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Malaysia: the good, the bad and the durian

by on 23. Oct, 2011 in Anthropology, Culture, Ethnicity, Food, Human rights, Migration, Multiculturalism, My life, Photography, Politics, Refugees, Travel

As Australia continues its nauseating debate around the processing of asylum seekers and the proposed ‘Malaysia solution‘ finally meets its fate (hoorah!), my family and I have recently returned from a lovely holiday to peninsula Malaysia.  We had a fantastic time, and after many years of nearly visiting the country but always deciding at the [...]

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When eating and drinking can save the world

by on 08. May, 2011 in Aid and development, Culture, Food, Local community, My life, Social enterprise, Travel

Once upon a time when I was living in Belgium, I frequented a small bar in the equally small town of Hoogstraten, merely a hop, skip and jump from the Dutch border.  The place was packed every weekend with young people into good music, good beer and good company, and regulars took it in turn [...]

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Sustainable living – old news for migrant communities

by on 05. Apr, 2011 in Culture, Environment, Ethnicity, Food, Local community, Migration, Multiculturalism, My life, Refugees

Yesterday I attended a workshop by Environment Victoria focusing on communicating sustainability to CALD (culturally and linguistically diverse) communities.   Often migrants and even our own indigenous communities are not targeted in the communications of the large Australian environmental groups.  Some of the reasons for this is that they are not identified as being key target [...]

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Social business alive and kicking in Melbourne

by on 30. Mar, 2011 in Fashion, Food, Local community, Migration, Refugees, Social enterprise

Recently I have been devoting time to researching and learning about social businesses and social enterprises, which are effectively not-for-profit – or sometimes profit – businesses set up to address a social issue.   One of the pioneers of social business is Professor Muhammad Yunus, who established the Noble Peace prize winning Grameen Bank in [...]

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