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  • Grace Petrie – Fixer Upper

    Grace Petrie – Fixer Upper

    I wanted to write a longer post about this song as I felt sharing it on https://mastodon.world/@OWGF and saying “this is great,” didn’t really capture how much I love it and why. Fixer Upper by Grace Petrie is to me the ultimate #SolarPunk anthem and the anthem for this blog too. https://genius.com/Grace-petrie-fixer-upper-lyrics At its heart… Read more

  • Every Day…

    Every Day…

    I spotted this poster on a recent City Beautiful video on Nebula, and decided to google it. Turns out there is a whole website you can buy posters from. https://www.everydayisyourchance.com Read more

  • Vulture Capitalism

    Vulture Capitalism

    To create a Wonderful Green Future, first it helps to understand how we got into multiple crises and what it will take to dig us out of them. This book by Grace Blakeley does just that. It’s easy to look at the state of the world around us and feel hopeless. We live in an… Read more

  • Participatory Urbanism (Holborn, London)

    Participatory Urbanism (Holborn, London)

    There’s a lot to like about this Holborn Liveable Neighbourhood web site, when it comes to Participatory Urbanism. If you are a Council and want to get public support, manage feedback, canvas residents for ideas, and keep people informed, this service from Commonplace is a great option. Firstly I do like the excellent overview, of… Read more

  • THE GREENLINE PROJECT – Melbourne, Australia

    THE GREENLINE PROJECT – Melbourne, Australia

    Our Wonderful Green Future involves us retrofitting our current cities of concrete & cars with new, vibrant, green and livable spaces. This will require a mix of small, local, initiatives, along with grand plans and big projects like the THE GREENLINE. The Greenline Project aims to reposition Melbourne’s Yarra River (Birrarung) as the focal point… Read more

  • First Nations and Renewable Energy Projects

    First Nations and Renewable Energy Projects

    Delivering better outcomes for Indigenous people and developing clean energy, in tandem, seems like the way to go for me. Of course far better “ownership” arrangements are needed and much more power and decision making needs to be devolved to those who live on the land, but this absolutely is a step in the right… Read more