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Approach My approach was that of an ordinary outer suburban Sydney dweller. I wanted to see how easy it would be to live locally using the local shopping sources - malls, supermarkets, farmer's markets - without travelling long distances to specialist sources. I also broadened my thinking to
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Had long distances to travel today - starting with a meeting with some of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) folks at the Garvan Institute in Darlinghurst. We were discussing Smart Technology for Healthy Longevity . It was nice to catch up with Craig Mudge & Gordon Bell
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Here's Tim Harcourt, Chief Economist with Austrade (who's also known as the Airport Economist), talking about why the Future Summit was on his agenda: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b8sCHQw8Eo&w=425&h=344]
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One of the many things that this challenge has taught me is what season it is now. Up until this time I had never really bothered with little details like that because it did not matter to me. There was no reason to pay attention, apart from the obvious weather
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Here is Jen Harwood from Champions of Australian Business talking about why she took time out to attend the Future Summit: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MHwJQDAc8&w=425&h=344] It turns out Jen's also good buddies with a friend of mine, the
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Here is Jen Harwood from Champions of Australian Business talking about why she took time out to attend the Future Summit: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MHwJQDAc8&w=425&h=344] It turns out Jen's also good buddies with a friend of mine, the
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The rain finally stopped today and everyone in town took the opportunity to get out and about. Parents had clearly sent their children out to run off some energy and it was nice to watch a couple of boys throw their boomerangs in the park. The dogs finally got a
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Finally braved the rain yesterday afternoon to visit a neighbour - who's got a nice vegetable garden instead of lawn in her front yard (that's a picture of it on the right). She's been away and it was our first chance to catch up
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This morning as we were washing the dogs I started to wonder where soap and the other cleaning supplies come from. Again, this is not a topic I've ever pondered before. But it is not just food that we consume. We consume many other products - almost unthinkingly
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One of the things I've been wanting to do is catch up with the neighbours about the challenge, but some are away on a long trip and everyone else is holed up inside waiting for the incessant rain to stop. Normally this is a pretty social suburb and
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Since today was a big work from home day I had the opportunity to take a break and explore the origins of some of the foods already in my cupboards. For example, during afternoon tea breaks I'm partial to a particular 99% fat free chocolate drink that comes