Illawarra op shops, charity bins not the only solution to getting rid of clothes
Illawarra Mercury – 22 May 2021
Think putting unwanted pants in a charity bin is a good deed? Few realise about 90 per cent of donations will never end up in an op shop. So where do you take your old clothes? READ MORE >
Workshops for Urban Growers
The Bugle – 6 March 2021
Those who shop at the Kiama Farmer’s Market will have seen Su Meh and others selling vegetables at the Green Connect stall, without knowing the story behind the produce.
Green Connect ready to show off its redeveloped farm
Illawarra Mercury – 4 March 2021
Cal Champagne says the new farm setup at Green Connect’s Warrawong base is like being in a new world.
Call for scale-up of Illawarra youth jobs program with proven outcomes
Illawarra Mercury – August 2020
Community Resources CEO Jess Moore and Green Connect general manager Kylie Flament have approached state and federal MPs regarding a funded program they believe can be used as a blueprint for other parts of the country.
Environmental benefits provide ‘silver lining’ – and social connection – during COVID-19 crisis
Illawarra Mercury – March 2020
Enviro boost: CEO of Green Connect Kylie Flament says more people are taking up gardening or ordering food from local farms.
21 Illawarra school holiday events you’ll want to know about
Illawarra Mercury – December 2019
Farm experience for kids at Green Connect. Kids can touch, smell and taste their way through 11 acres of farmlands at Lake Heights. They’ll get to meet the pigs, chickens and sheep and see how the social enterprise recovers waste and grows fair food.
Dance, music, poetry, circus for Viva la Gong 2019
Mirage – November 2019
Remember that Viva la Gong is a sustainable festival and works with Green Connect to support festival goers to manage their rubbish.
Bruce Precious takes out lifetime honour award at Green Globes 2019
The Fifth Estate – November 2019
Illawarra-based social enterprise Green Connect won the Community Leadership Award for its work connecting young people and refugees with environmental employment opportunities.
Perfect pitch to a make more sustainable future with full employment
Illawarra Mercury – October 2019
A group of five Dean’s Scholar students has taken out iAccelerate’s #Act4SDGs Challenge Pitch Final with a three prong approach to creating full employment for Wollongong.
20 things to do in the Illawarra these school holidays
Illawarra Mercury – September 2019
Green Connect farm tour. Take a look around this urban farm in Warrawong with its market gardens, slow-producing fruit forests and free-range sheep, pigs and chickens.
Full list of IMB Bank Illawarra Business Award finalists named by business chamber
Illawarra Mercury – September 2019
Green Connect is named a finalist in Excellence in Sustainability and Excellence in Workplace Inclusion. Kylie Flament, General Manager of Green Connect, is named a finalist in Oustanding Leader of the Year.
Fair Food Farm
Gardening Australia – July 2019
Although Fair Food Farm looks like it could be set on a South-East Asian hillside, Clarence assures us that this abundant project is actually in the Illawarra, and is doing great things for migrants in the local community.
The Illawarra organisation providing green opportunities for former refugees and youth
Planet Ark – July 2019
Stop leaving your shit behind! Music festivals unite to target campsite “littering” by gromets
The Music Network – June 2019
Green Connect is connecting disengaged Illawarra youth to farming jobs
Illawarra Mercury – January 2019
Kiama Independent – September 2018
Green Connect has been supplying the Illawarra with organic, seasonal vegetables for four years and now their veg boxes are available in Kiama.
SBS News – August 2018
The Illawarra region is grappling with high unemployment and refugees are among those struggling to find a job. But one grassroots organisation is forging a new way forward.
ABC Landline – August 2017
This project converts over-grown, forgotten land into sustainable community gardens that employs refugees and Australians struggling to find work. In a nutshell, it’s fair food and a fair go — what’s not to love about it?
ABC Illawarra – August 2017
Have you seen the market gardeners in Wollongong? Karenni refugees are using urban wasteland to grow food.
Bioculturally diverse farmers
Sydney Environment Institute – July 2017
What would happen if landless farmers were given more opportunities to develop ecologically sound social enterprises and feed neighbourhoods?
Youth Food Movement Australia – March 2017
Managing the farm clearly isn’t just a job to Callum Champagne, either. We asked Callum a bit about how he turned a neglected space into a flourishing new home for a community growing good, fair food.
Green Connect – A different Warrawong
UOW blogs – December 2016
AUSCCER PhD Candidate Ananth Gopal reflects on his time volunteering with social enterprise Green Connect and the possibilities for productive relations to grow.
Refugees involved in Green Connect make a difference at TIGS
Illawarra Mercury – June 2016
“TIGS Great Fete organisers said they do such a great job many people visiting the event have remarked on the friendly service offered by the Green Connect team looking after waste management and sustainability.”