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From grief to green: advocating for a sustainable goodbye

Sue White — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:10:25 +0000

At 54, Tui Davidson is on a mission that many find difficult to discuss: transforming how we think about death. As the founder of Canberra social enterprise Earthly Remains, Tui...

Breaking barriers: Yasmine’s journey to revolutionise accessible tourism

Sue White — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 20:20:48 +0000

When Dr Yasmine Gray recounts the magic of her latest travel adventures, she lights up. A cold rainy day in Dunedin, New Zealand last summer didn’t deter her -...

RecycleAbilities revs up

Sue White — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 20:10:03 +0000

A small social enterprise is working to change even more lives. When you hold your brand new baby in your arms, you start imagining their future. What hopes and dreams...

The healing power of horses is helping locals across the region thanks to this social enterprise

Sue White — Tue, 07 May 2024 20:10:13 +0000

When Sarah* - a 40 year old Queanbeyan woman living with a disability – first came into contact with local social enterprise Catalyst Living Skills eighteen months ago, she...

A Canberra-born social enterprise is helping local communities build microforests across the ACT and beyond

Sue White — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:00:47 +0000

When the summer days are behind us, most of us tend to forget the heat until the next burst rolls around. Not Edwina Robinson. The experience of stepping out of...

Bonding over beanies, babies and baking

Sue White — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 19:00:49 +0000

As one half of the husband and wife team behind Braddon’s perennially popular Sweet Bones Bakery & Café, it’s unsurprising that chef Emily Brindley cooks her way through difficult...

Community is blooming in Scullin

Sue White — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 20:20:18 +0000

Thoughts of an old Seinfeld episode have led to a project connecting Scullin residents this lockdown. Inspiration famously comes in all forms. For Scullin resident Jim Sharrock, when lockdown 2.0...

The Golden Age Of Suburban Shopping: Scullin Shops

Sue White — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:10:41 +0000

Canberra’s planners had strong ideas about the importance of small suburban shops anchoring each suburb and providing a community hub as well as a place to purchase essentials. Over the...