I discovered this fabulous organisation recently and thought it was definitely worth a mention to the many talented and community-minded people in Pyrmont. It is called Local Exchange Trading Scheme (LETS) and essentially it is the exchange of goods and services that you can provide for those that you are in need of. For example, [...]
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Visit Sustainable Houses in the Pyrmont Neighbourhood
Sustainable House Day 2008 offers you the opportunity to step inside the homes of people who are reducing their water, waste and energy needs. You can visit houses in the Pyrmont neighbourhood to learn and experience the benefits of sustainable living from people who have already done it. During this event, learn from the home [...]
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Andrew Forrest, Visionary Australian, Visionary Contribution to Aboriginal Australia
Hey There Pyrmont People,
How are We all, Great One Hopes. I thought that I would write a very short note, to state how very pleased I am and indeed very proud that thIs week, the wealthiest Australian, in this country, decided to step up to the plate and make a contribution on a level, never [...]
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Pyrmont Events: Greenbiz Cafe
Discuss ideas about the coming “Global Age” every second Monday, just around the corner from Pyrmont at the Fair Trade Coffee Company, in Glebe. The Greenbiz Cafe gives you the opportunity to drink great coffe, talk about your ideas and enables small businesses to share ideas about ways in which they can contribute and prosper. [...]
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Community Owned Wind Farm: Australian First….WOW…
Its not everyday, that you read a story on a great community blog, and you go WOW…Why Did It Take So Long…Wake Up Australia…More of the Same Please.
Well, today was one of those days. Was trawling through the blogsphere, researching another local story when I came across, The Hepburn Community Wind Park which is being [...]
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“Our Common Future” - Making it a Reality
None of us likes the idea that the world we currently enjoy might not be around for our children to enjoy in the same way. The majority of Sydneysiders including those in our village of Pyrmont, however, now acknowledge it is a growing reality - if our generations continue to exhaust resources, develop economies that [...]
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Is Pyrmont Village a Sustainable Community … Why?
Sustainability seeks to encourage economic growth that benefits the local environment, rather than growth that occurs at its expense.
The economic growth experienced in the Western world since the days of industrialisation has precipitated an environmental crisis. We’re rapidly running out of the resources that sustain the standard of living most of us enjoy, and with [...]
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Pyrmont Apartment Living and the Rise of the Urban Cave Dweller
The ‘Australian Dream’ – a detached family house on a quarter-acre block in the suburbs? Perhaps now, with more apartments being built in major cities than houses, it’s time to rethink this traditional symbol of Australian life, and look at the century old ‘hidden’ history of apartment living in Sydney.
Apartment precincts, such as Pyrmont, are [...]
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NAIDOC Week: 6 - 13 July 2008
Hey there fellow Pyrmont resident, I know and you know that when living in the awesome happening village of Pyrmont one is never ever starved of the odd event or three to go see and check out. With Pyrmont being by the harbour and yet by the city at the same time, there is [...]
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Pyrmont Art Festival winner takes out Environmental Art Prize
We are pleased to report that the winner of the Pyrmont Village sponsored prize at the Pyrmont Art Festival, Amanda Seddon, has also scooped up the recent Environmental Art Prize. Her winning work “FreeTurtle soup”, is a mixed media piece, using acrylics & recycled wrapping paper on Recycled board.
Amanda is achieving impressive results, having also [...]
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