Green Connect News October 2020
Hi, It seems like the world has been a very serious place for the last few months. Worrying about the future and the people around us, watching news events unfold, [...]
A Better TOM-orrow
Content Warning: Domestic abuse, suicide mention ~ Despite his quiet nature and shy smile, anyone who spends more than 5 minutes with Tom will discover an extraordinarily bright young [...]
Eh Moo – A True Blue
Upon meeting Eh Moo for the first time, his smile is bright and inviting. His warm personality immediately creates an amicable vibe between us. We settle on a bench [...]
Green Connect News September 2020
In the two months since my last update, a lot has changed at Green Connect including staff coming and going, our new op shop opening, our office moving and lots [...]
Alyssamay’s Day in the Sun
Alyssamay, 19 years old, has been working at the Green Connect farm for six months on a contract through the Green Connect Youth Employment Program. As she shows me around [...]
How Jaycob went from school student to senior farm hand at Green Connect
Jaycob Miller is a senior farm hand at Green Connect. Farm manager Cal Champagne writes about how they met through Warrawong high school's permaculture garden and how he became a [...]
Kyle’s story
Kyle Hanby and his mum Kim were interviewed in May 2020 about their experience with Green Connect, and to share Kyle's story. Kyle Hanby started work experience at the Green [...]
Youth Engagement at the farm – Veg Box insert 30 January 2020
Youth Engagement at the Farm Growing food is an incredibly effective vehicle for achieving social change, especially among groups of people who can easily feel dis-empowered. When growing food, you [...]
The “secret sauce” – how Green Connect improves lives
The Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne University has been studying Green Connect over the last 12 months to investigate how social enterprises like ours improve health equity for young [...]
Green Connect’s youth employment program
Tucked away in one of the poorest suburbs of Wollongong, a city built on mining and manufacturing industries that are now in decline, lies an 11-acre permaculture farm that gives [...]