Hundreds of people turned up at the Rethreads giant clothes swap on 19th September to surrender unworn clothes and dig around for some new favourites. Regardless of whether you are driven by the serendipity of a chance find, the principals of recycling or the satisfaction of cleaning out your wardrobe, these clothes swapping events are [...]
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Pyrmont’s Union Square gets a reprieve via a Green Ban from CFMEU
According to Fairfax’s urban affairs reporter Paul Bibby, A GREEN ban has been imposed on the site the State Government has chosen for the CBD Metro station in Pyrmont. The ban, by the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), places quite considerable pressure on David Campbell, the Transport Minister, to find another site. Paul [...]
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Want to Join in the Sydney Local Trading Day, Pyrmont Village?
Do you have goods that you no longer need, Pyrmont People? Or services that you can offer in exchange for items or services that you do need? Then join in the Local Exchange Trading Scheme (LETS) in Sydney on Sunday, 30 November. And what a perfect opportunity to shop for Christmas!
You can enjoy meeting others [...]
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Hey Pyrmont Community – Are You IN or OUT?
We here at Pyrmont Village are fortunate to have Mihiri Udabage from Generation Wonder (www.generationwonder.com) write us the following thought provoking piece. Mihiri owns and operates Generation Wonder, an on-line store for children, connecting the kids with global communities through the wonder of global products.
How do you know you are a part of community? [...]
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Pyrmont Events: Local Exchange Trading Scheme (LETS) Day
The Local Exchange Trading Scheme will be held on Sunday, 24 August 2008. Come along and trade goods and services that you can offer for those that you want or need – maybe things you don’t like doing or do not have the skills to do yourself. So join in the fun Pyrmont residents, and [...]
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Local Exchange Trading Scheme – Check it Out Pyrmont Village
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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“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 [...]
