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1 post published by Graeme Stuart during August 2025| Sustaining Community
1 post published by Graeme Stuart during August 2025| Sustaining Community
The March for Australia rallies held across the country worry me deeply. We need to find responses that that open space for dialogue, connection, and understanding: approaches that show, in both w…| Sustaining Community
4 posts published by Graeme Stuart during January 2023| Sustaining Community
I’m still coming down from the excitement of Rising Tide’s 10-day protestival and people’s blockade of the world’s largest coal. It was such an amazing action. Continue reading →| Sustaining Community
Our book on the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) around the world - with chapters from 62 authors in 21 countries - is now available! Continue reading →| Sustaining Community
Trauma can have a large impact on all aspects of a person’s life including how they interact with community services. (See What is Trauma? and The impact of trauma.) Trauma-informed practice is thus an important foundation for services and practitioners in … Continue reading →| Sustaining Community
Yesterday I was one of 50 people arrested during an action calling for no new coal. This is why. Continue reading →| Sustaining Community
According to a large international study, around 70% of the world’s population have been exposed to a traumatic event (Benjet et al., 2016), although not all people who experience a traumatic event develop trauma. Of the people who were exposed … Continue reading →| Sustaining Community
Trauma is the result of our ability to cope being overwhelmed by facing (or believing we face) an extreme threat or danger. This post explores definitions and types of trauma. Continue reading →| Sustaining Community
I started the Sustaining Community blog to highlight resources and information that I thought were relevant to students and practitioners. Soon after, I also started writing content that I thought might be useful. The style and voice of the blog … Continue reading →| Sustaining Community
A list of significant international and Australian national days/weeks that focus on environmental issues for 2023. Continue reading →| Sustaining Community
A list of the Sustaining Community blog posts for 2020 and 2021. Continue reading →| Sustaining Community
An overview of some of the key statistics for 2022 for the Sustaining Community blog.| Sustaining Community
Strengths based approaches to social change and working with families & communities| Sustaining Community
3 posts published by Graeme Stuart during February 2019| Sustaining Community
When I first started as a youth worker in 1991, I was working in a medium-term accommodation unit for young people who were homeless. I really struggled with being in a position of authority having…| Sustaining Community
