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Russ Grayson

Russ Grayson

Russ Grayson

Sydney, Australia

Key skills

  • print and online journalism
  • online content development
  • photojournalism
  • urban food systems policy development and establishment
  • project management.

Experience

Programme/project

Support team member, Kastom Gaden Programme, Solomon Islands.

Role:

  • production of media products – copy production, editing, photography, desktop publishing, website content production and management
  • production of rural livelihood handbooks for participants in the post-crisis rural livelihoods project involved extensive travel in the Solomons to collect information for writing of handbooks
  • produced Blue Seas and Bush Gardens following Australia-based project manager role of AusAID-funded Kastom Garden Project and the evaluation of the project as a means of documenting project learnings
  • Australia-based projects include training in local government sustainability skills workshops and production of the participants’ manual for the local government Living Smart sustainable living course.

Programme/project

Projects and Development Education Officer, APACE (Appropriate Technology for Community and Environment), Sydney.

Role:

  • education + community/ member/ media liaison
  • production of articles, photographs, content and design of newsletters, fact sheets, and other project materials
  • organisation of promotional/ information events.

Programme/project

Project Officer, APACE (Appropriate Technology for Community and Environment), Sydney.

Role:

  • project management services for the Kastom Garden Programme in the Solomon Islands and the Can Care Lae waste metals recycling project in PNG – included liaison and reporting to funding agencies and AusAID, project planning/ monitoring/ evaluation, field training in Solomon Islands
  • project publicity.

Programme/project

Community garden advocate, community garden policy development for local government, training and information service provider – Australia.

Role:

  • production of policy directions to enable community gardening for local government
  • advocacy, consultant, trainer, communications provider for the Australian Community Gardens Network to promote community development and health improvement through production of fresh food
  • content production for network website
  • trainer in basic horticulture for community food gardeners
  • liaison with local government, media and institutions.

Other activities

  • director, Permaculture International Ltd
  • policy and advocacy committee member, 1999 – ACFOA (Australian Council for Overseas Aid)
  • trainer, organic gardening course – Eastern Suburbs Community College, Sydney
  • communtiy liaison, Greening Australia (national reforestation programme)
  • organisational communications development, EcoForest Limited (sustainable forestry investment company).

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts, Communications – University of Technology, Sydney
  • Diploma Permaculture Design – Erda Institute
  • Advanced Certificate Outdoor Guiding, TAFE
  • photojurnalism – Australian Centre for Photography
  • certificate – Centre for Conflict Resolution

Languages

  • English (native speaker)
  • Solomon Pijin (non-fluent).

Conferences and papers

  • co-author, research and design for Getting Ready – a book for intending development aid workers
  • content production, desktop publishing design for Kastom Gaden Programme training manuals
  • author, Growing Food, Growing Communities, a book about community garden development
  • author Blue Seas and Bush Gardens, a book about the Kastom Garden Programme in the Solomon Islands.

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