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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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A little bit of culture comes to Sunshine

by on 19. Mar, 2011 in Culture, Ethnicity, Local community, Migration, My life

Today we visited our local municipality’s annual festival in Sunshine. Apart from all the usual features of a community festival like rides,  music stages, showbags and fast food, the Brimbank Festival includes a vibrant multicultural parade. With 41% of its population born overseas and a significant number of these migrants having recently arrived in Australia, Sunshine is one [...]

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