Problem solver. Food securer. Not accepting we can’t do better. Kelly McJannett is a Sydney woman on a mission. And it is a big mission: to address malnutrition and help create financial security for women. Kelly is doing this through her organisation ‘Food Ladder’. Tell us a little bit about your organisation, Food Ladder: FoodContinue reading “Not so ordinary: Kelly McJannett”
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Not so ordinary: Brett Seychell
Traveller. Social entrepreneur. Cycling to educate. Brett Seychell went on a cycling holiday in Europe to take a break from his London job. Many countries and roads later, he founded Social Cycles, and now leads others on bicycle tours with a strong social-conscience compass. Tell us a little bit about Social Cycles: Social Cycles is aContinue reading “Not so ordinary: Brett Seychell”
Not so ordinary: Sally Davis
Straight talker. Community leader. Woman of words. Sally Davis’s career has seen her add journalist, airline PR, university lecturer, mayor and health-book author to her CV. You have an interesting career path and CV – tell us a bit about it: My aim was to become a journalist; at first I was refused aContinue reading “Not so ordinary: Sally Davis”
Not so ordinary: Ben Thomas
Photographer. Explorer. Cityshinker. Ben Thomas is an Adelaide-born, Melbourne-based photographer. He is usually in other cities. What made you interested in photography? Where did it begin? I started filming a lot of the bands when I was 15 – a mate and I really got into it and started a little production company doing shortContinue reading “Not so ordinary: Ben Thomas”
Not so ordinary: Justine Webse
Foster parent. Difficult at times. Grateful. In this first ‘Not so ordinary’, Melburnian Justine Webse gives an insight into the world of foster parenting. What made you interested in being a foster parent? I grew up with a mother who’d been forced to give up her child to adoption. When the issue of parenting non-biologicalContinue reading “Not so ordinary: Justine Webse”