I’m taking a break from blogging for around 4 weeks. See you again at the end of August 09! Geoff ps. You can still follow my 1 Photo per Day Project over here

A report that I proudly co-authored is now available! It tells a story about a project called Castlemaine 500 (which I also helped to orchestrate) … it’s successes, failures and the lessons learned. It is also an example of how an evaluation report can come alive with design, cartoons and stories! The Castlemaine 500 Performance Story Report was recently launched. You can watch interviews with participating households here. The best summary of the project is contained in the report though! If you want a hard copy of the report booklet email me. If you want to download it click here. …

Both Johnnie Moore and Chris Corrigan have written about Holding Questions – “What-the?” I hear you ask and why is holding questions relevant? Johnnie reflects on what he has learned from Chris had this to say here … “Chris would talk about “holding questions”. Again, my first reacting was: eh? It sounded a bit crazy to me, but just sensible enough to leave me with this puzzle, what would be good about that?. I was probably only just on the curious side of cynical. And again over time, I’ve started to get clearer, and more enthusiastic about the idea of …

Hat tip to Johnnie Moore for alerting me to this little interview between Doug Rushkoff vs Stephen Colbert. As myself and few others in Aireys Inlet start to get a Transition Town movement started, I think we need to apply and remember some the lessons here. Particularly when other community members feel the need to start controlling the outcomes and other corporate measures that come from conversations and gatherings. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Douglas Rushkoff www.colbertnation.com

For our family it appears that the monthly food budget is the biggest slice of the household expenses pie. With myself, Ingrid and 3 growing boys that’s probably no surprise to anyone! Now here’s the bit that surprised us … It appears that a humble little Nursery-come-Organic Grocer tops our list and the story of how we have shifted our vote (aka the $$ we spend) over the past 18 months is interesting … interesting enough to make us feel great and for me to decide to write about it here. Spend more, shop local & feel great Once upon …