The goss is that the Wellington Street design proposals did not get up. It wasn’t from a lack of trying. 90 people got up at the Council meeting and most of them supported the design changes. However, only two councillors…
Category: Environment
Submission to Wellington Street proposal
The City of Yarra design proposals for Wellington Street in Collingwood and Clifton Hill are a bit tricky to get one’s head around. However, after careful consideration I am tentatively in favour of Option 1 for the section between Johnston…
not happy out there
Drats! Why are the sharks so vicious in NSW right now? three attacks in two days? What is going on? Are they hungry? Are they angry about something. It makes me think about a mistake I made recently. And another…
Farm their planet!!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOCugr0D54G/?igsh=dHI1N3Bpd3J0ZGZy Well that IS good news!! g ood for the KIDS!!! ((ouchies))
The loneliness of collapse
Contemplating the collapse of human civilisation can feel like a very lonely business. Knowledge of what may come seeps into everyday life, making it feel darker and colder. And yet some people would say it doesn’t have to be this…
Sleep walking into it
The not so nice thing is that we are walking straight into it – into the collapse of civilisation. Because our systems are so incapable of changing course. We have already passed quite a few ecological tipping points. And from…
Melbourne, I love you
At least I have my city. This city fills my soul and makes me feel like I belong somewhere in the world. All these subtle connections, The people I see day to day around my neighbourhood, They are a comforting…
For everyone a home
What is the scenario in Australia’s housing market right now. I read the news. I read the article twice actually. Housing affordability has never been worse. Particularly for first home buyers. . . The interesting point that I could not…
more housing less expensive
what is the story for renters? it is one thing, I think to want to cover your costs. Another thing entirely is to just keep raising prices in our economy for fun, or greed, or because EVERYONE else is doing…
Carving out stimulation free zones
When I got off the tele-facetime call with a family impacted by device usage at a young age today, I felt utterly dysregulated. I felt like I was totally overstimulated, and it made me feel sick in the stomach. My…