Challenge DVD

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Get your school watching this insight into the environmental issues we all face. From water to energy to living miles away from a city, check this 23 min DVD to learn about the crucial issues of our times. See our young team interview experts from various fields. Teaching quuestions are included in the send out, so your class can learn as they go.

Yes, finally an educational DVD by young people for young people! Order your copy for only $5!

Or Download the 06 Challenge Film (23 mins)

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The Comics of Economics

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The Comics of Economics
– featuring Ross Ashcroft
7pm, Thursday January 10th, Melbourne CBD

In need of some FREE comedy to get your year on the roll?

Start the year laughing at the tightrope we walk juggling our finances. Ever wondered why it’s so difficult? Internationally acclaimed comedian Ross Ashcroft will take the mickey out of the structural reasons for our trials and tribulations, helping us laugh at the big picture causes. Ever wanted to laugh at why the top 10% own 80% of the planet and how little we address this core issue?

Ross has performed at Edinburgh’s Comedy Festival and runs a comedy club in London. Must see, must laugh, must think!

Drinks and cheap eats available.

Free entry. See you there! Venue: Horses Bazaar, 397 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (between Elizabeth & Queen). Melway reference (43 G7). For regulars, go the the northern end of Hardware Lane, turn left and it’s three doors up the hill on left.

***thanks to all who attended Frank de Jong’s highly successful ‘Tools of Sustainability’ Tour. Read about it and watch him in action.

I Want to Live Here report

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Bluestone Ward Key Findings:

  • Vacant land and housing in Bluestone Ward, City of Maribyrnong could see 1058 people living within 430 properties in the locality.
  • This would add 11.7% to the population in the municipality, greatly benefiting local business.
  • The extra supply of 430 properties to the market would limit if not reduce rampant property price inflation in the area.
  • Local, state and federal governments implicitly encourage such wastage with the tax system supporting speculative profiteering at the expense of productive land use.

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