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The holiday is over …

The future is ABCD …

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.

Small towns – reinventing their futures …

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.

‘Don’t worry, it’s totally safe…’

Bombarding the red fire ants

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.

THE letter …

Gender Equality in the Pacific (2) …

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.

Gender Equality in the Pacific (1)…

Graphic scribing – through Zoom -at the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women – Meeting of Pacific Women Ministers, 25th July in the Republic of the Marshall Islands convened by the Pacific Community – Progressing Gender Equality in the region.

Simon Kneebone T-Shirt – White – Freedom from Torture shop

Spread a message of unity with our Cartoon Design Tee by Simon Kneebone, featuring the slogan ‘Where are you from? Earth?’. Printed sustainably, this unisex t-shirt is a thought-provoking way to show solidarity. Wear it to the July voting polls to remind all politicians of our shared humanity. All profits to charity.
— Read on shop.freedomfromtorture.org/products/simon-kneebone-t-shirt-white

‘We know what we want …’

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!

Tapping the staff resource …

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…