A while back I did a Live Local Challenge, attempting to consume only food produced within 100 kilometres of my home for a week. You can check out the results and learnings from the process in a series of blog posts from 2009. Since that time I’ve been much more conscious of what I consume and where it comes from. Last week we screened Food … Continue reading Local Food or Less Meat?
Each year LeWeb conference evolves and improves on the last one, but one thing remains – the amazing diversity of people that you meet. And this is one of the reasons that, in spite of many criticisms that others level at this conference, I like to attend. Last night this was proven on a number of levels. I joined a diverse, smart and interesting group … Continue reading People are still the best thing about LeWeb
Had dinner at Universal restaurant the other night at the instigation of the lovely @frombecca & joined by the ebullient @CarmR and some other friends. Dinner was cooked by four of Australia’s most renowned chefs – Christine Manfield (Universal), Frank Camorra (Movida, Melbourne), Kylie Kwong (billy kwong, Sydney), and London-based David Thompson (Nahm). The food was excellent – fresh produce prepared with style and extreme … Continue reading A taste for travel: dinner at Universal
It has been a few weeks since we did the Live Local Challenge and Rebecca and I decided to catch up for breakfast. We decided that our reunion had to incorporate local and sustainable foods. Luckily the night before I’d stayed in Camperdown after Stilgherrian’s Project TOTO farewell gathering, so the Danks Street Depot was an ideal spot for breakfast. It was lovely to have … Continue reading More tasty #livelocal fun
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 include other things I consume, such as power, cleaning supplies and cosmetics. The other thing I wanted … Continue reading Live local challenge – what I learned #livelocal
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 there too. But it’s a long way from my place – about an 80 km … Continue reading Live local challenge day 7 #livelocal
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 in ages. We chatted about the Live Local challenge and stuff over a cup of tea. Ok so the tea was … Continue reading Neighbourhood vegetable garden #livelocal
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 families get together to play soccer after school or to let the dogs run around off leash … Continue reading Live local challenge day 4 #livelocal
Well a lot more planning went into today after yesterday’s experiences. Due to my schedule there’s been some interesting decisions to make about transport too. Wins finally made it to the shops (a 30 km round trip) by car and combined the trip with taking a sick friend to the doctor had conversations with people at the market stalls to find out where their produce … Continue reading Live local challenge day 2 #livelocal
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