Elissa Jenkins

WIDE-EYED WONDERER.

Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Puppeteer & Performer
  • Writer
  • Environment & Human Rights Campaigner
  • Meet Elissa
  • Wide-Eyed Wonderer

Puppeteer & Performer with Larrikin Puppets

Elissa is a children's entertainer, puppeteer and educator with popular puppetry arts company Larrikin Puppets.

Learn More

Digital Publisher, Journalist & Creative Writer

Elissa is the publisher of and a journalist with Sustainability Hackers. She's also a scriptwriter, songwriter and poet.

Discover More

Environment & Human Rights Campaigner

In November 2013 Elissa was named one of YWCA Queensland's 125 Leading Women - as a woman who has made a significant contribution to her community and modelled leadership through her actions and words.

Know More

Wide-eyed Wonderer

Elissa's mission is to bring wide-eyed wonder to as many people as possible, particularly vulnerable children in communities across Australia and the world.

Learn How
02Nov/11

Today I hate my e-bike

2/11/2011GeneralElissa

Left the house this morning and started cycling along and the stupid bike kept powering on and off again (which is seriously dangerous when you’re crossing a road). And then it conkedRead More…

Leave a comment
01Nov/11

Night Riders

1/11/2011GeneralElissa

Happy Halloween! Cycling is pretty damn fun after dark I’ve gotta say. I’m often a bit too lazy to get changed after work back into bike clothes so last week I foundRead More…

Leave a comment
27Oct/11

Travel safe sister!

27/10/2011GeneralElissa

It’s been an odd week on the bike. I returned from my trip to New York at 7am. All I could think of on the trip home was that I’d have toRead More…

One comment so far
01Oct/11

I couldn’t carry all this on a normal bike!

1/10/2011GeneralElissa

Last night I rode home from work via the shops with this massive load. Some was in the pannier bags, some jockey strapped to the back and some in a backpack onRead More…

View all 2 comments
01Oct/11

Learning new things … like what an allen key screw looks like

1/10/2011GeneralElissa

My handle and throttle is fixed! I rang Electro Bikes and the fella there talked it through with me over the phone (which is wonderful because I now don’t have to goRead More…

Leave a comment
29Sep/11

Sticky tape may very well work afterall … a day on the bike will tell.

29/9/2011GeneralElissa

It disables the throttle in the process, but that’s a luxury not an essential. A handle that doesn’t slip off is kind of essential to the whole bike riding thing! http://www.allurecosmetics.com.ua retail.ua/

Leave a comment
28Sep/11

Sans handle, toothpaste, gaffa tape, practical bone in body = Days like this I wish I had a car.

28/9/2011GeneralElissa

Was riding home tonight and Sheldon’s right hand fell off. Yes, that’s right. The right handle – the throttle handle – rotated its little bot bot right off the metal bit. GRAHHHH!!Read More…

Leave a comment
26Sep/11

5 days, 5 magpies, a lizard, my e-office and IMOH

26/9/2011GeneralElissa

Managed to cycle to and from work from Monday to Friday last week AND still drag my sorry arse off to a party Saturday night (looking much more glamourous than my dailyRead More…

One comment so far
18Sep/11

We’re fully charged and ready. Magpies be damned!

18/9/2011GeneralElissa

My lovely Dad picked me up from home Saturday morning. We bundled Sheldon into the big boot and took him off to Electro Bikes for some TLC. They replaced the battery. ThisRead More…

View all 2 comments
12Sep/11

Joy turned to woe in one foul battery

12/9/2011GeneralElissa

Saturday was a glorious day! Insanely windy and I MEAN INSANELY! But gloriously sunny nonetheless. A not-quite-perfect day for a bike ride. I gave Sheldon a good test run. I needed toRead More…

View all 2 comments
09Sep/11

I cycled to work and back today and this is what I saw

9/9/2011Old Electric Bicycle BlogElissa

Cycling or ‘cruising’ – a more fitting descriptor for what one does on an e-bike – gives me the opportunity to observe my surroundings. It’s better than a car because you don’tRead More…

Leave a comment
06Sep/11

Sheldon goes for a ride in a ute

6/9/2011Old Electric Bicycle BlogElissa

Soooo. Day 1 of e-bike blog should dictate that nothing out of the ordinary happens. Wrong! This morning I cycled to the station to pop my e-bike in the locker and hopRead More…

