The Flinders University Health and Human Rights Group is a medical students society committed to health equality.
[Project]2 is our exciting new initiative - an aid project run parallel in two areas: The communities of Oak Valley and Yalata in the remote West of South Australia and Pokhara, Nepal.
We are focusing in both areas on the similarities - our common humanity and shared rights to healthcare - while embracing the different needs of the individual communities.
We are holding a major fundraising event on September 20th in Adelaide to fund [Project]2 and are looking for support from people attending the event or sponsoring us! read more »
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[Project]2 is our exciting new initiative - an aid project run parallel in two areas: The communities of Oak Valley and Yalata in the remote West of South Australia and Pokhara, Nepal.
We are focusing in both areas on the similarities - our common humanity and shared rights to healthcare - while embracing the different needs of the individual communities.
We are holding a major fundraising event on September 20th in Adelaide to fund [Project]2 and are looking for support from people attending the event or sponsoring us! read more »
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A formal city-country, or city-city exchange offers great opportunities for young people to explore their country, their creativity and widen their perspectives. Lots of councils and community groups have existing schemes along these lines but as far as I am aware there is no national body facilitating such activities. I'd like to be part of helping establish such a body.
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Transition towns are communities getting together to face the challenges presented by climate change and peak oil. The help people to understand the potential problems and work on solutions.
The website (http://transitiontowns.org) says...
"A Transition Initiative is a community working together to look Peak Oil and Climate Change squarely in the eye and address this BIG question:
"for all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain itself and thrive, how do we significantly increase resilience (to mitigate the effects of Peak Oil) and drastically reduce carbon emissions (to mitigate the effects of Climate Change)?"
The resulting coordinated range of projects across all these areas of life leads to a collectively designed energy descent pathway.
The community also recognises two crucial points:
* that we used immense amounts of creativity, ingenuity and adaptability on the way up the energy upslope, and that there's no reason for us not to do the same on the downslope
* if we collectively plan and act early enough there's every likelihood that we can create a way of living that's significantly more connected, more vibrant and more in touch with our environment than the oil-addicted treadmill that we find ourselves on today. "
Given that I am spending the next few months away from my community I cant do much to get involved with this idea at the moment, but i thought i would post it as a suggestion for those looking to start something in their own communities. read more »
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The website (http://transitiontowns.org) says...
"A Transition Initiative is a community working together to look Peak Oil and Climate Change squarely in the eye and address this BIG question:
"for all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain itself and thrive, how do we significantly increase resilience (to mitigate the effects of Peak Oil) and drastically reduce carbon emissions (to mitigate the effects of Climate Change)?"
The resulting coordinated range of projects across all these areas of life leads to a collectively designed energy descent pathway.
The community also recognises two crucial points:
* that we used immense amounts of creativity, ingenuity and adaptability on the way up the energy upslope, and that there's no reason for us not to do the same on the downslope
* if we collectively plan and act early enough there's every likelihood that we can create a way of living that's significantly more connected, more vibrant and more in touch with our environment than the oil-addicted treadmill that we find ourselves on today. "
Given that I am spending the next few months away from my community I cant do much to get involved with this idea at the moment, but i thought i would post it as a suggestion for those looking to start something in their own communities. read more »
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The Walking School Bus is a volunteer program in many places in Australia (and around the world) where adults walk a set route to school and pick up kids along the way.
Some cities have paid coordinaters and some rely on individuals to get the bus going.
For anyone looking to be involved in the development of their community i recommend getting involved in a walking school bus (Whether you are a parent or not).
If anyone wants further information on the value of the walking school bus for the community or the environment, you can visit http://www.eco-logica.co.uk/pdf/wtpp14.1.pdf. read more »
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Some cities have paid coordinaters and some rely on individuals to get the bus going.
For anyone looking to be involved in the development of their community i recommend getting involved in a walking school bus (Whether you are a parent or not).
If anyone wants further information on the value of the walking school bus for the community or the environment, you can visit http://www.eco-logica.co.uk/pdf/wtpp14.1.pdf. read more »
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DebtSwap is a scheme thought up by 180 Degrees (www.180degrees.org.au) which aims to overcome the financial constraints on university students’ ability to participate in the community. Put simply, the scheme would enable university students to have part of their HECS debt reduced in return for doing community service. This would increase civil awareness and social responsibility whilst decreasing financial pressures, thereby benefiting both students and not-for-profit organisations alike.
The idea for the scheme was submitted by 180 Degrees as part of the 2020 Summit, where PM Kevin Rudd described it as one of the Summit’s “top ideas”. Whilst there has been strong ‘in principle’ support for the idea, there has been a lot of debate about precisely what form the scheme should take.
As such, please consider the following issues and tell us any ideas you have as to how the scheme could be designed to overcome any potential problems:
1. Incentive Issues:
• Is a reduced HECS debt an adequate incentive for community participation, or should there be shorter-term incentives (such as book/food/transport vouchers, for example)?
• Should the ‘HECS reduction rate’ be fixed (on hourly, weekly or monthly basis) or should it be determined by the market (for example, school principals or NGOs could be given a certain number of ‘credits/vouchers’ and could then advertise positions at a rate to be determined by themselves)?
2. Equity Issues:
• Would the scheme favour rich students over poorer students?
• Would the scheme disadvantage students with less spare time?
• Can and should the scheme be expanded to involve non-university students?
• What about international students? Could they be included somehow?
3. Administrative Issues:
• On what basis should particular causes/organisations be included in the scheme? What criteria should be used?
• How would transparency be promoted and corruption prevented?
• How can the scheme be designed so that students don’t replace more experienced workers in non-profit organisations?
