I have been fortunate to interview some amazing people over the years. A lot of the interviews came via my involvement in RRR’s Greening the Apocalypse, and some of them from loitering around Half Moon Café in Coburg Mall with a H4N Zoom. Here are ten of the interviews that stick in my mind. 1. V.Vale V.Vale started RE/Search Publications, when Allen Ginsberg gave him … Continue reading Blessed are the interviewees
It is the golden era of podcasts. These are some of the shows I have been listening to lately. The Masterclass Podcast is hosted by Louisa Lim from the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. Episode 14: A Matter of Life and Death; True Crime Podcasts is a conversation between Louisa Lim and Wrong Skin’s Richard Baker and Trace’s Rachael Brown. Listen … Continue reading Outstanding Podcasts
In July I came up with a crackpot plan—to publish a blog post every Monday. But then I undertook a somewhat difficult task in the form of a 5 week MOOC called Intro to R For Journalists: How to find great stories in data, run by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course. MOOCs are a great … Continue reading On the need for data journalism
ISBN : 978-1-847-92459-9 Published 2017 by The Bodley Head 354 pages Available from independent publishers indiebound.org Those who avoid temptation in the first place tend to do much better. That’s why heroin-addicted Vietnam vets fared so well when they returned to the U.S. and escaped the drug-taking context altogether, and why it’s so important to construct your environment so temptations are far away. I first … Continue reading Irresistible: Why we can’t stop checking, scrolling, clicking and watching by Adam Altar
Tiny houses are on trend—the latest in a long list of architectural and social movements like aquaponics, rooftop gardening, container houses and intentional communities. But like their predecessors, just because they are good in theory, doesn’t mean they will work. Many tiny houses are stinking hot in summer, look like ugly boats, and have too many cupboards. Sarah Coles looks at common mistakes people make … Continue reading What’s with the porthole? : Common mistakes people make designing and building a tiny house
ISBN : 978-1-925556-11-7 Published 2017 by Melbourne Books 304 pages Hardback $49.95 Available for purchase from Permaculture Principles Progress is not about going down the same path; it is about changing paths. This book is unbelievable. Sometimes books written by experts aren’t much chop–the author being an expert in an area, like the Ebola epidemic or the assassination of Bhutto say, but useless when it … Continue reading Heartwood: The art and science of growing trees for conservation and profit by Rowan Reid
My interest in the politics of food started years ago more than a decade ago at a backyard talk by Sandor Ellis about fermentation. I read all of the books I could find–The Ethics Of What We Eat. The history of the pineapple. Macrobiotics. The Zen of Fish and The Secret Life of Lobsters. Some Buddhist cooking philosophy. Wendel Berry. The Secret Four Fish by … Continue reading On Food Politics
Wholesome family living, simple recipes and crafts
From the ground to the table
: growing, catching and cooking simple food
Growing our own and then eating it
All about herbs and herb gardens.
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Medicinal Plant Education
Science and art: Two sides of the same coin.
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Horticulturist, Arborist and Garden Columnist
Sarah Coles: Words and Radio
Sarah Coles: Words and Radio
Sarah Coles: Words and Radio
Author of The Year of Less
Easy ideas to make hectic lives healthier. Natural skin care. Farm stand finds!
A Community garden of a different kind. Four adjoining properties linked by gates, growing nearly 400 varieties of fruit, and a small nursery with low cost plant sales to help maintain them.
A Historian's Take on Food and Food Politics
