Dimitrios Papalexis, founder and director at Soulgen – building social capital, driving social innovation, enhancing community wellbeing – wanted a design that illustrated Asset Based Communiy Development (ABCD) – for T-shirts and other uses.
The final design (above) came together after three ideas (below) were drawn up and put out inviting feedback.
The inaugural Positive Pathways to local Rural Prosperity conference was held in Pickering Brook, Western Australia, September 17-20th 2024. Initiated by The Bank of Ideas which has been committed to ‘supporting the growth of enterprising, sustainable and vibrant small-town communities and economies’ since 1989. Here are a few of the cartoons drawn during the conference highlighting just some of the great ideas from the presentations and sessions. For more about small town reinvention and conference assets and presentations click here.
Cartoons from ideas by David Low, Australian Pesticide Reduction Network; highlighting the ‘reckless use of PFAS pesticide Fiprinol in Queensland and NSW ..’ in the fight against the red fire ant outbreak, the widespread use of the herbicide Paraquat, linked to Parkinson’s disease, and more.
Day two: graphic scribing – through Zoom – at the Pacific Islands Forum Women Leaders Meeting, 26th July in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, A dialogue on how women leaders can work together to achieve the 2050 vision by mainstreaming the Revitalised Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration and the Pacific Platform for Action on Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights.
A graphic recording of the Queensland University of Technology – Centre for Inclusive Education’s Wellbeing Hunt – a day of school students assessing their school for student wellbeing, then considering what could be done at their school to improve students’ wellbeing.
Dalal’s Story is one of 16 finalists in the World Health Organisation‘s 2024 Health for All Film Festival – Category 2: Emergencies, Migrants and Refugees Health. The film was produced by Laundry Lane, illustrations: Simon Kneebone, animation: Santiago Dutil, edited by: Claire Cooper-Southam, sound: Alex Armour. The film was commissioned by STARTTS Refugee Support Services. A longer version combined two refugee family stories, one Yazidi and one Rohingya; see the post for Mohammed and Dalal here.
From the Film Festival: ‘The public is encouraged to choose one of the films they would like to champion and comment about its story/topic, before the end of May 2024. Comments can be posted on their social media using #Film4Health or through the posts inserted in those YouTube playlists‘.
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Cartoons from the Alliance Building Day – Climate Impacted Communities Canberra Delegation – 25th March 2024, ‘For too long others have spoken on our behalf, or assumed what communities want and need.’ Preparation for the Advocacy Day on the 26th, ‘advocating in Parliament House for key asks that would improve the outcomes for climate impacted communities‘.
An alliance of: Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action (BSCA), Climate Action Network Australia (CANA), The Sunrise Project, The Grata Fund (re The Australian Climate Case), Sweltering Cities, Plan C, Reclaim Our Recovery and more!
The Cheltenham Cemetery Stobie Pole Project is engaging artists to paint the sides of stobie poles adjacent to the Cheltenham Cemetery with themes reflecting local history and figures buried in the cemetery. I have painted two sides.
One portrays Adelaide Miethke OBE, 1881 – 1962, an educator and teacher, initiator of the School of the Air, which used the existing Royal Flying Doctor Service radio network to connect teachers with students in remote and outback Australia.
The other side illustrates Henry Franson’s unfortunate death. He was head lighthouse keeper of the Wonga Shoal Lighthouse, marking the channel into Port Adelaide. At about 2.30 am on the 17th November 1912 the lighthouse was run into and destroyed by the sailing ship Dimsdale. Both lighthouse keepers drowned.
Adelaide Miethke and Henry Franson are buried in the Cheltenham Cemetery.
Cartoons from the Auditor-General’s Department ( South Australia) ‘world cafe’ style workshop for all staff to workshop thoughts and ideas to help develop the department’s new Strategic Plan; held in Adelaide, 12th March, and facilitated by the wonderful Denis Picton, Oztrain. One key message was to better promote the range of work that the department does and its value to the community – it is annoying to staff that the department is often confused in people’s minds with the Tax Office…
Each staff member had a ‘passport’ to be stamped as they moved from table to table – each table tackled a particular aspect of the department’s work…
Changing the narrative – artwork for the South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) Annual Report 2022-23.
Simon Kneebone - cartoonist and illustrator 