Community

Do children in rich “developed” countries really have all they need? We investigate the changing ecology of childhood.

A community garden connects neighbours, provides healthy outdoor activity and gives its gardeners a fabulous source of homegrown produce.

Community gardens are a creative outlet for people from all walks of life, and a growing movement in many parts of Australia.

Taking the Macro view it’s back to work right now for thousands of people around the world as the holiday season is draws to a close. As a Westerner, for the Dark Mistress this is a time of living out those New Year resolutions – exercise, weight-loss, de-stressing, etc, and, being behind a digital media […]

Have you noticed that there has been quite a lot of controversy in the media about the ABC showing the comedy At Home with Julia which offended many viewers who believed it demeaned the Prime Minister and especially her partner Tim Mathieson. Episode three showed a scene, where after Julia and Tim had sex in […]

Ingrained in the human psyche is a need for community. We long to be a part of something greater than ourselves.

Completion can only be achieved when we engage in community life, allowing aspects of ourselves to merge with aspects of others.

The Dark Mistress took a short holiday from Blogging and spent her time … well … reading other Blogs. Once you get over all the crap gobbledygook product blogs served on pages one and two of Google’s Blog Search there are some great souls out there in the Blogosphere. Life Blogs are like movies without […]

Thanks to Mad Man Entertainment I was lucky enough to attend an advanced screening of Biutiful, the Academy Award Nominated film starring Javier Bardem yesterday.

While doing some yoga related research on the weekend I came across an interesting article on Business Week, US. According to the article:

I thought we’d diverge off the usual yoga topics for just a moment to discuss a woman whose influence and scope is worldwide. People quote her, idolise her and buy products, read books and watch movies based entirely on her opinions on them. It is of course, Oprah!

Community gardens are a creative outlet for people from all walks, especially city dwellers, and a growing movement in many parts of Australia.