by Chris Bracher | Sep 11, 2020 | Community Development
At the core of Place-making is prevention and mitigation of social disconnection and loneliness. It’s a heart-felt driver of the work I undertake via My Neighbourhood. Im really pleased to see ABC elevate this matter to front of mind, on Q & A , 9.35 pm AEST...
by Chris Bracher | Sep 4, 2019 | Community Development
Earlier this week I attended the 12th annual Liveable Cities conference, at the Adelaide Convention Centre. Increasingly, this conference is attracting inter-disciplinary interest, in recognition of Liveability as a key and increasing driver within the planning of...
by Chris Bracher | Aug 25, 2019 | Community Development
Just a few short weeks ago Australia was in the midst of a Federal election campaign and the associated mad “left vs right” clamour for votes. At the time I was interested to analyse the policy responses of both sides to the burgeoning societal issue of mental health...
by Chris Bracher | Jul 21, 2019 | Community Development
Human beings largely choose to live in urban “herds”, where interactions with many other people are inevitable. However the great irony is that for many, physical proximity actually diminishes a preparedness to interact meaningfully. How so? Well, perhaps it’s due to...
by Chris Bracher | May 6, 2019 | Community Development
Amidst the current Australian federal election campaigns we are inundated daily with meaningless throwaway captions and media-grab slogans. Frankly, almost without exception they sell short the whole process of electing a government to steer our country through some...
