I think this women had just turned 20 when she gave this talk. With the ever increasing realisation of the Climate Crisis I certainly hope we can have the wisdom to ask our children for ideas. Not only will they be able to tell us of the future they want to live in, but they will no doubt also, be able to tell us how to get there. I think that when a child asks ‘why’ they may not be expecting you to have the answer, but I do think they expect you to help them find it. And I would go further to say that is our responsibility to do so… no excuses! Thanks TED!
Monthly Archive for February, 2007
This one sort of speaks for itself. All I can do is thank Mitra for bringing it to my attention. Be great to see this kind of thing on TV.
You may have noticed that we have a couple of very cool, hand made stools in front of our counter. They are not mine and have been on loan since day one of Urban Grind Paddington, which is long enough to forget most of the time that they are on loan. This is a Thank You post to my good and generous friend Brendan Hogg. And I think as a thank you, the least I can do is tell you a bit about why Brendan is our coolest customer/mate.
With has father and brother he runs a business called Cardiffair. These guys are passionate about natural cooling. Do not use the word ‘Conditioning’ while sharing the same air with these boys. Running a Cardiffair system will save you money and the environment, by using much less energy to run. So give these guys a call and say “All I need is the air that I breathe!” and they will show you how it all works. I know this sounds like a bit of a ’sell’ but you have to understand that if Brendan didn’t work 6 and a half days a week he might have time to sit at home on his stools and therefor might want them back. Help me keep Brendan busy. www.cardiffair.com.au
Mark is a nice guy that has been coming to us for a while now to get his afternoon espresso. He is a Jeweller and a Paddington local which is cool but what I really think is cool about Mark, is that he makes his jewellery out of discarded plastics. He uses plastic bags and all kinds of bottles which is why he has started taking some of our used milk bottles and why I can’t wait to finish the current shampoo that I am using. I bet he could do cool things with my black plastic shampoo bottle.
To see more of what he does, please check out his website. www.vaarwerk.com. To purchase his jewellery, either contact him via his site or check out the Craft Queensland Shop in the valley.
Emma is one of my favs at the moment. Emma thinks that climate change is very important. Yeah, so what, I do too. But Emma has a few up on me. In the last six months she has bought a Toyota Prius, started a Car Sharing business called GWhiz Carshare that will launch in Brisbane soon, and in her spare(?) time has started the Ashgrove Climate Action Group. And on top of all of that, she is fun to have a chat to. Keep up the great work, Emma. Follow those links people! Morgs.
I am quite the apple computers advocate. I talk them up so much in the shop that many people think I should be selling them in the shop, just not sure where I would put the demo models. So in the meantime(before I come up with that obvious apple shop name I have in my head) I thought I might start blogging about little apple things I learn and use. We get a lot of apple users, mostly because I convert them, so this might prove useful. Here is the first one…
Happy Birthday Widget
For those already using Dashboard and AddressBook this is going to be a must have, no brainer. For everyone else, follow these 2 links: AddressBook and Dashboard before you come back here to download the Happy Birthday Widget. Basically it shows you a list of upcoming birthdays. I rely on this thing.
Juliet.
‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy;–
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title:–Romeo, doff thy name;
And for that name, which is no part of thee,
Take all myself.
Romeo.
I take thee at thy word:
Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptiz’d;
Henceforth I never will be Romeo.
Would it smell as sweet?
