The Green Lake and Wallingford Paving and Multi-Modal Improvements project (new name!) is the city's official name for work to be done up by Green Lake, but also includes a host of improvements and renovations along 40th St. These include addition of and improvements to cross walks; repairing sidewalks; installing some bus shelters; adding and improving pedestrian lighting; repaving of 40th; and construction of a bike lane.
While the sidewalk repair garnered some criticism when it was revealed that a number of trees might have to be cut down to facilitate that, the greatest controversy was generated by the bike lane. The lane, separated from traffic by pylons, would run from Stone Way to 7th Avenue (where it would meet the Burke Gilman Trail at the awkward, 5-way intersection at the western edge of the UW) along the south side of the street, and would eliminate all parking on that side of 40th. This upset not only people accustomed to parking there, but folks nearby on the side streets who would find themselves competing with additional cars for space along the curb. An article I wrote about the bike lane back in March generated 200 comments from readers.
Our original design for improvements on N 40th St responded to public feedback expressing the need for improved east-west bike connections through Wallingford. During our recent outreach, however, we heard concerns about our plans to add a protected bike lane on 40th, from both nearby neighbors and businesses, as well as from people who bike through the area. Given these concerns, and existing east-west bike infrastructure already in the area (via the Burke-Gilman Trail and the Neighborhood Greenway on N 44th St), we're taking a step back to reconsider the design for bike improvements in this area. In the coming months, we'll evaluate other potential improvements to east-west bike connections in Wallingford. We plan to share these alternatives with the community for feedback early next year.
Although I'm an avid bicyclist, I wasn't too excited about the prospect of a bike lane on 40th; there are just too many cars there, so I think I would still opt to bike on 39th or 41st. SDOT cited the proximity of other east/west bicycling options (the BGT and the Neighborhood Greenway on 43rd and 44th) as among the reasons they are reconsidering the 40th St. bike lane. I also wonder how much the rancor spawned by the 35th Ave. bike lane weighed on their minds.
The BGT near Gasworks is one of the most dangerous stretches of that trail. I'd rather ride 40th.
Neither 39th or 41st connect Stone to 7th…both peter out around Eastern Avenue. I'd rather ride 40th.
The Neighborhood Greenway on 43rd and 44th is too narrow for both bikes and cars. I'd rather ride 40th.
But apparently the Car Storage Lobby has prevailed and I will not be riding 40th. Not a shock in a city where the Ballard Missing Link is still 20 years in the planning stage.
I think find a way to fix the Burke-Gilman Trail around Gasworks may be the best choice. That stretch is heavily-used but is very weird. Maybe they should block off the road connection between 34th and Norhlake for most of those intersections.
I think SDOT could use practical advice from cyclists. The mess that is Burke-Gilman certainly suggests that. I can't guarantee your advice would go anywhere if you offered it to them, but I would hope there's some way for that to happen – for cyclists who aren't hung up on scoring victories for their side, as your rhetoric does sort of suggest. Cyclists who can accept that a cycle path on a narrow, steep, heavily used arterial isn't going to happen, but who can think creatively about what's needed and what can work. For example … 41st peters out after Eastern? The pavement does, but the city presumably retains right of way through there. The other end looks like unmaintained jungle, from the online street view.
When riding the BGT through the Gasworks Park area I get off the trail at the east end of the park and ride on Northlake Way over to Stone Way. It's much straighter and in my opinion safer than staying on the BGT. Northlake Way is nice now that it's been repaved. The BGT could definitely use some redesign in the Gasworks area.
The main SDOT argument for cancelling the 40th street bike lane is that there wasn't room for a bike lane on both sides of the street, meaning that cyclists would need to use sharrows on downhill portions. SDOT decided that removing the parking while requiring cyclists to use sharrows on a very busy arterial was a bad trade off. Additionally, 40th is listed as very low priority in the bike master plan. This is from the presentation SDOT made at the last WCC meeting.
SDOT says they'll be looking for other east / west routes to develop. My preference would be for SDOT to develop the regional greenway on 46th so people in the urban village can access the new 45th street bike crossing that will be going over I-5 so people can get to light rail and UW. The money could also go towards Burke Gillman improvements on that stretch.
