Outback Pub Brings Hope and Healing

A former vegetable farmer from Victoria has renovated a derelict outback pub with the aim of turning it into a community hub for local Aboriginal people. Andrew Stacey particularly wants to provide meaning and purpose for local youth by creating a place for all ages...

Cultivating Murder is showing at Belgrave Cinema

Tickets go on sale Monday, 24th of April. Cultivating Murder is a new feature documentary that tells the heart-rending story of the murder of Glen Turner, a public servant working for the Office of Environment and Heritage, who was gunned down on the side of a public...

Tiny Homes as a Solution To Homelessness in NSW

The Tiny Homes Foundation (THF) has received development approval for a pilot project in Gosford, NSW. The project, which is possibly the first of it’s kind in Australia, hopes to combat homelessness with a ‘homes first’ approach, using tiny houses as an affordable,...

Dazed by Dieback now available online

Friends This is just a little promotion for my recently self-published book ‘Dazed by Dieback’ (see attached) — a comic book exploration of the decline of trees and rural dieback in Australia and what can be done about it, starring the Streuth Family Investigative...

Change Your Diet, Change The World!

Dietary changes in High Income Countries could significantly contribute to more sustainable global water usage, land use and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as being healthier, according to a scientific review in PLOS ONE. The review looked at 63 studies of diets...

Show Me The Honey: Communication Between Birds and Humans

A remarkable interaction between humans and birds in Mozambique is a win-win for both species, reports Karl Gruber in an article summarising the recently published research of Dr Claire Spottiswoode on the ABC News Science website. The study draws on earlier research...

Progressive Cinema presents: Lands for Freedom

7pm on Thursday, 13th April at Kent House in Armidale. Lands for Freedom portrays four farmers in the 21st century, passionate rebels and visionaries. André, Giuseppe, Olga and Remy live and work in Belgium, Italy, Austria and Africa but they speak the same language,...