Blog - SevGen

New website features: A giving Gift

SevGen’s dream to become a grassroots crowdfunded organisation has been made easier with the creative thinking of Barayamal’s Dean Foley

loving, living, laughing, LISTENING, and learning: LISTENING

The MeWe project will be short and sharp but hey let’s see who’s LISTENING

Eumundi Blackmarket: What’s in a name?

Some people love it, Some people hate it, The naming of this initiative would have to be the most talked

Little Mob No 7,8,9: Justice Reinvestment: Evidencing the demand and urgent need

Places have been over subscribed with the the demand from our sister community to sing back up an ancient songline in

Little Mob 6 head home carrying news of Warlpiri camp in Queensland!

Thrilled to be Sharing @ Eumundi Markets

Each Wednesday and Saturday Central Desert Artists Teddy and Gayle Gibson will be painting at the Eumundi Pavillion Markets. Come

Boomerang Bus News

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New development in Modern Songlines Project: Warlpiri Wave Riders

With the arrival of our 5th group from the Central Desert a new tactic for achieving our desired outcomes has

Emu Designs

Emu Designs fashion designer Natalie Cunningham has been presented with the opportunity of a lifetime as the first Aboriginal fashion

Sunshine Coast Grassroots Football Carnival

Kenny Sullivan started a 6 month contract with us at SevGen trying his hand at marketing. After a short time

A New Community Project: NMX is coming to town

If dirt bike riding is something you are passionate about then keep your eye on Nambour Motorcross.

NMX: Nambour Motorcross

If dirt bike riding is something you are passionate about then keep your eye on Nambour Motorcross. NMX is the

Community Service Award

What an accomplishment! After 3 years of tireless devotion to our mission and vision we were awarded with a

Red Leaf Movement: Learn Documentary Photography and Apply your skills

Our prayers for a photographic documentary artist and short film maker have been answered.

DONATE now before June 30th

It’s almost tax time. Make a tax deductible DONATION before June 30th to reduce your taxable income.

Cycle of Recidivism Interrupted!

*name and photo only changed to protect our special people… Trouble with a capital ‘T’ was how Coah was described. Like most

SevGen Passion project results in local event

Kenny Sullivan started at SevGen with a Marketing role. True to our PAPPA approach in a community led initiative he was soon

Emergent approaches : Amazing outcomes

SevGen operates within innovative approaches. When space is held for emergent practise we end up with amazing suprises.

Desert to the Sea

Magical outcomes already making the impact of Modern Songlines soft phase a huge success! As we get deeper and deeper

First Care Team arrives deepening the Modern Songline

We are looking forward to a transformational outcome as our first young Walpiri student arrives to continue his education and

Red Leaf Green Leaf Challenge set to begin

Affectionately known as the Most Meaningful Mega Challenge Eva! We are finalising the details of the first event of many

New Partnership… An amazing fit

What fantastic news. SevGen is partnering with Cooroy Family Practice to transform the medical practice into a Wellness

SevGen’s first Art Auction is a huge success!

Selling 6 paintings and getting orders for 2 more paintings by consignment left us feeling very deadly! We are

SevGen is included in a new exciting charity fundraising initiative!

Extra-Hand-Fundraising http://stores.ebay.com.au/Extra-Hand-Fundraising also collaborating with AidArena and the Give Back Campaign http://www.aidarena.org/charity/SevGen2014 Have a look around both sites and

Modern Songline project on the move

Spending time in the permaculture of Walpiri is an amazing opportunity to get a sense of oneness.

Subsequent Ministerial communication steps us closer and closer…

Subsequent contact with Minister for Education John Paul Langbroek and Minister for NT Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion’s offices is stepping

SevGen’s Red Leaf Movement revealed!

SevGen is a loving, living, laughing, listening and learning place! We believes there needs to be more creative and constructive

SevGen is re-engaged to service a dire education need!

A ‘miraculous’ outcome for term 3 has resulted in SevGen’s Lift a Drifter experience being asked to continue providing educational support

SevGen provides much needed service

With crisis often comes innovation!

Watch this Space!

If you’ve never been to a SevGen Fractal gathering before, what are you waiting for… Go to: https://www.facebook.com/events/807448592629080/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming and register NOW!

SevGen’s gift fund sponsors talent

It is our pleasure to announce our support to a very talented Indigenous fashion designer.

Now Planning… Spring Fractal

SevGen is now planning our seasonal gathering. To register your ‘Act of Passion’ or ‘Yarning Topic’ please call 0431454333 or

SevGen SEECCER stepping closer to his goal of professional football

“What is your plan B” he is often asked by guidance officers at school. “I don’t have a plan B

SevGen Fractal Days: Enjoyable Effortless Learning

It is our goal to be a different kind of learning place. As you can easily imagine this is no

SevGen and Te Mana team up

‘Not Just Horsing Around’ is the name of our project that we are running in affiliation with Te Mana Stable.