N 40th because of the steep grade on both sides of the hill.
So you mean the problem includes very few people, and most of them own million-dollar properties? Maybe the solution is for those people to build a driveway? How about no bike lane but also no parking, but expand the sidewalk so the tree can have room for roots?
Because there's no possible any other way imaginable they could do anything else. Or…no, no, it's too much to imagine …a neighbor might even offer the use of one of their extra parking spaces, in the special single family neighborhood where (as I've read online) peopel know each other kids grow up playing together and lifelong friendships become like family. But share parking? No, no…unpossible….
The issue is also that even if you primarily bike or use transit, the vast, vast majority of people also use a car for at least some of their transportation needs. The zero car family exists, but is exceedingly rare. Therefore, the cars have to be parked somewhere. Part of the issue is if they can't be parked on 40th, then the car traffic is diverted onto neighborhood streets, which people on the neighborhood streets really don't want. Not just the parking issues, but the additional traffic as well.
I certainly understand the philosophical argument about the highest, best use of a public rights-of-way and what that use should be, but reality is that most people need a car at least some of the time, and slapping down a few sharrows doesn't change that reality.
So it gets down to telling people to build a driveway at their own expense because riding on the protected bike path just a couple blocks to the south is completely unacceptable, and we refuse to accept a bike path on any other street but 40th….wait? Does that make sense? Could you sell that idea to a neutral observer?
Now, we might be able to change the car-based reality a little bit by providing more transit options. That would be acceptable to the bike lobby right? Wrong! The 35th bike plan plan calls for the removal of eight transit stops to accommodate bikes. All we have to do to keep the transit is move the path one block to east, and then we could have bikes AND transit. But the bike community (at least the vocal ones) demands require the removal of transit. For the same reasons DOUG mentioned. They want to ride on 35th and only 35th. And if you disagree, you are a climate arsonist. Or you are in favor of murdering children. Take your pick. Shoot, you don't even have to pick. They'll accuse you of both. All for the crime of wanting convenient bus service–which really does take cars off the street and provide opportunities for bike lanes. The crazy part is this isn't even new bus service, they want to get rid of existing bus service.
If the CBC would stop stabbing their natural allies in the back, maybe we could accomplish something. I won't hold my breath.
Speaking of removing transit for bike lanes, I heard today that they're planning on shortening the existing SLU trolley line, by 200 feet at the cost of $10M, just to put in an arterial bike lane. Granted, I need to verify this. But if true, it's just another example of the waste that occurs when we allow the CBC to have such an outsized influence on city hall.
My neighbor is on a 1,500SF legacy lot and has an extra offstreet space. We're on a legacy 2,500SF lot and have an extra off street space. Many of us in Walligford have larger lots and six or seven figure home equity, and larger lots.
Maybe if people would take the slightest minmal action to see to their own parking needs or help out their neighbors, street parking won't be an issue.
We could acomplish a lot of folks were willing to exert any effort at all.
Bur I won't hold my breath.
The 35th Ave project does *not* remove bus stops to accommodate bikes. It removes stops to even out the spacing, which makes bus service faster. For example, there are currently stops 600 feet apart at 60th and 62nd streets. If you walk at 3 mph and start in between, that's a 1 minute walk to either one. With 62nd St removed, the new spacing is a little over double, at 1,330 ft (¼ mile). If you start in the middle, your walk is now 2–3 mins to either stop. This is already the existing gap between other stops along 35th, like 70th–75th. Meanwhile, everyone riding the bus saves time on their commute, and arrival times are more consistent.
What if the changes were flipped on their head, and rather than removing stops from 35th to be more like the rest of the city, we were going to add stops to the rest of the city's routes to make them more like 35th? Would you support that? Would you consider that more "convenient" if every bus stopped at every block, across the city?
Removing the stops has *nothing* to do with what cyclists want or need, and everything to do with improving transit service. A project that includes a bike lane is not necessarily a bike project exclusively, and not all changes made in that project are automatically for cyclists to the detriment of everyone else.
