Septic tank animation goes viral!
March 24th, 2012
Judith Torzillo was commissioned by HH to produce the animation and it was no easy task. The fact that over 19,000 people have viewed the short animation on You Tube…
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“Worth of Indigenous housing jobs questioned” ABC report
March 18th, 2012
The report from the ABC questions the type of work that local Indigenous people were involved in during the $1.7 billion dollar Federally-funded Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Project (SIHIP) in the…
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“More new houses in NT communities need repairs” ABC report
March 18th, 2012
Having documented poor construction in both new and upgraded houses, now other reports are starting to emerge about house construction quality. See the ABC report link and read more. These…
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Invisible housing
March 14th, 2012
The brief extracts from the report’s index show the areas covered by the report and housing seems to be absent. As always we are prepared to stand corrected. Housing’s impact…
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Teeth and Toilets in Nepal
March 14th, 2012
The Community Health and Development Society Nepal (CHDS), works in many communities on a variety of projects to ensure the well being of some of the most marginalised people in…
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Kirke Forbes – Nelson (Kumanara*)
March 13th, 2012
He worked on the original Housing for Health project in Pipalyatjara and never stopped working on the same principles as a UPK environmental health officer for the APY Lands, in the…
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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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