Hermeneutica - Cultivating Resilience

We're back (softly softly, slowly slowly) but now in the northern suburbs of Melbourne!

Years later, having moved across the country and had a lil bub, we are now looking to bring all that is good about sustainable living practices and products to Victoria.

Stay tuned for workshops, the website relaunch, and a new online shopfront to give you all the knowledge, tools, and community you need to tread just that little bit lighter on the Earth.

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So we are LIVE! The It's Up 2 Us Campaign has begun and we would love anyone who is keen on working as a community to address the issue of climate change to join us!

Jaime has been working for years as a campaigner, lobbyist and advocate for addressing climate change and leaving a better world for future generations. Now, given our current political climate, she has decided that now more than ever It's Up 2 Us to come together as a community and make the changes needed to ensure a sustainable and prosperous future.

Jaime is offering to spend ONE WHOLE YEAR, FULL TIME dedicated to educating the community, participating in roundtables, lobbying government and industry, and institgating and facilitating community action to address climate change. That's 1,820 hours (yeah, I did the math), on behalf of all of us dedicated to improving our response to climate change. And how much is the investment for our own committed worker who is accountable to only the community? $25,000.

$25,000 buys us Jaime's time, energy, expertise and networks for an ENTIRE YEAR to make a difference. How amazing is that?!

The website is live, the givenow page is live, and having just started we already have $720 in the pot (that's nearly two full weeks, full time climate change action already covered by our community! Only 50 more weeks to go!).

Apart from donating to the campaign, we are also inviting interested peeps to become Campaign Ambassadors who will work to promote the campaign. PM me for a Position Description and I'll send it through.

So check it out! And become a part of a community taking control of what outcomes we want to see in response to the climate change challenge. Because now more than ever; It's Up 2 Us.

It's Up 2 Us! We are the ones we've been waiting for

This a great list for anyone to reflect upon:

Fifty tips for young women in the world News, style and advice for professional women through the filter of success

Spent lunch at the Fremantle Esplanade Hotel with the Fremantle Leaders' Luncheon looking at the new proposed plans for Kings Square and the Myer building site. Exciting times for Freo!

"Smart leadership is not about holding onto power. It’s not about coming up with all the answers. Smart leadership is about recognising limits to power and drawing on the collective knowledge and wisdom of others." - 'The Power of Co' TWYFORDS Publications.

We have just made a loan to group borrowers through KIVA in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to be able to purchase beans, groundnuts, oil, etc to run food stalls in their community. Lending through KIVA is an easy and effective way to contribute to capacity building in more marginalised countries.

I just made a loan to a borrower on Kiva Make a $25 loan on Kiva and empower an individual to start or grow a business, improve their home, go to school, and more.

We show this website to students during the Diploma of Sustainability, but thought that any sustainability minded folk (particularly with an interest in issues around consumption) may find his artwork fascinating. It's amazing what you can do with 29,000 credit cards (and that's just one of them!)

Chris Jordan - Running the Numbers Chris Jordan's online photography gallery.

The next Diploma of Sustainability course starts on the 23rd July! The course is a dual-diploma; if you already have a diploma or higher qualification it is only 4 units delivered online (plus one face-to-face workshop per unit) over 6 months to obtain the Diploma of Sustainability. A great balance of theory and personal practice, the course is accessible, innovative, and of great value for professional development. For more details please send us an e-mail or private message.

A fantastic role for an organised, sustainability focused person in the Fremantle area! Living Smart Coordinator; 0.8 FTE (30 hours a week), $60,000-$70,000 pro rata.

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We had a fantastic workshop for the Diploma of Sustainability students 'Sustainable Business' unit today. Electric vehicles, fair trade, social enterprises, raw food cafes and permaculture projects; a huge thanks to Leigh from Zap Electric Vehicles, Antonia from Oxfam, The Raw Kitchen, Gaelle from Angel Ms and Sparkles from Abundant Earth Education. The next course starts in July and only takes six months for people who already possess a diploma or higher degree. Contact us for details.

For all those businesses wanting to implement a Sustainability Strategy but don't know how (and don't want to fork out for a consultant to do it), this is a great interactive, real-time tool from Swinburne University's National Centre for Sustainability.

National Centre for Sustainability

A Unified Theory of Social Change through Harvard Business Review; accessible and absolute gold for the change-makers of the world.

A Unified Theory of Social Change Most conversations about changing the world eventually degenerate into despair or, after a hands-in-the-air "well, anyway..." segue, they lapse into a conversation about something more practical or pressing. That's because most discussions related to big change are about tactics rather than strategy...