View all 3 comments
05Sep/11

Sheldon’s birth

5/9/2011Old Electric Bicycle BlogElissa

My electric bicycle is pure genius. Good looking in a bit of a nerdy kind of way. A bit annoying at times. Can’t always count on him. But essentially of good character.Read More…

Leave a comment
07Aug/11

Save Our Marine Life releases The Economics of Marine Protected Areas

7/8/2011GeneralElissa

FROM SAVE OUR MARINE LIFE CAMPAIGN Isn’t it great when something good for our marine life also makes economic sense as well? A landmark study by the Allen Consulting Group released todayRead More…

Leave a comment
22Jul/11

Help support the 2 million children in East Africa who are dying of hunger

22/7/2011Human RightsElissa

A philanthropist was telling me the other day that if you earn $150K a year or more, you are in the top 1% of the world’s most wealthiest people. If you earnRead More…

Leave a comment
10Jul/11

Thanks Julia! Thanks Bob! Thanks Australian people! Thanks for nothing Tony. :/

10/7/2011GeneralElissa

THANKS JULIA! THANKS BOB! http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/07/10/3265820.htm http://greens.org.au/content/carbon-price-agreement-supports-and-protects-our-most-vulnerable THANKS AUSTRALIA! THANKS FOR NOTHING TONY! http://allurecosmetics.com.ua/ http://www.rondell.kiev.ua/

Leave a comment
07May/11

Support democracy? Syria: stand with the protesters

7/5/2011GeneralElissa

Donate https://secure.avaaz.org/en/syria_stand_with_the_protesters_2/ https://secure.avaaz.org/en/syria_stand_with_the_protesters_2/ www.allurecosmetics.com.ua/ http://rondell.kiev.ua/

Leave a comment
17Apr/11

Brilliant minds for brilliant times: where green ideas connect

17/4/2011GeneralElissa

DAY ONE: MULTI-PARTY GOVERNMENT PUBLIC FORUM Over the last few days, I have been working and playing alongside some of Australia’s most brilliant minds. The Green Institute hosted two events in Canberra.Read More…

Leave a comment
12Apr/11

Let’s just ship those pesky refugees off to Darwin!

12/4/2011Human RightsElissa

Hmmm. Just remembered a blog entry from 2004 where I asked Lisa Newman (Campbell Newman’s wife) if funding would continue to support children who are seeking asylum and living in Brisbane. SheRead More…

Leave a comment
05Apr/11

Two days, two events, one extraordinary host.

5/4/2011GeneralElissa

The Green Institute is doing some extraordinary work. I’m so proud to be involved. This is the stuff that gets me out of bed in the morning. We have two upcoming nationalRead More…

Leave a comment

Posts navigation

  • « Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • …
  • 19
  • Next »

Elissa Jenkins

"You gotta be good. You gotta be strong. You gotta be 2000 places at once."

Recent Posts

  • Finding Intimacy in Every Performance: Thoughts from the Outback 28/4/2025
  • Hold Onto Your Cannoli – Zietta’s Little Larrikins Gets an RADF Boost! 26/4/2025
  • What To Wear, What To Wear … 12/4/2025

Categories

  • Behind the Curtain
  • Campaigning
  • General
  • HAES
  • Human Rights
  • Old Electric Bicycle Blog
  • Publishing
  • Puppetry Arts
  • Servant Leadership
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Sustainability Hackers

Archives

  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • August 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • September 2021
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2019
  • October 2018
  • May 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • October 2015
  • July 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • September 2014
  • July 2014
  • February 2014
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • April 2010
  • November 2009
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • June 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2008
  • November 2007
  • October 2007
  • August 2007
  • July 2007
  • June 2007
  • May 2007
  • April 2007
  • March 2007
  • February 2007
  • January 2007
  • December 2006
  • November 2006
  • October 2006
  • September 2006
  • August 2006
  • July 2006
  • June 2006
  • May 2006
  • April 2006
  • March 2006
  • February 2006
  • January 2006
  • December 2005
  • November 2005
  • October 2005
  • September 2005
  • August 2005
  • June 2005
  • May 2005
  • April 2005
  • March 2005
  • February 2005
  • September 2004
  • August 2004
  • July 2004
  • June 2004

Archives

Categories

Elissa Jenkins

AN AGENT OF WIDE-EYED WONDER.
Copyright © Elissa Jenkins
Powered by WordPress , Theme i-max by TemplatesNext.
MENU
  • Home
  • Puppeteer & Performer
  • Writer
  • Environment & Human Rights Campaigner
  • Meet Elissa
  • Wide-Eyed Wonderer