• How can the skills of students be matched to the community work they could be doing?
4. Other Issues:
• Would the scheme undermine unpaid volunteering? read more »
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The idea for the scheme was submitted by 180 Degrees as part of the 2020 Summit, where PM Kevin Rudd described it as one of the Summit’s “top ideas”. Whilst there has been strong ‘in principle’ support for the idea, there has been a lot of debate about precisely what form the scheme should take.
As such, please consider the following issues and tell us any ideas you have as to how the scheme could be designed to overcome any potential problems:
1. Incentive Issues:
• Is a reduced HECS debt an adequate incentive for community participation, or should there be shorter-term incentives (such as book/food/transport vouchers, for example)?
• Should the ‘HECS reduction rate’ be fixed (on hourly, weekly or monthly basis) or should it be determined by the market (for example, school principals or NGOs could be given a certain number of ‘credits/vouchers’ and could then advertise positions at a rate to be determined by themselves)?
2. Equity Issues:
• Would the scheme favour rich students over poorer students?
• Would the scheme disadvantage students with less spare time?
• Can and should the scheme be expanded to involve non-university students?
• What about international students? Could they be included somehow?
3. Administrative Issues:
• On what basis should particular causes/organisations be included in the scheme? What criteria should be used?
• How would transparency be promoted and corruption prevented?
• How can the scheme be designed so that students don’t replace more experienced workers in non-profit organisations?
• How can the skills of students be matched to the community work they could be doing?
4. Other Issues:
• Would the scheme undermine unpaid volunteering? read more »
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The idea behind our project is to empower youth about sustainability issues (relating to social justice and environmental issues) via sustainable bicycle tours. Basically, that we are "being the change we want to see in the world," while also empowering youth through a theatrical performance and various tour based workshops to also take on small changes that can have massive impacts in the world.
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This would be an arts & crafts store, but with a difference.
Firstly, it would be geared towards young people - tons of speciality craft stores, including the Craft Fair, tend to be geared towards older folk and young people feel really left out.
There would be supplies for nearly every art and craft imaginable, whether in stock or available on order (for bigger things that take up space). From knitting needles and yarn, to paints and brushes, to papers of all sorts. If you don't see it, let us know and we'll get it for you! Alongside the supplies will be lots of books, zines, and other media on crafting, art, and design, especially tailored to the more modern crafter - Keri Smith's work, Design It Yourself, Bazaar Bizarre, and so on.
There would also be a Consignment Shelf where crafters and artistans can display and sell their work in return for a small fee or commission. This shows the capability and possibility of crafting with the resources available.
The main point of difference is a Give It A Go room, where for a fee (perhaps with purchase of supplies, or a membership) people can go into the room and try out the art. There will be some spare supplies for peopel to experiment with. This would be good for aspiring artisans and crafters who want to try an artistic skill out but don't know where to go.
In that room there will also be regular classes, workshops, and meetings on art, crafts, and creativity. Community groups and art/craft groups can meet there too.
I envision this to be a cooperative - people buy memberships to support the store and its aims. There would also be connections with other crafters overseas, as well as plenty of community work supported by the store.
The general idea is to promote and encourage creativity in various forms, by giving people a space to try out and showcase their work regardless of skill level. read more »
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Firstly, it would be geared towards young people - tons of speciality craft stores, including the Craft Fair, tend to be geared towards older folk and young people feel really left out.
There would be supplies for nearly every art and craft imaginable, whether in stock or available on order (for bigger things that take up space). From knitting needles and yarn, to paints and brushes, to papers of all sorts. If you don't see it, let us know and we'll get it for you! Alongside the supplies will be lots of books, zines, and other media on crafting, art, and design, especially tailored to the more modern crafter - Keri Smith's work, Design It Yourself, Bazaar Bizarre, and so on.
There would also be a Consignment Shelf where crafters and artistans can display and sell their work in return for a small fee or commission. This shows the capability and possibility of crafting with the resources available.
The main point of difference is a Give It A Go room, where for a fee (perhaps with purchase of supplies, or a membership) people can go into the room and try out the art. There will be some spare supplies for peopel to experiment with. This would be good for aspiring artisans and crafters who want to try an artistic skill out but don't know where to go.
In that room there will also be regular classes, workshops, and meetings on art, crafts, and creativity. Community groups and art/craft groups can meet there too.
I envision this to be a cooperative - people buy memberships to support the store and its aims. There would also be connections with other crafters overseas, as well as plenty of community work supported by the store.
The general idea is to promote and encourage creativity in various forms, by giving people a space to try out and showcase their work regardless of skill level. read more »
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Youth LEAD, an innovative eco-social action and leadership training program designed to give young people the skills, motivation and opportunities to lead the way to a sustainable future.
Youth LEAD is facilitated by OzGREEN, an independent, not for profit organisation that was established in 1992. OzGREEN facilitates transformative learning and leadership programs for sustainability. OzGREEN enables people to harness their inner wisdom, creativity and intelligence to build pathways to an ecologically sustainable future.
The next Adelaide Youth LEAD is being held @ Douglass Scrub camp, McLaren Vale South Australia on the 26th to the 28th of September 08. read more »
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Youth LEAD is facilitated by OzGREEN, an independent, not for profit organisation that was established in 1992. OzGREEN facilitates transformative learning and leadership programs for sustainability. OzGREEN enables people to harness their inner wisdom, creativity and intelligence to build pathways to an ecologically sustainable future.
The next Adelaide Youth LEAD is being held @ Douglass Scrub camp, McLaren Vale South Australia on the 26th to the 28th of September 08. read more »
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