In general, though, we always want to push stops as far apart as possible while still providing enough access, both for speed and, because the fewer stops we have, the more infrastructure we can afford to provide at each.
Which of these two stop layouts makes more sense?
No way free parking is making sense to a neutral observer. It's public space, and parking is a less efficient way of using it, comparing to car lanes, bike lanes, sidewalks, or tree growing spaces. Look at how expensive land has become in Seattle, and in which way can we justify giving it out for free for the benefit of so few? Especially in this neighborhood where housing price is so high?
At least we should support getting rid of all free street parking. All that wants to park in streets should pay.
Many of us spent lots of time getting estimates on redoing driveways so they could be used. The costs were between 10 and 20k. The problem is that among those who could afford to do this, there was still the issue of visibility. I contacted SDOT and asked them for advice about backing out into a bike lane and busy street and they did not reply. I do not know anything about this as I have never had to back out into a busy street. I certainly do not want to hurt anyone.
By the way, Ron Johnson is not running for office again in our district. He mentioned that part of his decision was based on the push back he received against his support for the bike lanes. I assume he did this because he believes he can not win a re-election.
How do the 40th St bike lane proponents interpret this?
One interpretation is that the majority is against the bike lanes.
I assume he believes that the voters count and that the majority rules……There are remedies for sour grapes.
I am not sure the issue of getting in and out of the drive way is really that unique an issue. It's obviously what many people do. I think DOL, as the one that regulate and validate your driving, may be the better source of info. And effectively you should treat the intersection of your drive way and the sidewalk as the stop sign according to law.
If you truly don't want to hurt anyone with your car and is not sure about your driving, you shouldn't drive.For backing out, get a car with radars and cameras to assist you if you must.
I am not sure what's the point speculating what Rob Johnson is thinking. Are you just trying to speculate if there are a lot of people who think like you? Not sure how that can be a meaningful discussion, since we can only speculate instead of validate.
I will not have to, because you lost and so did Rob Johnson. Read the article in the Seattle Times. I am not speculating, he said that his failure on the bike lanes is why he is not running for re-election. Furthermore, my driving is excellent. Many driveways have walls around them so it is difficult to see when backing into the sidewalk. You jump to conclusions about my driving and do not do the necessary research. Read what Johnson said.
You are just a poor loser.
Rob Johnson claims he promised he would go only one term. The terrific thing about that, he points out, is that he doesn't have to worry about whether his constituents feel he represents them. The bike lane issue is only one example of that.
You are correct, the reporter surrounded Johnson's quotes with all the opposition that Johnson has faced.
He wrote: "Some constituents will be happy to see Johnson go, including those who think the tax hikes he supported are making Seattle too costly.
His harshest detractors include upzone opponents in Wallingford who argue developers are conning City Hall and people opposed to a 35th Avenue Northeast bike lane and road redesign.
That project is the issue on which Johnson has taken heat most recently and intensely, drawing opposition from five community associations, dozens of businesses and thousands of petition signers, according to the Save 35th Ave NE group.
So, he decided to not run because he wants to spend more time with his family.
Yes. Would like to see that reference. i don't think he said that.
Rob Johnson has been supporting HALA, though he does not live in one of the urban villages of single family homes which is being proposed for multi use buildings, ie. condos which the developers will provide no parking at all for as many as 40 people with one or two cars. He has not advocated for his district.
I didn't jump to conclusion with your driving. You are the one using your incapability to handle backing out of the driveway as an excuse for having street parking.
Hah Hah, you lost big time.
You wanted bike lanes on 40th and they are not going to happen. Grow up and you will be a happier person.
Backing out on to N 40th Street is hazardous as vehicles traveling N 40th frequently exceed 30 mph, the tree trunks often block oncoming traffic too.
Hence my recommendation of using eminent domain to claim additional land next to 40th and expand the street to put in bike lane, wider sidewalk, and more space for tree.
Well, you can recommend all you want, but it will never happen. Sounds like a real failure to me.
