Richard Warner
@nundahcoop.bsky.social
Community worker, CEO of Nundah Co-op - a social enterprise creating dignified work for staff with disabilities and refugees.Cochlear implantee and border collie lover!
Dusts forgotten for a while,
Drinking fresh spring rain.
Drinking fresh spring rain.
November 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Dusts forgotten for a while,
Drinking fresh spring rain.
Drinking fresh spring rain.
After fresh rain, everything changes
November 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
After fresh rain, everything changes
Mind blown - I never knew there was a fourth monkey. 1) see no evil 🙈 2) hear no evil 🙉 3) speak no evil 🙊 and 4) do no evil.
Along with doing good, a lifelong practice.
(Pictures of the four monkeys from a Confucian temple, Taipei, Taiwan)
Along with doing good, a lifelong practice.
(Pictures of the four monkeys from a Confucian temple, Taipei, Taiwan)
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Mind blown - I never knew there was a fourth monkey. 1) see no evil 🙈 2) hear no evil 🙉 3) speak no evil 🙊 and 4) do no evil.
Along with doing good, a lifelong practice.
(Pictures of the four monkeys from a Confucian temple, Taipei, Taiwan)
Along with doing good, a lifelong practice.
(Pictures of the four monkeys from a Confucian temple, Taipei, Taiwan)
Is Silver and Gold by Neil Young a great album- or is it just a great album? I just love it.
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Is Silver and Gold by Neil Young a great album- or is it just a great album? I just love it.
This reflective journal is a great Christmas gift for community builders, citizen and professional, new and old.
practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3116/th...
practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3116/th...
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This reflective journal is a great Christmas gift for community builders, citizen and professional, new and old.
practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3116/th...
practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3116/th...
We have had this interview abour our worker co-op kindly published by the UN ILO in this international year of cooperatives. It’s a powerful story of people gaining power and control over their lives through building community and engaging in cooperation.
www.ilo.org/resource/art...
www.ilo.org/resource/art...
Interview with Richard Warner, Coordinator and CEO of Nundah Community Enterprises Cooperative in Australia
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators and social and solidarity economy (SSE) actors from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths dur...
www.ilo.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
We have had this interview abour our worker co-op kindly published by the UN ILO in this international year of cooperatives. It’s a powerful story of people gaining power and control over their lives through building community and engaging in cooperation.
www.ilo.org/resource/art...
www.ilo.org/resource/art...
Can’t believe I have this creature in my house
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Can’t believe I have this creature in my house
Sometimes wandering through thick grasses. Always on the path.
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Sometimes wandering through thick grasses. Always on the path.
Soaked with compassion,
all the way down.
Although we don’t always see it -
this path.
all the way down.
Although we don’t always see it -
this path.
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Soaked with compassion,
all the way down.
Although we don’t always see it -
this path.
all the way down.
Although we don’t always see it -
this path.
Joy is a ball, in gentle spring rain.
November 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Joy is a ball, in gentle spring rain.
Social media has proved at least one thing - we all have an opinion.
(I should clarify that by saying, the vast majority of us)
(I should clarify that by saying, the vast majority of us)
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Social media has proved at least one thing - we all have an opinion.
(I should clarify that by saying, the vast majority of us)
(I should clarify that by saying, the vast majority of us)
Self forgotten.
Before getting up to serve all beings, he has a rest,
The best of rests.
Before getting up to serve all beings, he has a rest,
The best of rests.
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Self forgotten.
Before getting up to serve all beings, he has a rest,
The best of rests.
Before getting up to serve all beings, he has a rest,
The best of rests.
Short reflection on a day's walk around Taipei, after the Social Enterprise World Forum.
open.substack.com/pub/rdrwarne...
open.substack.com/pub/rdrwarne...
A day in Taipei
Beief walk into an ancient culture (Sun Mountain Zen Brisbane Dharma Talk 03/10/25).
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Short reflection on a day's walk around Taipei, after the Social Enterprise World Forum.
open.substack.com/pub/rdrwarne...
open.substack.com/pub/rdrwarne...
Self forgotten, compassion flows freely.
(Lin ji Huguo Temple Taipei)
(Lin ji Huguo Temple Taipei)
November 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Self forgotten, compassion flows freely.
