In Australia our director, Dr. Ana Maria Peredo, presented two keynote addresses at the University of Melbourne. The event was a great success, bringing together over 150 practitioners from NGOs, government and academics. Dr. Peredo also had the opportunity to visit some local initiatives. One of the most remarkable was the CERES: a not-for-profit, environment, and education centre and urban farm located in Merri Creek in East Brunswick, Melbourne. They started out on a municipal wasteland where no one wanted to be and made it into a thriving, vibrant community with community gardens, markets, a bakery, and shops. They represent a pluralist and interdependent ecology of business.