How green is my valley?
Everybody lives in a watershed, and most of us live in the valley of a large river. Geographers, and many indigenous myths, point to the river as the one that…
Development Aid: Does it work?
“My voice cannot compete with an electric guitar”, said one specialist on development aid for Africa. Commentary on aid to Africa has, in the main, been the preserve of aging…
Peace Activist, Donna Mulhearn
Peace activist and former Iraq human shield, Donna Mulhearn, is to take up a role as Regional Coordinator of the Edmund Rice Network in NSW and the ACT. In announcing…
Kites Courting
A lone black kite appeared around Geneva two weeks ago. In many parts of the world (Asia, Africa, Australia), these kites are common, but in this part of Europe they…
John Donne, Priest, Poet (1631)
Today, in the Anglican Church, the Book of Common Prayer commemorates John Donne, priest and poet. I was struck by the beauty and aptness of this combination. Priests and poets…
Essential Economics Reading
Lucid commentary on economics is rare. In this time of economic crisis media commentary on economic matters has increased and public interest in such commentary has prompted greater coverage and…
How much water is enough ?
Saturday morning tends to be a little less stressful than the rest of the week. I get to stay in bed a little longer. Promptly at 7.00am my radio tunes…
Praise for Australian Centre Education Program
As reported in the recent edition of Oceania Province News:- “Federal Member for Rankin (Qld) and Minister for Small Business, Dr Craig Emerson recently spoke in the Federal Parliament about…
Thabani Dube, Zimbabwe Trader
Stories from Zimbabwe abound. We have heard the cholera stories, the state violence stories, the hyper-inflation stories and many, many more. All of them are dispiriting. All of them attest…