[Pil-pc-oceania] relocalisation

[Robyn Francis]

On 20/7/07 6:48 PM, Re: Pil-pc-oceania Digest, Vol 9, Issue 51 (Colin Ball)

> Conversely she encourages the Re-Localisation
> Movement as an alternative.  I agree with Russ (a few posts ago) that this
> conversation has yet to be developed in Australia.  In fact if you go to
> http://relocalise.net you'll only find 6 sites in Australia at Kuranda,
> Burnett Inland, Sunshine Coast, Cedar Vale (Qld after Oil) and Maleny, all
> in Qld,and Northern Rivers in NSW.  It strikes me why more permaculture
> organisations in Australia  aren't onto this yet?

Hi Colin,
A lot of Relocalisation action is occurring under the banner of local
Climate Action Groups and Climate Action Networks. We formed one in Nimbin
early this year (there's hundreds being set up around the country) - the APT
Cert IV students have been coordinating the group here. The topics are very
much focused on Bioregional initiatives as well as individual action. The
evening on Nimbin's food security had 70 people attending and resulted in a
weekly produce and barter market starting up in town.
Ciao
Robyn
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