Hope? coming to cinema near you

Via Delia at biddyjournal, news of a movie called Hope, which tells the stories of Siev-x. Screening very soon !! At the Nova in Melbourne, and around the whole of Australia.

i referred to an article in New Matilda a while back, and they've since changed all their links: Tony Kevin wrote on the seventh anniversary of the tragedy, describing the heartfelt compassion in the Canberra memorial that so many people struggled to create.

"Each pole represents compassion, love and acceptance of the stranger Australian values that were in little evidence in Australia during the 2001 election campaign"

353 people on the boat .. only 7 made it to Australia.






(image from wikipedia, thanks :{

from desert to oasis

Time for some good news. i've just been reading Pitchfork Design .. where Sam talks of a new project up near Swan Hill; and her inspiration is this amazing tale of greening the desert in Jordan.

This video is so worth watching, from desert to fruit trees and oasis: "You can solve the problems of the world in a garden," says Geoff Lawton the permaculture artist behind the project.




.. and read up on Sam's projects too, she's doing amazing work rebuilding the gardens in schools around Victoria. go Sam!