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Monday, June 25, 2007

100 blogs we love


100 Blogs We Love
Here are our favorite stops in the blogosphere, covering everything from high tech to low comedy and all manner of pursuits in between.

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The humble fruit sticker goes tech




Dole Organic lets consumers "travel to the origin of each organic product". By typing in a fruit sticker's three-digit Farm Code on Dole Organic's website, customers can find the story behind their banana.

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Thursday, June 7, 2007

The Onion


We Feel Fine


Australian Wildlife Conservancy


AWC is an independent, non-profit organisation dedicated to the conservation of Australia’s threatened wildlife and ecosystems. AWC acquires land, and works with other landholders, to establish sanctuaries for the conservation of threatened wildlife and ecosystems. AWC now owns 14 sanctuaries covering 917,000 ha (2.3 million acres) in places such as north Queensland, the Kimberley, western NSW and the forests of south-western Australia. See some of the amazing work they do here


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The Nelune Foundation


The mission of the NELUNE Foundation is to help ease the burden of cancer patients who may not have the support or financial resources that are needed to cope with this life threatening illness. Visit their website here

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Bravehearts



Bravehearts are Australias leading child protection advocates. In May Bravehearts and MySpace announced a partnership project, 'Respect MySpace'. The aim of this project is to provide information to those who may have been exposed to the risk of sexual assault to enable them to access help, support and information in an environment that is increasingly familiar to young people. You can visit Bravehearts website here or the Bravehearts’ MySpace page here.

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PM up to speed on broadband


JOHN Howard will attempt to leapfrog Labor on broadband by promising fast services to all Australians, guaranteeing coverage of blackspots in outer-metropolitan areas and southeast Queensland.
Read the full artlice from The Australian here

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Internet Visionaries Betting On Green Technology Boom


Bill Gates, John Doerr and Steve Case believed in the Internet long before Wall Street did. Now, they're betting on the next great "disruptive" technology: alternative fuels and other environmentally friendly products, but this time other investors aren't far behind.
See the full article from the Washington Post here

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Telstra hit over virtual Uluru



TELSTRA is being investigated by Uluru's administrators and the Sydney Opera House Trust after cashing in on the images of Australia's two most famous landmarks as part of its extensive investment in the online world Second Life.
Read the article from news.com.au here

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Can your business change the world?



Last night, I was in a town hall full of small business entrepreneurs who are committed to changing the world. Hosted by celebrity chef Kylie Kwong, Fair Trade Fiesta was a marketplace of businesses dedicated to ethical, sustainable or fair trade practices.
Read the full article from SMH here

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10 Steps to Getting Started on a Clean Life


Virgin Blue goes green


Airline Virgin Blue will today call on the aviation industry to clean itself up amid research projecting an explosion in the contribution of air travel to greenhouse gas emissions.
Read the full article at the age

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Veiling our true predicament: Part 1 - Global Dimming, by Craig Mackintosh



Have you heard the expression 'Global Dimming' yet?
Read it here

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Eco & Ethics



This month, we highlight the trend: the power of all products that have a sense of place, coveted by consumers for a variety of reasons: from environmental concerns to shifting perceptions of what constitutes status. Pretty broad, pretty observational. Let's call it a conversation starter?
Read the full post here

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Why Generation Y are the most powerful consumer group in the world...


Buying cars online - A US study estimates that 30% of cars will be bought online within just a few years. Well if not already, more than that will at least be researched online before they are purchased.
Read the full post at Peter Sheahan's blog

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Organic develops its international market position



The development of the international organic retail trade and supermarket chains is progressing at widely varying speeds.
Read the full article here

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Coke Expanding into Whopping Australian Beer Market


COCA-COLA Amatil has forecast growth in earnings of between 7 and 9 per cent this year on the back of solid sales of its fizzy drinks and premium beer business in the first four months of 2007.
Read the full article at the Daily Telegraph

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Cider Sales Overtake Beer for the First Time



UK: CIDER drinkers now outnumber those who down a pint of beer for the first time.
Read the full article here

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Super Healing Foods Index


As more and more research is carried out into foods and the nutrients that they contain, we are seeing that many of the foods we have been eating for generations, and some that are newer to us, are packed full of vitamins and minerals, and many other nutrients with exciting health benefits.

Read the full index here

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Research to lick obesity


TRICKING the tongue into believing apples taste like burgers could be the way to tackle the fat epidemic.
Read the full article at news.com.au

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What is Orthorexia?


It's great to eat healthy food, and most of us could benefit by paying a little more attention to what we eat. However, some people have the opposite problem: they take the concept of healthy eating to such an extreme that it becomes an obsession. I call this state of mind orthorexia nervosa: literally, "fixation on righteous eating."
Read here for more

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Is Sleep Apnoea Hurting your Relationship?


Are you a snorer? It's mostly blokes that are afflicted - but watch out, because snoring can be a warning sign of sleep apnoea, a serious condition that can drastically shorten your life - and it could also kill your relationship.
Read the full article at ninemsn

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New media means new challenges


Much has been written about the power of the citizen journalism to empower average folk to contribute to the democratic process, by providing a voice outside the mainstream and encouraging more diverse, independent, reliable and accurate news coverage.
Read the full article at online opinion

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The Twitterization of Blogs



Most bloggers prefer mundane tidbits to deep thoughts, and backed by voice transcription and video sharing, the cell phone may soon be the tool of choice.
Read more at Business Week

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Comedy Business Turns to the Web


LOS ANGELES - For Will Ferrell, who commands up to $20 million for movies like "Anchorman" and "Blades of Glory," starring in a short Web video may not seem like the best use of time.

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Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Channel Nine's reluctant frontman



FORGET power and influence, Australia's newest media mogul, Adrian MacKenzie, is only interested in profits.

Read the full story at SMH

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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

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