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Like a lot of people, I've watched the footage of the insane floods in Nepal. Actually I glimpsed some footage in horror and then looked away- watching people's most intimate moment of terror felt... too intimate. Instead, I listened to the news reports in detail and...
If you’re paying attention (please pay attention*) you might notice that the human world is particularly off kilter, out of sorts, up shit creek, not being fair dinkum right now. One might find oneself wondering how to keep on keeping on amongst all the sad. Here’s...
I've just started working on a new book and it's had me walking around in circles - metaphorically and literally for weeks now. It's a thorough practical, political, fun and community exploration on how we can live through the...
Hello there... There's so much I want to tell you about what I've been up to for the past month or so. I want to tell you about the incredible people in Townsville Council I got to work alongside for their biannual Eco fiesta (they dressed me as the flower...
The Flower Power Project came from my friend Nadia Danti’s head and heart (she’s the angel above and below right). She was like “hey Hannah, I know we’re all really busy but you wanna use some of our backyards and grow heaps of flowers to give away for free to people...
As we wrap up our fifth Home Harvest edible garden trail, it's always good to pause and take a moment to reflect on the greatness that just was. Cause it was really great. I've organised countless community events and projects over the decades and I reckon this is one...
2023 was a particularly hard year for my little family. There were numerous work and personal stresses which just kept piling up. My partner (Anton) and I kept saying to each other - it's going to get easier, surely nothing else challenging is going to happen. But...
We’re happy to announce we’re working with Eat Well Tasmania and Sustainable Living Tasmania to hold our fifth annual “Home Harvest” garden tour in the nipaluna/Hobart region! Special thanks to the City of Hobart for funding this...
It brings me great joy to let you know that after living without goats for the past 6 months, we now have some again :-). If you're new here a bit of back story. I had goats for almost 6 years and loved them dearly - milking and feeding them daily (you can read a bit...
In 2022/23 I collaborated with Australia reMade to ask people living in lutruwita/Tasmania what they wanted a climate-safe future to look like for their island - we received hundreds of responses. We then worked with local animator Vivien Mason to turn them into a...