Ecovillage cohouse may be happening

After months of trying to organise a custom designed shared house at the ecovillage at Currumbin (theecovillage.com.au), and eventually almost giving up due to escalating building costs, I've finally found someone prepared to take it on and we may have a goer.

The ecovillage is a commercial development where the village is self sufficient for energy, water and waste, with 80% of the land reserved for conservation purposes. But the land prices are inaccessible to people average incomes who don't already own property. I wanted to be part of the project and make it more accessible. The idea is to build a pavilion house consisting of 5 cabins for 4 people with shared kitchen and guest cabin.

I've done concept drawings, built a model and had it costed by kit home manufacturers. Now I've got someone interested in building it. This is going to be a big job. The next step is to get my owner builder's licence...

Didn't wilfully expose?

More of the nude bike notunnel protest arrest: well, I got advice from legal aid who thought I should plead 'not guilty' as the act says wilful exposure is exposing the genitals and it's unlikely I did that. The solicitor went and consulted with about 15 people to come up with this.

Then this morning the police officer came back to see me and changed the charge to 'public nuisance' for similar reasons. They also had had much debate.

So it seems women are not wilfully exposing by going naked, just being a nuisance.

I think people are quite enjoying this!

Nude cycle terra-ist

Yesterday I got arrested on a nude bike ride protest against the development of tunnels in Brisbane.

Cars kill 500 people a year in Queensland, and 70% of inner-city space in Brisbane is devoted to motor vehicles, wiping out all other species. I don't think nudity ever killed anything.

In the clash of cultures, the powerful dominant culture scores again. Mind you, we got news on 4 tv channels and press coverage. But will it be worth the fine? It would be nice if others would help out...