WEATHER MODIFICATION
the last five years the world endured modification via banks.
this year, it’s weather modification techniques.
the techniques are mostly used to harness rain to a region experiencing drought. water currency is a big deal in the world. (more…)
THE 32HR AUSSIE WORKING WEEK – SHOWS WATER + HOPS TIME HAVE TAKEN OVER
Australians only work 32 hours a week. What they’re saying is: pub time matters. What else can that mean?!
Anyway… cheers to that then. Lazy ochres. :)
the truth is: companies are cutting costs (part time staff means no long term additional employment incentives are being paid). Two Aussie Banks also predict Australian unemployment to be on the rise.
the trend shows: “Australians are living the good life rather than working hard is instead a reflection of a longer trend away from full-time towards part-time work, more flexible working hours, and the increasing casualisation of the work force.”
– smh.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 24.1.13~
CALIFORNIA MOVES ON FOSSIL FUELS WASTAGE CURBING + WATER URGENCY MEASURES
Gov. Jerry Brown says California has averted fiscal collapse. He calls for investing in water and rail programs, but warns: ‘Fiscal discipline is not the enemy of our good intentions but the basis for realizing them.
Brown outlined a vision for the state Thursday in remarks that were equal parts history lesson, lecture and rhetorical flourish. It includes major investment in water and rail systems, more robust trade and an education structure free of regulations that crush creativity. 
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GARY THE GOAT’S LAWYER’S PRESS – AUSTRALIA 2012
Aussie legal humorists humor: Gary the goat has day in court and wins: A goat accused of eating flowers in Sydney CBD turns up to court and has fine overturned.
Water is such a commodity of value in Sydney, if stories like this are making the news across the ditch. :)
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 23.1.13~
LIVING FUTURE, SUSTAINABLE PLANNING THINKING
It takes a lot of heavy lifting to move from big-picture ideas to grounded practice, says the Living Future‘s website team. You have to be out there seeing what goes on every day, to ensure sustainable partnerships incentivizing emerging best practices. Sometimes you do need to explore structural biases in our current financial systems that make unsustainable practice seem like smart business decisions.
The economic flows need to be sustainable and distributed to the citizens of the land to maintain security at home and a true sense of justice being seen in effect.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 22.1.13~
TOMATOES PLANTATIONS CITIES & SOUP SWEET SUPPLY CHAINS – FRANCHISING VEGES + WATER EATERIES
On twitter: “Fill in the blank! I never leave Sweet Tomatoes/Souplantation without eating…”
A. other peoples land, water + future exports industry capability + gasoline.
or: converting rooftops to supply souplantation city populations.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 22.1.12~
GREEN ROOVES CITYSCAPES TECHNOLOGY
Grass roll outs, especially on cityscape rooftops are fast becoming the rage. Beijing, could do with a grass company that specializes in decking it out in the green stuff.
Verlyn Klinkenborg wrote: “Think of the millions of acres of unnatural rooftops around the globe. And now imagine returning some of that enormous human footprint to nature—creating green spaces where there was once only asphalt and gravel. If a certain sum of human happiness is the by-product, who’s to complain?”
A few links to green roof cities development: 1. Singapore shouts out to Beijing. 2. US, Japan – guidelines. 3. northern scandinavia started it: 8 incredible green rooves. 4. Penrith, UK (in summer). 5. 115% growth USA in one year. 6. A view. 7. rather than grass (that uses lots of expensive water) grow food, give it away.
Photo: Diane Cook and Len Jenshel.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 21.1.13~
SYDNEY MUSIC FESTIVALS & REMINDING THE KIDS TO REHYDRATE IN RECORD HEAT – 18th JANUARY 2012
"You can lead a youth to water..."
There was sunscreen available at first-aid tents, plenty of misting areas, volunteers in certain areas filling up your water bottle for you while others roamed the site with spray bottles – all of which was free. (Bonus!). And on a day like this – barely a cloud in the sky (at lunchtime at least), the sun imperiously blazing – you can’t help but think there’s only so much the organisers of the Big Day Out can do.