(Lin ji Huguo Temple Taipei)
(Lin ji Huguo Temple Taipei)
‘Each coral branch reflects the moon’.
I never found this Koan easy to connect with, but when you see 400 years of branching coral growth up close, in all its diversity, it’s pretty clear - we are all the moon.
(Moon by the way in Zen= enlightenment)
Photo from Taipei’s National Palace Museum.
I never found this Koan easy to connect with, but when you see 400 years of branching coral growth up close, in all its diversity, it’s pretty clear - we are all the moon.
(Moon by the way in Zen= enlightenment)
Photo from Taipei’s National Palace Museum.
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
‘Each coral branch reflects the moon’.
I never found this Koan easy to connect with, but when you see 400 years of branching coral growth up close, in all its diversity, it’s pretty clear - we are all the moon.
(Moon by the way in Zen= enlightenment)
Photo from Taipei’s National Palace Museum.
I never found this Koan easy to connect with, but when you see 400 years of branching coral growth up close, in all its diversity, it’s pretty clear - we are all the moon.
(Moon by the way in Zen= enlightenment)
Photo from Taipei’s National Palace Museum.
At the National Palace Musuem 🇹🇼. ‘Compassion and Wisdom’ - words to be remembered, every time we cross a threshold.
October 31, 2025 at 5:38 AM
At the National Palace Musuem 🇹🇼. ‘Compassion and Wisdom’ - words to be remembered, every time we cross a threshold.
Wild spring storm,
Dusty paths now reflecting
Boundless sky
Dusty paths now reflecting
Boundless sky
October 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Wild spring storm,
Dusty paths now reflecting
Boundless sky
Dusty paths now reflecting
Boundless sky
Hazy spring sunset,
The joy of lorikeets
Still to be heard -
Even through broken ears
The joy of lorikeets
Still to be heard -
Even through broken ears
October 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Hazy spring sunset,
The joy of lorikeets
Still to be heard -
Even through broken ears
The joy of lorikeets
Still to be heard -
Even through broken ears
Support a small but mighty group of women to make a difference! chuffed.org/project/1369...
Support a small but mighty group of women to make a difference!
Parents with intellectual disability and their kids get a rough deal, experiencing significant hardship throughout their lives and their parenting journey. Women with intellectual disability are unfo...
chuffed.org
October 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Support a small but mighty group of women to make a difference! chuffed.org/project/1369...
Reposted by Richard Warner
Cooperative Home Care Associates is a unionized worker co-op in NYC that empowers black/brown women with a say and a stake in their workplace. The business pays their workers more than other agencies in the city.
We need more businesses like this to address inequality and empower working people!
We need more businesses like this to address inequality and empower working people!
Cooperative Home Care Associates, a NYC worker co-op, pays workers about 20% more than other agencies in NYC while providing 401(k) plans and health insurance. The co-op offers free training to hundreds of unemployed and low-income women every year, providing tools for their economic empowerment.
About CHCA
Find dedicated, invested home care services in the Bronx. As a worker-owned agency, our caregivers take client care very seriously.
www.chcany.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Cooperative Home Care Associates is a unionized worker co-op in NYC that empowers black/brown women with a say and a stake in their workplace. The business pays their workers more than other agencies in the city.
We need more businesses like this to address inequality and empower working people!
We need more businesses like this to address inequality and empower working people!
Reposted by Richard Warner
Reposted by Richard Warner
Join Bhikkhu Bodhi online Sept 28 for the Awareness in Action series. His perspective around genocide, war, peace and sanity is essential to hear at this time. Free, online, donation appreciated.
www.upaya.org/program/enga...
www.upaya.org/program/enga...
September 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Join Bhikkhu Bodhi online Sept 28 for the Awareness in Action series. His perspective around genocide, war, peace and sanity is essential to hear at this time. Free, online, donation appreciated.
www.upaya.org/program/enga...
www.upaya.org/program/enga...
Lucky to be experiencing the beauty of the Cinque Terra for a few days…
September 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Lucky to be experiencing the beauty of the Cinque Terra for a few days…
Cinque Terra world heritage
September 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Cinque Terra world heritage