New Venture: SevGen is set to make a big difference to education

Almost two years in the planning SevGen is set to roll the Boomerang Bus into schools in 2015.

Registered Charity with DGR status

SevGen is now a registered Charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. SevGen also has Deductible Gift Recipient status.

Numbers climb for LAD3

Term 2 of the school year is often seen as the most settled term. This is both exciting and alarming

New Fundraiser: “Tossed and Found”

A love of junk shop shopping has brought about our creative fund raising event “Tossed and Found”

SevGen Stays: What’s your CAPER?

SevGen Stays: Murri style accomodation with Possum Comfort: For Community Organisations, Training Organisations, Community Organisations, Groups or Individuals who have Conference, Accomodation, Project

SevGen Walkabout: Global Connections

SevGen Walkabout: (being developed) For International visitors who want an Indigenous experience. SevGen Walkabout is Murri hospitality. SevGen walkabout is

SevGen Enterprise: Profit trickles into our Gift Fund

Our 3E model starts with Enterprise. Living our own Entrepreneurial outcomes SevGen creatively develops our own social enterprises that will

The value of ‘Lift a Drifter’ is being widely recognised

Witnesses to the Lift a Drifter experience report miracles spontaneously occuring. With news of such radical changes in self belief

Winter signifies another SevGen Fractal

Sculpture, ecology talks, Andy Goldsworthy ethereal art activity, nail art and acupuncture at SevGen’s Winter Fractal. Once again attendees commented

Not Just Horsing Around

After passion analysis SevGen has formed a partnership with Te Mana Stables to offer 3 places to people with

LADs to LADEEs : More connected, more communicable, more confident

On the 25th March 2014 three young men and two young women made the decision to try a different learning

CPLAN Discussions for Narrative Project: SevGen as best practise

CPLAN is a series of decentralised youth work networks under the umbrella of the community youth sector peak body, Youth

‘Lift a Drifter’ now seeking Partnership and Collaboration

Great News! We have the green light from Nambour State High School who have committed to rolling out the Lift

SevGen Stays: Indigenous accomodation with possum comfort

Under development…

SevGen is published!

SevGen’s story is published in a the Social Alternatives Magazine THE SUSTAINABILITY PRISM: EXPLORATIONS IN SUSTAINABILITY AND LANGUAGE VOLUME

Lift a Drifter is proposed for 2014

Program success leads to discussions of new programs for 2014

2013 Year in Brief

We will be holding an evening gathering to celebrate and share the many stories and developments of 2013. Tuesday

Lift a Drifter- LAD

SevGen’s Lift a Drifter program gets bought by Nambour State High School. We will be running a pilot program for

Indigenous Community Volunteers coordinator meeting

It was great news to hear that outgoing wonderwoman Becky Bligh was leaving ICV in the capable hands of Monique

SevGen is approved to host Masters Students in 2014

USC Social Work Masters students will be coming on board and getting stuck into helping us achieve our mission of

CRUNCH- Social Traders

12th November 2013 we had a face to face interview for the CRUNCH program delivered by Social Traders. We will be notified

SevGen represents at the Social Marketplace

What an amazing two days! read more… 30 Social Enterprises all at the Social Marketplace Sydney to hone our investor pitches.

SevGen Welcomes our First Group

In a flurried 9 day negotiation SevGen welcomed Kurbingui Men’s group to Mothar Mountain. Uncle Eugene did our welcome and

SevGen is in the trading room!

written in hindsight… Well all the work is done and we are organised to put on a show at the

Moving it Mob Style: SevGen is crowdfunded to the Social Marketplace

When we first started (back in 2011) thinking of creative ways to finance the start-up of SevGen, crowdfunding was a

Word Cloud

Check out the SevGen word cloud! A lot going on!

We tipped it Mob style! SevGen gets Crowdfunded to the Social Marketplace

As we first began thinking about creative ways to take SevGen forward crowdfunding was a very new scene. That was

Bracing for the effects of embracing with Uncle Francis Firebrace: A fated day!

SevGen is so blessed to have connected with Uncle Francis Firebrace. Destined and declared to work together in the

Rapid Fire Synergy @ TedX Canberra

“Then Now Next” themed TedX Canberra couldn’t have been a better event to create more rapid developments for SevGen. The

Yarning it up in Ngunnawal Country

A few sit downs to have while I am here in Canberra to grow the awareness of SevGen. Two outstanding

Crowd Funding Campaign Launched and we have Lift Off!

