Starfish is pleased to announce that it has been engaged to design and facilitateĀ the Annual Forum for the Housing AllianceĀ ~ a partnership between four community housing providers: Homes North, Homes Out West, Housing Plus and North Coast Community Housing. Through their collaboration as the Housing Alliance, they are the fourth largest community housing provider in […]
A unique opportunity to lead a Global Project and lend your expertise and passion in Sustainable Land Management (SLM). Global Project Lead Vital SLM initiative ā Biochar Passion to make a difference Position Summary Starfish is excited to be working on our largest initiative to date and seeking to appoint a passionate, capable and suitably […]
Starfish is pleased to announce that it has been engaged to design and facilitate a Governance & Strategy Retreat for Homes North Community Housing. The Retreat is significant in that itĀ coincides with the first full year of implementation of Homes North’s Strategic Plan and comes at a time of dynamic change in the social housing […]
Starfish Initiatives continues to break substantial new ground with its rural and regional sustainability initiatives, including several national and international ‘firsts’, such as: The world’s first Centre for Reconciliation (Myall Creek) Australia’s first Zero Net Energy Town (Uralla) Australia’s first community-council solar farm (Farming the Sun | Lismore) Australia’s leading region-wide focus on sustainable energy […]
Membership Now Open Applications for membership of C4CE are now open. Membership is open to all projects and organisations working on community energy ~ be they community groups, business, government agencies, research organisations and philanthropists. Membership is the first step in a larger process for the formation of C4CE. The reason your membership is so […]
Starfish has been engaged to research, review and update The Youthie’s Policy & Procedures Manual. The impetus for this project is to prepare for the opening of the new Tamworth Regional Youth Centre in Coledale (December 2014). The youth centre is to be one of the first and few purpose designed and purpose built youth […]
Starfish is very pleased to welcome Bruce Gardinder as our eigth Associate. Bruce specialises in the resilience of farming enterprises and has a degree in Agricultural Economics and over the past 20 years Bruce has has worked with more than 3,500 farmers. Bruce is a freelance consultant, however has worked with Border Rivers Gwydir Catchment […]
The overall purpose of Zero Net Energy Town (ZNET) is to create Australia’s first town which satisfies all of its own energy needs at all times from renewable energy sources in a way which is competitive with its current system of energy (in terms of price, quality, reliability, security of supply and so on). The […]
The Fruitvale district of East Oakland, California, is the turf of three major gangs ~ yet the residents of Casa de Paz never lock their doors. Casa de Paz is part of a group of homes that form an intentional community of peace and nonviolence in an area which is rife with structural and physical […]
This Invitation to Tender seeks one or more service providers to develop a Blueprint and Business Case for the creation of a Zero Net Energy Town in Australia, based upon a viable prototype in the Northern Inland Region of NSW. Following engagement of the successful tenderer/s at the end of October 2014, delivery of the […]
