The long arms of the potatoes in a long grain rice bag! The young people doing the Planetary Health Initiative’s Permaculture Design Course are working flat out today on a design for their dream Planetary Health demonstration site at the old Katoomba Golf Course. There are more photos at the Read more…
Today’s new action: Baking our first-ever vegan plant-based quiche My husband and I have been together night and day throughout the pandemic. Day in, day out. But life is short, and so very very precious. So tonight we celebrated that we were fortunate enough to be having dinner together again. Read more…
Finally tackling an extremely unpleasant mistake I have an extremely unpleasant mistake in my backyard that’s been haunting me for three years. For my NEW action today I finally confronted it and created the solution to move forward … thanks to Blue Mountains Garden Groupies. We all make mistakes. Even Read more…
Step-by-step Permablitz Guide to set up a Zone 0 Permaculture Kitchen Garden Council’s Blue Mountains Planetary Health Initiative is half way through a free Permaculture Design Course with young people thanks to the support of a Youth Opportunities Grant. It’s building on a Teacher Training Course we ran in December Read more…
Just Look Up I’ve never reviewed a movie before, but tonight, for my #AYearInADay action, I decided to watch and review ‘Don’t Look Up’. With all the buzz around it, and a cast that includes Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo di Caprio, Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett (who I seriously didn’t recognise!) Read more…
Time Travelling in the Time of Covid Since Omicron arrived I’m rarely leaving the house, but I AM having a real ball time-travelling. I don’t know if it’s age, or COVID, but I’ve been filled with nostalgia for a past life. During the first Lockdown I tidied and sorted and Read more…
Taking positive action inspires and creates a cascading effect leading to change I keep thinking I’m doing everything I possibly can, and then someone surprises me by showing me there’s so much more that can be done to restore planetary health. Today I looked back at the last 10 days Read more…
Comfort food For two years we’ve been anxious, vigilant, put dreams on hold, and have made sacrifices for each other to stay safe. But, despite everything we did, this weekend, both my precious boys tested positive for Covid. As I waited fearfully and helplessly while they struggled with high fevers, Read more…
Today we’re launching A Year in a Day! To respond to the urgency of the need to restore planetary health, the Blue Mountains Planetary Health Pluriversity is initiating a Citizen Science Project in 2022 called ‘A Year In a Day’. We want to explore whether the small actions of individuals Read more…