– SMH events coverage. Photo: Edwina Pickles. It was a record 48.5 degree heat in Sydney today. Gotta love your music to get out in that heat.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 18.1.13~
CENTURY OF THE CITY – KAREN SCHERER ON POPULATION CONSRUCTIONISM THINKING
By 2025, an extra billion people will crowd into the world’s cities, which will be unrecognisably different from the way they are now.–Karen Scherer writes of growing world trends as in China and the need for NZ to get more agriculturally intensified (a bee keepers rebirth being part of it).
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 14.1.13~
THINK SOUP – REDUCING FOOD WASTAGE & WATER INSECURITY ISSUES HEADING TOWARDS 2050
As a collection of nations? Is the UK sustainable to grow all of its own food needs of its people? Energy needs too?
Food is of prime importance in the world’s future planning, especially when it comes to the concept of “food security.” Food security is a lot different to the concept of acquiring another nation’s future food supply capability by force or deceptively by greedy means (these include: land grabs, unwise distribution sell offs, or unjust acquisition via foreign policy stealth or via stock market mechanisms of trade too, or economic bullying). That is partly, why I like the topic of reducing wastage in the way food supplies are created. Most of all in the way food is distributed.
Distribution is a key area for growers and suppliers to be more involved in. Scientists (or any one for that matter) who are looking at ways to reduce food wastage are quite wise. A tomato saved is better than a tomato wasted right? Is the theory.
SBS runs with a story that looks at the correlation between water useage in growing food supplies from raw and natural state to delivery… or, the amount of wasteful practice that happens when the food supplies don’t nourish anyone. Instead they are grown and wasted. It’s a beaut story appearing in a few publications today. (more…)
2012 USA’S HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD
Heat and the USA. The stats map @click.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 9.1.12~
REHYDRATE – DRINK LOTS OF WATER
HealthTweets: Clarity comes quicker when you’re clear and clean with what you eat and drink! #Perezism
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 7.1.13~
TASMANIAN WATER NEWS – 7th JANUARY 2013
Tasmania news + Aussie news: a) Gillard visits Tasmania as bushfires burn. b) Can you drink too much water?.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 7.1.13~
HAWAII TROPICAL HEAT + STUFF TRENDING – BOXING DAY 26th DECEMBER 2012
a few trending topics are:
1. the bryant boys on high seas
2. paihia new years eve 2013
3. serena williams 2012
4. new zealand humble nice guys
5. obamas in hawaii
usa bonus: christmas grateful hearts time
nz celeb: lisa carrington
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 26.12.12~
THE WORLD’S TOP SALAD GREENS PRODUCING & GREEN VEGETABLE NATIONS 2012
Who grows the most fresh veges on the planet each year? Here we go…
| Rank | Area | Production (Int $1000) | Flag | Production (MT) | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 24683338 | * | 152987093 | F |
| 2 | India | 5978102 | * | 31724000 | |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 1268716 | * | 6732700 | F |
| 4 | Nigeria | 1120394 | * | 5945600 | F |
| 5 | Philippines | 912469 | * | 4842200 | F |
| 6 | Myanmar | 700868 | * | 3719300 | F (more…) |
AUSTRALIA ASKS WHERE DID ALL OUR FARMERS GO? – BUREAU OF STATISTICS FINDINGS 2012 ARE RELEASED
A New Report in Australia reveals: Farmer numbers are dropping each year.
The latest snapshot of social trends by the Australian Bureau of Statistics highlighted how farmers numbers have dropped significantly. The trend is at odds with the growing food demands of countries such as China.
The number of those listing farmer as occupation dropped by 40% in the 30 years to 2011. 
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STARBUCKS CEO, HOWARD SCHULTZ MILK, COFFEE BEANS, FREE WIFI CAFES BRAND EXPANDS BY UPPING PREMIUM PRICED COFFEE PRODUCTS
Hobbit filmmaking factory facts 2012: New Zealand’s Wendy Petrie revealed on NZ Television that during the making of the latest hobbit movie in New Zealand (Unexpected Journey) that NZ$380,000 was sploshed on coffee for the cast and crew alone.
