2015
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why don’t restaurants sell healthy food?
You know what it is like! You want to eat healthy food, but you go out to eat, and it all comes undone. And the...
24 April, 2014
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social entrepreneurship in the food industry
Apparently there is a real culture of social entrepreneurship in Australia, particularly Melbourne. I have been reading about a few organisations who have combined their...
25 March, 2014
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supply and demand in hospitality
Allan de Botton wrote a very interesting article recently in the Philosopher's Mail entitled: Culprit found in McDonalds outrage: YOU. He makes the point that...
22 March, 2014
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Shopping ethically
Do you like to choose your products based on how ethical the product is, or the company who manufactures this product? Do you value shopping...
15 March, 2014
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herb share – grow and share herbs
A friend in Melbourne shared a facebook page of a community organisation he is a part of. I can't find a website yet, but from...
08 October, 2013
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