On Monday 26th September we launched our first crowd funding campaign titled “Be a part of the ‘Fevolution’ at SevGen”

Ready to Operate

On Wednesday 21st of August; the day of a Blue Moon, SevGen planning group met to ensure SevGen is ready

SevGen is given a shout out at www.paramodic.com.au

How awesome is it that we have been given a shout out by this amazing business. see it here At

Even more Rapid Developments

SevGen Creator and Director Terri Waller has recently presented the concept to Gympie Regional Council Economic Development Manager Lynne Wilbraham…

More Rapid Developments

SevGen Welcomes Business Manager: Steve Green Financial Manager and Advisor: Adam Vieglais Marketing and Communications:

Rapid Developments

A wonderful opportunity for us to speak with keynote speaker and international mastermind Ernesto Sirolli. We have been promoted on

Investor Readiness

Well we are almost ready and needing to get the word out there that we are wanting investors. If you

It’s Nearly Time

Steadfast, Clear, Patient

Whisper from White Feather Mob in Canberra

Walking under a tree at Coolum this white feather (right at the top of this arrangement) dropped in front of

ADCQ letter of Commendation

We are thrilled to share with you that SevGen received a letter of commendation from the Commissioner of the ADCQ

SevGen connects with Mackay Self-design community

What a wonderful opportunity to share stories of Self-design’s education slow revolution and SevGen’s education fevolution. We saw many ways

SevGen is Getting Investor Ready

SevGen has been enrolled in the Scotia Macleod’s capital raising coaching program. We now have access to the most valuable

SevGen Special Friend of the ADCQ

On Tuesday SevGen was represented at the Anti Discrimination Commission’s workshop facilitated by Meg Wheatley: internationally respected author, known worldwide

Autumn SevGen Fractal 2

Autumn SevGen Fractal was life changing. Yes you read correctly, feedback from the group who gathered is that the Autumn

Autumn Fractal Success!

Wet weather did not dampen the enthusiasm for enjoyable effortless learning. 57 attendees gathered and shared talents and passions and

Autumn SevGen Fractal 2

Autumn SevGen Fractal was life changing. Yes you read correctly, feedback from the group who gathered is that the Autumn

Art Supplies Gifts

Any passion space that encourages creative awakening needs art equipment and materials. Many families have reported having art supplies that

Can you feel it? Can you feel it?! Can you feel it!!!

Registrations are coming in at a very affirming rate. Many returning and some new. This is fantastic! We have had

Enjoyable, Effortless learning within a social context: SevGen Style

SevGen emerges in Nambour

SevGen has a totem! The native yam. Determined to grow we have done as the yam does and made our

Encouragement from a total stranger: Beyond what you can see…

I tell this story often because it is a good one. The flow on from the encounter is creating even

Accepting ‘Acts of Passion’ and ‘Yarning Topics’

The Autumn Fractal is in motion. To register your ‘Act of Passion’ or ‘Yarning Topic’ please contact Terri terri@sevgen.com.au 0459

2013!

They’re all saying it and we are feeling it! 2013 is going to be an awesome year! There is so

Wrapping up 2012

Hello To All, 2012 has been amazing and with honey dripping from the ceiling (literally) 2013 is sure to be

Developing Business Plan

Looking to put LLLLL concept into financiers business terms. Has to be done. Could have done with a tight business

A word of support

“Awesome website for starters, very inspirational. I like pondering the wisdom of taking into account the seventh generation in any

Fractal Day News

Please use drop down tab in Grapevine for details “What we want to see is the child in pursuit of

Article for Social Alternatives Magazine

Have been given an opportunity to write an article for a Social Alternatives magazine. The magazine has wide readership including

Overwhelming Response

The first gathering of good people is only days away. We have had to increase the tickets available for the

Online Ticketing for SevGen Fractal Day powered by Eventbrite

Invites are out!

Only days to go for the SevGen Fractal: a day of enjoyable, effortless learning. For organizing purposes you need to

It’s out there!

MEDIA RELEASE: September 11 2012 Join the Education FEvolution What is an Education FEvolution you may ask? SevGen founder Terri

Preparing media release.

Going big! I often find myself telling people “act bravely for 20sec everyday and amazing things will happen”. Well, practising what

There is a time for Everything…

Like a ‘Snakes and Ladders’ game this fortnight. On square 12… roll the dice 1,2,3,4,5… Woohoo up the Ladder (negotiating

One small step by man… one huge step for SevGen

Asked for collective thoughts for prosperity. Thankyou to all who blessed the meeting especially the Baiame blessing from Aunty Barb.

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