Lindy Wills, Dancing Through Life (Audrey Daybook)
Lynette ‘Lindy’ Wills is one of Australia’s most accomplished ballerinas, but her 19-year career wasn’t sparked by visions of sugarplums.
Aiming High: Equal Playing Field (Fernwood)
Laura Youngson is not the type of person to sit back and seethe. Annoyed that a women’s soccer team didn’t receive funding while the men’s team did, Laura established the Equal Playing Field initiative to promote women in sport.
Mysterious Markings
In 1980 in America’s Bible Belt, a toddler named James Luke had tumours all over his body. An IV insertion caused a linear scar on his neck, while a tumour behind his left eye blinded him and another behind his right ear was biopsied.
The Plummery’s Urban Abundance (Pip Magazine)
The Plummery's garden beds grow an abundance of vegies, with surrounding fruit and nut trees underplanted with shrubs, herbs and flowers. Bubblegum grape shades the house and there’s a greenhouse with bananas and babaco, all contained on a 280m2 inner city block, the home of permaculture designer Kat Lavers.
Rescue Remedy (Sunday Life)
Australia’s animal shelters are brimming, with hundreds of thousands of companion animals euthanised every year. Rescue groups are inundated, relying on volunteer foster carers to open their homes and hearts to animals in need.
Older Single Women Paying The Price (Vice)
They've worked or been caretakers (or both) their whole lives, but they are the fastest growing homeless demographic in Australia—thanks to a lifetime of gender discrimination.
Jacob’s Food Diaries (Kidspot)
One morning a spelt pancake was transformed into a lion, and with that, the direction of Laleh Mohmedi’s life also changed.
Captain Planet: Fearmonger Or Prophet? (The Vocal)
Was the Captain and his devoted Planeteers being overly dramatic about the future of Planet Earth, or should we have taken greater heed?
With One Voice (Slow)
Soprano Tania de Jong AM recognises the power of the voice. The act of singing has been proven to make us happier, healthier, smarter and more creative, and Tania believes it's fundamental in removing barriers between people.
Lessons Learned at Hartley (Junkee)
If you were a teenager in the 90s, chances are you also did a fair bit of unofficial distance learning at Hartley High.
Farmer Incubator (Earth Garden)
Growing garlic may not be too tricky, but growing farmers can be. To help young prospective farmers gain the skills and experience they need in the field, Farmer Incubator was established.
Open Table (Peppermint)
Open Table’s wholesome community feasts enable folks from all walks of life to learn some of the issues surrounding our food system as they break bread together over rescued produce.
