Everybody now acknowledges that there is a problem concerning our environment. The unfamiliar and unsure part is what we can do to solve this. Last week one of the leading thinkers in sustainable design visited Australia. Ezio Manzini shared his wisdom in helping us make this change now. He identified the tools and opportunity we have already around [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Indigenous Australia'
Sustainable Design and Ezio Manzini
July 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Environment, Indigenous Australia, Social Innovation, Social Media, Social justice, entrepreneur, sustainability, technology
Tags: Australia·change·climate change·collaboration·communication·community·connection·contribution·Environment·government·human behaviour·local·needs·technology·Web
Are Music Festivals offline versions of online Communities?
January 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Environment, Indigenous Australia, Music, Social Media, Social justice, personal development, sustainability
If Social Media is bringing like minded people together online, music festivals are bringing bodies together offline. Every year around the world, outdoor music festivals, for a variety of tastes & genres, host hundreds of thousands of people. Those attending put up with overcrowding, queues & the extremes of the elements (including mud or extreme [...]
Tags: climate change·collaboration·community·connection·contribution·festival·growth·hope·human behaviour·local·love·Social justice·Social Media
Avatar’s eco worship starts a new debate
January 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Environment, Indigenous Australia, Social Media, Social justice, personal development, sustainability
There is no doubt that James Cameron’s Avatar is a visual masterpiece. The story may not be new but isn’t this more a true use of storytelling? Delivering a message when we can’t seem to face the reality? As we struggle to find a solution to an environment choking on the progress of Industrialisation, Avatar’s [...]
Tags: Australia·climate change·communication·connection·contribution·growth·human behaviour·spirituality
Building the community for next generation at ‘The Block’
January 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Indigenous Australia, Social justice
Every month the Redfern Community Centre runs a Family Culture Day. Fiona Brook, an amateur photographer, had heard about the changes in the area and as a local resident, felt compelled to document the situation for the aboriginal community. The intention was to capture the moment in an insightful and compassionate way through a portfolio [...]
Why are we Liberal or Conservative?
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Environment, Indigenous Australia, Social justice, sustainability
The five moral values that form the basis of not only our political choices but why we behave the way we do. Very interesting speech which explores the balance of the world. Great to watch when interested in Social Change.
