Columns » Residents 3000
How does your garden grow?
The importance of urban plant life on your wellbeing and that of the planet may surprise you.
Latest
Do city kids deserve better?
A beautiful tree-covered playground in Birrarung Marr has fallen into disrepair. Once a well-designed facility had become tired and un-loved.
Read More
Writing from China
This month your correspondent is travelling as a tourist in China. It is impossible not to draw comparisons between how the Chinese organise their society compared to ours.
Read More
Augmenting your reality in Flinders Quarter
Just in case you didn’t know, the Flinders Quarter in Melbourne’s CBD, is the area bordered by Collins, Flinders, Elizabeth and Swanston streets.
Read More
City gardens, trees and street trees
The City of Melbourne has developed several well thought out policies to progressively ensure our city becomes greener. But can there be a better way to improve the fate of street trees?
Read More
How to keep healthy in the city
People talk about the air pollution, the noise and the stress associated with the hustle and bustle of city life. But is this necessarily bad for your health?
Read More
2026 Vision for the CBD
Google “Future Melbourne” and you will find information about City of Melbourne’s vision for 2026 created in 2016.
Read MoreAnother side of homelessness
The complex issue of what to do to relieve homelessness in the city is high on Residents 3000 members’ list of concerns.
Read More
How to reduce our use of plastic bags
A simple internet search will bring up countless articles on the detrimental impact of plastic bags on the environment. Here are some tips to help relieve the problem.
Read MoreCity life has surprising upsides
Here is what Chris Murphy has to say about his relocation to the city. (Chris is a new Residents 3000 committee member.)
Read More
Pasko Sa Melbourne: a Filipino Christmas for our seafarers
It’s all about Metro Tunnel
Download the Latest Edition