It’s true that coffee fuels the world. Here’s a story via The Washington Post USA reprinted Bloomberg market research news story, into how American coffee peeps will pay top dollar for hot milk with a bit of coffee in it.
Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — Howard Schultz‘ Starbucks Corp. has moved into specialty coffee sales that can cost US$7 for a 16-ounce “grande” cup. Apparently, in a mov to up the rest of its products, the value put on the new grande serving makes it the company’s priciest brew. The company hopes to steer its customer base into buying premium products with a higher mark up by the move. The price hike maintains an illusion of advancement and quality in the competitive US coffee obsessed market.
The Costa Rica Finca Palmilera coffee costs $40 for a half- pound bag and $6 for a 12-ounce “tall” cup. U.S. Northwest is the trial market in select Starbucks cafes.
[Photo: Howard Schultz, the cyclist CEO entrepremuer - UpStart Biz.Com] (more…)
BONE CHINA CUP OF TEA WITH MILK & OXYGEN
All of the tea in China and India,
could not replace the ozone's love
given freely to generations past and present.
About China tea cups: Marye Audet writes:
Once bone china, a mixture of bone ash, china stone, and china clay, was developed by Joseph Spode (more…)
WATER, 29th MOST VOTED STAR TOPIC 2012
The 29th Most Voted Star Topic of 2012 is water.
Drought in the US hit agricultural crops hard in the Midwest. At the same time pre-Olympics and during the games in London of 2012, we saw new reality TV stars, created in the USA just to promote water’s importance to Americans. 100% insincere, even still… they were a tad funny.
Basically… without water, we are raisins.
In New Zealand, water defines us. Our biggest claim to fame this year (dairy products expanding abroad) is a water based product. Water is turned into capital that can then be transferred elsewhere.
Here’s Kiwi singer Brooke Fraser with her hit played on TV across another Kiwi year.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 24.11.12~
DOME IRON SHIELD – KITCHEN BOWL WISDOM
Mid-East Peace News: So after I finish making a good garlic hummus recipe, (click on pic for it) I wash the mixing bowl.
I then turn it over placing it on a hot stove, so it resembles a dome.
What happens: It 90% will get dry real quick.
~Posted by Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 19.11.12~
WATER + SUNSHINE + NUTRITION: AGRICULTURAL GOODNESS & THE SHOPLIFTERS LIFTING THE SHOP’S NATURAL GOODNESS DAILY
Water + sunshine + nutrition are some of the most sought after commodities in the world today.
No one knows this more than gardeners and agricultural farmers. They combine the three elements with earth’s nutrients and distribute their products via supermarkets and markets.
A TV Channel in New Zealand showed a story of shoplifting at Australian check out lines in supermarkets. The footage focused on Asian customers faces when claiming supermarket theft is up for fruit and veges purchases at Aussie supermarkets. The story was run on 12th November 2012, a story taken from months ago re-aired today. (more…)
GRAIN HOPS + NZ WATER + SUGAR + TIME = MOA BEER’S WINNING NZX FORMULA
Turning grains and water into cash.
Here’s a story. Take grain hops of agriculture. Add New Zealand water. Add sugar. Distill over time. Bottle. Label. Sell chilled.
Then… list company on the stock market. What happens? A winner. Read – Demand for Moa shares outweighs availability.
Good stuff. “But who owns the water?” :)
A savvy marketing story NZ can be proud of. Rock on.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 3.22.12~
READING LIBRARY BOOKS – WATER BOOKS & TEN POSTS ONLINE – 14th JANUARY 2013
Ten posts we’re reading:
1. Robert Redford‘s hat
2. Youth hitting the gym then beach
3. Kiwi music inc – bros hit factory NZ
4. Coromandel sun
5. Benji & Zoe
6. Sam Neill
7. Spying – Jeff Delisle – Imperfect people in life’s pages
8. Ben Anderson – how audiences cluster via interests
9. Tourist Billboards: Angie & JD
10. Sports: Rugby’s All Blacks on Twitter – interact. go direct
Reading List – BH Library.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 14.1.13~
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