POSTCARD from Mini-Conference on Permaculture in Society and Development

Our Mini-Conference was inspiring. The incredible permaculture mentors who attended was humbling and inspiring. Terry Leahy and April Sampson-Kelly were very happy that the day was a great success. The feedback from participants was that they felt empowered, engaged and inspired. PODCAST release – Enjoy our link to the podcast of Terry’s keynote speech. 45min Please donate if you appreciate our work to provide this podcast for you. Some of the key points of the keynote were: What is a gift economy? How hybrids of the gift economy and capitalism work? importance of global gifting Community nutrition gardens initiatives The …

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All Fry Together

Dr Terry Leah (keynote speaker and facilitator of our upcoming mini-conference) wrote: Our aid budget is nowhere near close to the 0.7% of GDP that is the minimal target suggested by the UN. Instead it is at 0.21% and is threatened to fall even further. What is going on? Australians by and large have no understanding at all that their affluence is built on the hard work of poor people in the developing world. They feel no responsibility to do anything about their plight. Aid is an easy target for government spending cuts. What most Australians believe is that people …

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