Part of a meaningful discussion is not suggestion to anyone to get a car with radar and cameras,that is for sure. As a general thought, backing out of a driveway onto a busy street is pretty dangerous, especially without perfect sighting on both lanes, which is rare.
Without parking, the sight would be good. A stretch of 50th is like that: many people there have to back into a busy street. Way busier than 40th actually. However, the sight is better with no parking.
Backup camera isn't that expensive and many options are very easy to install. I would be OK if the city pay each house on the 40th $200 as a one time fee to remove all the parking.
Maybe bike owners should pay a yearly registration fee as car owners do if they are going to be using the streets.
Free parking is becoming more and more difficult as the cost of the RPZs for neighborhoods is around $65 a year.
Additionally, studies have shown bicycle use drops as much as 58% during rainy weather…..which Seattle is known for.
Any independent observer can tell you $65 a year is way way way too low for a place where the price per square foot is above $600. $2000 a year would be a reasonable price.
I am sure you can calculate the road usage/damage of a bike vs a car, and realize it takes more money to actually maintain a registry system than the right equivalent income you'll get from such a fee.
I can not believe that I agree with tj on something — $65 is low, especially when you consider that this is NOT for one year, but for TWO years.
This should be a wake-up call to all of us who have been complacent and allowed a small group of people, relative to the rest of the population, to try to dictate policy for the rest of us. We should have fought back early on and not waited. Fortunately, SDOT has listened and done two positive things: extended the RPZs and cancelled the 40th St. Bike Lanes.
Million dollar properties also pay around $10K in property taxes too.
Some properties don't have room for driveways.
Are you trying to provide even more proof that million dollar property owners should have no problem fixing up their drive ways? Or are you somehow arguing the property tax includes street parking fee?
My house is estimated over a million based on those real estate websites and I did pay to have my driveway broaden. I'm sure I don't pay less property tax despite having a functional driveway.
I am willing to exchange this for an apartment in the high-rise in this neighborhood. I actually used to rent in University Plaza, the second tallest building in the University District.
Vision Zero, as long as it doesn't impact or give the perception of impact to people who store their personal property in the public right of way for free. This is standard SDOT process. Look for another project in 2 or 3 years which will similarly be stymied by the free car storage lobby.
Sharrows empircally do not increase bike ridership and they do not increase safety for bicyclists. SDOT's policy of trying to force every mode of travel on every arterial has been a clear failure, especially from the standpoint of trying encourage bicycling. I'm glad SDOT is taking a breather and stop rushing into unforced design blunders that will simply have to be corrected later.
You are totally correct. It is called Social Engineering. Many people voted for large packages and had no idea that they would be submitting to the will of 2% of the population. Now that they see what these lanes mean, they are voicing their opinions and the bike proponents are in shock. So happy to see Rob Johnson go!!!!!!!!!
And in the case of the N 40th st project, it wasn't even close to 2%. SDOT's own studies showed that on 40th there are 11,500 car trips per day. And the number of bicycle trips?
So that works out to 1/4 of 1%. But I'm sure, as the bike activists say, if we build it they will come, right? Funny how the keep saying that with all the bike lanes they've built, and the their citywide percentage of users has actually *dropped* to 2.8%.
Now if we could just get SDOT to start considering the residents and businesses along Stone Way. The exclusive bike lane lobby has convinced them to remove all the parking from45th to 52nd.
The biggest reason for that: housing price. Bikes are for two groups of people typically: the poor that uses it because it's cheap, and the upper middle class that uses it as a form of exercise. Seattle is losing its poor. There is no housing for the poor in these neighborhoods, so there are no poor that uses the transportation format that's good for them. We see no increase of bike lane usage in our neighborhoods because of that. Your line of logic of using the numbers but not understanding them is what has been driving the wealth segregation in the US. Seattle is already very segregated by wealth.
I don't understand what's your comment on the residents and businesses along Stone Way meant. Stone Way is just about the worst example for anybody who wants to argue for any specific type of businesses or residents, because it's going through a rapid transition with both the businesses and residents changing composition. How would you categorize as typical on Stone Way? People who live in condos and would bike to Fremont Brewery or Miir for drinks?
