BUSINESS & ENVIRONMENT
Aussie innovation set to help clean up Australian waters
Home-grown environmental invention is set to change the look of Australia’s waterways. Seabin is a floating rubbish collection device designed to reduce, and ultimately stop waterway pollution from entering the ocean. A simple concept coupled with an incredibly innovative design. Every Seabin installed will be able to remove up ...
Fleet farming – turning lawns into lunch
An innovative re-purposing of household lawns holds promising potential for the future of food production. In Central Florida, a new urban agriculture project in the Orlando area demonstrates how under-utilised space can be used for producing food in city suburbs. Fleet Farming is an initiative that involves converting areas of ...
Natural beauty: the only one that lasts
Switching to natural beauty products can be difficult at first, but can be extremely rewarding as you go on. Skin care and beauty are intimate matters. Every scar, blemish, or wrinkle we get affects us at a deep, personal level. How we look reflects how we feel. Our skin ...
The summer garden
A description of the plants that Dan enjoys in his summer garden. I was standing under the weeping apricot centre stage in my garden, trying to get relief from the hot sun that had decided to declare vengeance on any poor soul that came within its reach. A light ...
Towns going renewable
While political discussion and controversy rages in Australia as a result of the federal government’s proposed new national energy policy, NEG, which will see the abandonment of subsidies for renewable energy. In Australia, where politicians hold up a lump of coal in Parliament and are very keen to see ...
An entrepreneur’s self-care life hacks
A few tips for squeezing in some self-care, no matter how long your work week is. If you’re anything like me, your ‘to-do list’ is more of a ‘to-do mountain’. There are the deadlines (always tight, always clashing), the ever-present cashflow worries – and don’t get me started on ...
Overwhelm
Do you suffer from overwhelm? Craig has a few hints to help you – packaged with his usual humour and verve. It’s like my Kryptonite, and I understand this infers I’m Superman. I like being busy and productive. In fact, I like the buzz – being in flow, bouncing ...
The fourth critical business mistake – lack of control
It is very important to know how the business is performing, so that decisions can be made about how things are being done. The more frequent and up-to-date reports are, the more useful they are. Lack of control is one of the major reasons for business failure. On the ...
Ineffective delegation: the third critical business mistake
Can’t find good people to work in your small business; or do your delegation systems need to be examined? You can’t grow your business without delegating work to someone else. However, most business owners would typically prefer to clone themselves than learn how to choose the right people, set ...
Fear of failure
For me, apart from learned fears such as spiders and dentists, and I think quite rational ones, my biggest issue has always been fear of failure. Isn’t it all in your head (literally)? An amazing thing really. ‘It’s all in your head’, they say. At the risk of sounding ...
Australia’s first food waste supermarket
Accompanying a different approach to food with an unconventional business model, OzHarvest is changing the face of food supply and helping the environment at the same time. OzHarvest: the new food waste initiative Tackling food waste is becoming a big issue around the world. Once viewed as an inevitable ...
From chaos to calm at work in three easy steps
For many of us, the chaos at work isn’t diminishing, so waiting until it gets better is not a great coping technique. These three steps can help you create some calm now. Our lives, both at work and at home, have never been more chaotic. Like a saucepan of ...
BUSINESS & ENVIRONMENT
Aussie innovation set to help clean up Australian waters
Home-grown environmental invention is set to change the look of Australia’s waterways. Seabin is a floating rubbish collection device designed to reduce, and ultimately stop waterway pollution from entering the ocean. A simple concept coupled with an incredibly innovative design. Every Seabin installed will be able to remove up ...
Fleet farming – turning lawns into lunch
An innovative re-purposing of household lawns holds promising potential for the future of food production. In Central Florida, a new urban agriculture project in the Orlando area demonstrates how under-utilised space can be used for producing food in city suburbs. Fleet Farming is an initiative that involves converting areas of ...
Natural beauty: the only one that lasts
Switching to natural beauty products can be difficult at first, but can be extremely rewarding as you go on. Skin care and beauty are intimate matters. Every scar, blemish, or wrinkle we get affects us at a deep, personal level. How we look reflects how we feel. Our skin ...
The summer garden
A description of the plants that Dan enjoys in his summer garden. I was standing under the weeping apricot centre stage in my garden, trying to get relief from the hot sun that had decided to declare vengeance on any poor soul that came within its reach. A light ...
Towns going renewable
While political discussion and controversy rages in Australia as a result of the federal government’s proposed new national energy policy, NEG, which will see the abandonment of subsidies for renewable energy. In Australia, where politicians hold up a lump of coal in Parliament and are very keen to see ...
An entrepreneur’s self-care life hacks
A few tips for squeezing in some self-care, no matter how long your work week is. If you’re anything like me, your ‘to-do list’ is more of a ‘to-do mountain’. There are the deadlines (always tight, always clashing), the ever-present cashflow worries – and don’t get me started on ...
Overwhelm
Do you suffer from overwhelm? Craig has a few hints to help you – packaged with his usual humour and verve. It’s like my Kryptonite, and I understand this infers I’m Superman. I like being busy and productive. In fact, I like the buzz – being in flow, bouncing ...
The fourth critical business mistake – lack of control
It is very important to know how the business is performing, so that decisions can be made about how things are being done. The more frequent and up-to-date reports are, the more useful they are. Lack of control is one of the major reasons for business failure. On the ...
Ineffective delegation: the third critical business mistake
Can’t find good people to work in your small business; or do your delegation systems need to be examined? You can’t grow your business without delegating work to someone else. However, most business owners would typically prefer to clone themselves than learn how to choose the right people, set ...
Fear of failure
For me, apart from learned fears such as spiders and dentists, and I think quite rational ones, my biggest issue has always been fear of failure. Isn’t it all in your head (literally)? An amazing thing really. ‘It’s all in your head’, they say. At the risk of sounding ...
Australia’s first food waste supermarket
Accompanying a different approach to food with an unconventional business model, OzHarvest is changing the face of food supply and helping the environment at the same time. OzHarvest: the new food waste initiative Tackling food waste is becoming a big issue around the world. Once viewed as an inevitable ...
From chaos to calm at work in three easy steps
For many of us, the chaos at work isn’t diminishing, so waiting until it gets better is not a great coping technique. These three steps can help you create some calm now. Our lives, both at work and at home, have never been more chaotic. Like a saucepan of ...