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Leefe — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:11:44 +0000

Welcome to End of the World 2.0.11.11.11.11.11.11

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Shopping for trouble, trolleys & fire exits don’t mix

Leefe — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:00:14 +0000

There are people who walk ‘their’ shopping trolley back home to this apparently block. But those that leave their trolley in front of the Fire Exit, despite the KEEP CLEAR sign, are just shopping for trouble.

Photos from SibSyd on 13 August 2011

Leefe — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:30:59 +0000

Here are photos from the presentations and talks at the Social Innovation Sydney Barcamp on Saturday 13 August 2011.

Lots of green crap, or Just flush it: a tale of green toilet paper

Leefe — Mon, 16 May 2011 12:17:33 +0000

Shopping in the local Coles supermarket today I noticed that there are now 4 brands of ‘green’ toilet paper. It is interesting to note that the green market must be getting bigger if it can service this many brands.

Now, while I have not test driven all the available brands, I can see that they cater for different markets of greensumers.

The Safe and naturale brands are aimed at the standard market. Both about the same price and paper quality.

The Coles Greenchoice is the house brand. Aimed at the budget consumer who want to feel green.

And GreenSoft, a product I first say today, looks to be aimed at the premium market. The consumer who wants something soft on their behind, but needs to scratch that green itch.

Other people’s thoughts:

Flushing out the greenwash (ThinkShift, 13 October 2010)
Toilet paper greenwash (Emily McCluskey, Choice, 28 September 2010)

2011 NSW State Election flickr group

Leefe — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:19:41 +0000

I created flickr groups for the last 2 Federal elections [2007, 2010]. And, after seeing all the election paraphernalia I thought it would be fun to create one for the current New South Wales State Election.

NSW Election 2011 flickr group

There is just over a week till the election on Saturday 26 March 2011. Come add your photos to the group.

The hole is tarred but not feathered

Leefe — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:27:13 +0000

The hole in the pavement from yesterday has been filled. With a crude tar finish. I suppose they expect the council to come round an tidy it up.

Of note though is that the access to the pipe is much closer to the curb. Which may make putting a nice round corner on that curb a little harder.

BTW, SWCM = Sydney Water Catchment Management

Water Board finally fixes its leak

Leefe — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:22:27 +0000

Walking past where the marking I noticed the other day was, this morning I found a rather large hole filled with water.

The Water Board had dug down to the pipe that needed fixing. Although, without all that dirt packing it in it was leaking even more. Their next job was to replace the valve.

Coming past in the afternoon I see they had finished the replacement. Down the hole was a nice shiny new blue and silver valve.

From a conversation I had with one of the workers, it appears that the old sandstone footpath edge had been send to where footpaths go to die. And that it was the councils job to replace it.

Now to wait for the hole to be filled in again.

Sydney Water street graffiti (photo)

Leefe — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:35:19 +0000

Here is a lovely leaking water outlet in the footpath. A few days ago Sydney Water put a witches hat on it wrote ‘BROKEN SHUT’ in yellow paint.

Today they added a lot more writing. And a man in a Sydney Water truck said there should be someone around tonight to fix it.

Come on Sydney Water! The general public are asked to reduce water usage. You should fix your own problems, not leaving them to leak for days.

Social Innovation BaaCamp #sibsyd

Leefe — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:44:33 +0000

A cartoon inspired by the Social Innovation BarCamp at COFA yesterday. Inspired by the pun you could do, not that I thought all the participants were sheep.

Photos from SibSyd February 2011

Leefe — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:40:04 +0000

Photos taken during the Social Innovation BarCamp, Sydney yesterday (26 February).

I took photos of the opening presentation, the session I attended and whiteboards if written on. As well as other things I thought were interesting.

The last session I attended was about EPICFAIL. And it appears my EPICFAIL was forgetting to take any photos.