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dear melbs, scomo said we can't stay under the doona forever, yet here we are. maybe this is the solution to covid-19 + melbourne winter mornings? #doonasuit #covidvic #coronavirus

“the researchers found that valuing time over money brought double the magnitude of happiness related to materialism” — Robert Roy Britt medium.com/p/time-can-mak…

Thank you to everyone who came along for TheDevelopmentCircle event on ethical comms! Was a pleasure to share learnings from ACFID and see so much interest in storytelling, ethics and the new ACFID EDMF. Jessica Plummer Tom Perry

I'm so glad there are people in #NGO & #globaldev communications spaces asking the bigger, harder questions and grappling out loud with how to do #DevComms with more dignity and equity.

Excited to share my interview with NGO Storytelling: ngostorytelling.com/blog/2019/8/20… /1

Before you head overseas to volunteer...consider why. This article by Rishi Bhandari, a Nepali who grew up surrounded by international volunteers, offers such an important perspective. #rethinkorphanages learningservice.info/vehicles-for-y…

Looking forward to debating ethical comms and discussing ACFID's new ethical decision-making framework at the next TheDevelopmentCircle event! 10 September in Melb with angela rutter from @valuesandframes, Tom Perry from World Bank and photographer Lara McKinley.

Slowly, the giants move...and finally Woolworths moves to divest from pokies. This is very welcome news. The actual pokies aren't going to disappear, of course, but the pressure is at least creating awareness and change. theguardian.com/business/2019/…

Adani, if it goes ahead, will create ONE HUNDRED JOBS. Not the thousands originally promised, not even the 1200 subsequently admitted in court. Almost entirely automated - while putting the tourism industry that employs tens of thousands of Queenslanders at risk. #Adani100Jobs

9billion$ is the key word for pressuring this corrupt policy of exile to Manus& Nauru. One of the main reasons this govt insists on continuing this barbaric policy is to engage in huge corruption. We are here and we know the massive amounts of money going into companies' pockets.

Since this morning four more people attempted suicide or self harm. 3 were on Manus and were transferred to local hospital. Another man was in Port Moresby. The number has increased to at least 31. I don't know what tragedy means in Australian culture? #auspol

3 more people self harmed or burned themselves since this morning on Manus. So far at least 20 people attempted suicide. 5 people are in the local hospital and 2 were transferred to Port Moresby over the past few days. So many people are unable to eat because of deep depression.

The local hospital in Manus is not capable of admitting suicidal and self-harmed cases anymore. There is no medical facilities in the island for providing refugees with treatment. The situation is an extreme emergency. #auspol

'It’s important to keep training your heart by repeatedly taking a moral stance. Otherwise, the heart hardens and ossifies, and next time you need to fight for something – not necessarily in the ballot box – it will be harder for you to do so.' - Yuval Noah Harari

For the past few months, I've been researching and writing ACFID's new guidance materials on ethical communications. This article picks out my top five resources on ethical comms - well worth checking out if you work in iNGO comms.

As a witness to six years of torture & violence by the Aus gov on Manus, I’m begging the people who still believe in human dignity to do whatever they can to help these broken souls on Manus & Nauru. The refugees’ mental health state has never been as bad before. #auspol

This exxonmobile chart from 1982 predicted that in 2019 our atmospheric CO2 level would reach about 415 parts per million, raising the global temperature roughly 0.9 degrees C.

Update: The world crossed the 415 ppm threshold this week and broke 0.9 degrees C in 2017 1/

‘Half of women in Australia don’t feel safe walking alone at night, the highest rate of any OECD country, in part because lack of trust community will believe them. In France, trust is building thanks to new anti-harassment laws.’ ⁦Jane Gilmore⁩ The Sydney Morning Herald smh.com.au/lifestyle/life…