Politics in the Pub
March 12th, 2012
Much interest, many ideas and some heated discussions made for a lively night. Healthabitat’s contribution to the night is attached. Some basic facts about the Housing for Health program were…
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Maintaining Indigenous houses in South Australia
March 9th, 2012
An interesting interview with one of the people charged with delivering these services to a remote location in the remote northern region of South Australia is attached. HH has underlined…
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Earth-ships, swags and sustainable design
March 7th, 2012
Small and totally dependent on careful siting in the surrounding environment to ensure a good night’s sleep. More important matters related to sustainability relate to the poorest people in Australia….
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Drawings from the past, pointing to the future
March 6th, 2012
Over 20 years later these drawings have been used countless times to retell that important story. A Group Show of architects drawings seems like a great opportunity to give the…
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Comparing apples with apples (or toilets removing human waste safely)
March 2nd, 2012
. . . . . . The two pictures below describe very different approaches to solving the problem of removing human waste safely. The first aims at producing the most…
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UPK 5
February 21st, 2012
What started as UPK (1) in the late 1980s, as a way of getting a health message out to kids and adults using music, has continued to the present. The…
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Connecting the dots to where?
February 7th, 2012
Healthabitat presented a clear choice …….continue the current policy and implementation or make change based on proven results. For more discussion of the above brief points see the BIG ISSUE…
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From Global Studio Bhopal
January 23rd, 2012
Global Studio has been very busy, and as it finishes up a number of groups have carried out on-site projects. The Prempura group has worked with the school and local…
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Congratulations to the Aboriginal Housing Company, Redfern
January 20th, 2012
The Aboriginal Housing Company’s revised proposal went on exhibition yesterday, paving the way for three new residential and commercial precincts in a patch of land that has long symbolised the…
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Spot the problems?
December 18th, 2011
OK so let us look at a few of the issues raised in the article Is the transitional accommodation really tents, did the citizens of Elcho Island choose this and…
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A tale of two cities (or two very different tales of Mer Island in the Torres Strait)
December 15th, 2011
A brief report on the project from Housing for Health Manager on Mer Island, Greg Norman: In late 2009 HOUSING FOR HEALTH started community consultation on Murray Island, TSI QLD….
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HH remembers Mr Bal Ram Tamang, village leader Nepal
December 13th, 2011
Mr Bal Ram Tamang was an important leader in Bhattedande village Nepal, where the sanitation project has been run by CHDS over the last few years. He was strong supporter…
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