Ok so thats one of those sneaky titles but what I’m on about is that the urban wwoofing group on CouchSurfing has just clicked over 50 members, hooray!! I only know a handful of them so it’s slowly spreading nicely through the CouchSurfing community and perhaps a few other streams too. If you haven’t sussed… [Read more…]
December 1, 2010
As you may have noticed above, there is a little ‘updated’ word after the urban wwoofing page name above. Check it out, give me some feedback or get involved. enjoy.
August 31, 2010
[this post is in the suburban permi retrofit context, in short, a local living experiment in st clair, NSW AU for one month as a suburban wwoofing house-sit of my folks place.] We had a lovely little gathering round here on Sunday and the amaayzing food inspired me to whip up a little foodie post.… [Read more…]
August 22, 2010
This post relates to these previous ones: Livelocal experiment : suburban immersion + A chilly taste of the ride out here.. : Immersion #1 Well, im certainly immersed that’s for sure. So immersed I haven’t been posting, perhaps you noticed . . After the flurry of activity finishing projects and collecting up all the things I was… [Read more…]
July 28, 2010
My folks are heading to Sri Lanka for a month and for the first time we have a veggie garden which needs looking after.. It will be a bit different to my recent main stay “The Barn” – a creative artist warehouse near Alexandria south of Sydney town. Im going to take the oppurtunity for… [Read more…]
June 17, 2010
Earlier this year whilst staying at a wonderful urban wwoofing property in Melbourne I helped out with a re-design of a compost loo and helped flesh it out into complete composting system. I had recently re-read the poo-bible: The Humanure Handbook which – more recently – has been made wonderfully and freely available by its… [Read more…]
April 12, 2010
Just saw a little pic of me on the permaculture principles (PCP) site, I was aware that it was on a photo blog hosted there but just discovered it linked on the main page -nice. There has been growing interest in the Urban Wwoofing concept recently, im currently working on an article for the permi… [Read more…]
March 21, 2010
A friend passed on a Guardian article by Mark Boyle a few months ago, this character had spent a year living without money. He had previously studied economics, was a writer and hung onto his laptop during that time. His article late last year sparked a fury of interest – polarising the audience largely into… [Read more…]
September 21, 2009
[Theres now a area on Urban Wwoofing here] Hi there, My names Dylan and im an Urban WWOOFER. WWOOF = Willing Workers On Organic Farms. WWOOFers usually barter labour for food and board on farms in rural areas. Whilst travelling by touring bicycle in Victoria recently, I started using the term “Urban Woofing” to communicate… [Read more…]
some inspiration:Transition Network | Permaculture Diary|Permablitz | Live Local. DIY Frugalists throughout time..
license:
Hmm, so it seems that WP does display the odd ad and you have to pay an annual amount for completely no ads :( will try to figure that one out.
for now: Adblock them!
Its a free plugin. If theres one thing you take from this blog, let it be ABP!
April 8, 2011
0