So not only do you admit that we don't have the available ridership numbers to justify building bike lanes on places likes 40th. You also admit that they're mostly for the upper middle class (read: mostly tech bros riding bikes worth more than my car) to use them for exercise.
Thanks for that, TJ. My work here here is done!
So you agree that we should put more housing in the neighborhood so the poor can live here therefore utilizing the bike lanes more?
We really can use more apartments in this neighborhood. The whole Wallingford should be mostly 5-story multi-family housing instead of Ballard. It's a much more convenient location.
If we don't do that, we can just wait and most people like you will gradually disappear from this neighborhood actually. It's obvious on my block that most of the houses are now sold over a million, and those who newly move in are surely nothing like who moved here ten, twenty, or more years ago.
Sure TJ, I'm going support the destruction of my neighborhood just so a few of your hypothetical poor people can use your empty bike lanes.
Fear not, though. I plan on staying here a long time just to be a thorn in the side to you urbanists. I will continue to be the happy warrior defending against the Ballardization of Wallingford and the takeover and destruction of my city by a bunch of Marxists.
There is nothing hypothetical about poor people. They are real. And what do you mean by destruction? I am talking about building.
And it kind of doesn't matter if you stay or not. I should be obvious to you that how this neighborhood is changing. It's a neighborhood with million dollar house and $2000 a month apartments now. The "destruction" isn't done by Marxists but by capitalism. The neighborhood is resisting change through Marxist means, like zoning codes. If it's not for government central planning measures like that, we'd have waterfront restaurants and highrises next to Gasworks already.
I've owned homes on N. 40th St. for 34 years, I'm an avid cyclist (and neither poor nor anyone's idea of a tech bro). But I've never ridden on 40th because it's dangerous. But apparently letting me ride safely on a street where I own a home is not sufficiently important to you.
So you can't ride one block over, you *have* to be able to ride safely on the street where you live? Should it be that way for everyone all over the city? And how about outside the city? What about people who live on Aurora? Or say, Interlaken Blvd? Do we have to build them a bike lane too?
How about I-5 then? Do we want bike riders to feel safe on the Ship Canal bridge?
Gosh, its almost like SDOT is surprised that there was community pushback after they tried to sneak this bike lane in under our noses. Maybe they'll learn there lesson and try to get approval from the neighborhood next time they try something like this.
Hah, who am I kidding.
N 40th is actually not so bad to bike on – downhill, it's trivial to keep up with traffic, while going uphill I can just take the lane. A bike lane would be nice so I can feel better about the bus riders I'm delaying, but otherwise the status quo isn't bad *for me*. The problem is that the street is dangerous for pedestrians, and less-confident cyclists who hug the curb, and they're the ones who will suffer from this decision.


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Egon sketched this drawing of his dying Edith Schiele as he lay dying himself, and passed away just a few days later. This was the perfect theme for an artist who worked from his emotions and also specialised in expressive portraits and self-portraits.
Her expression grave and loving, this sketch captures a heartbreaking and tragic, yet tender moment between husband and wife in their final hours. In his short life, Expressionist painter Egon Schiele managed to create some 3,000 works of art. One of the final and most poignant among them is this sketch of a dying Edith Schiele. Egon Schiele was born in Tulln, Austria in 1890. From a young age, he displayed a strong talent for drawing. This talent was nurtured by his father, Adolf, until his premature death of syphilis on Christmas in 1904. This loss at such a tender age, due to a sexually transmitted disease, combined with the poor health that was prevalent in the Schiele family had a profound effect on Egon.
Themes of sex and death would later be prominent in his works. Egon Schiele went on to paint some controversial pieces. In 1912, this resulted in the Sankt Polten trial and a prison sentence. Then, in 1915, Egon married Edith Harms, in spite of her disapproving family. Four days after the wedding, Schiele went to Prague to serve in WWI. After his time in prison and the military, his style evolved and softened. Much of that may also be thanks to his wife, Edith, who was now his primary model. In 1917, the Schieles returned to Vienna and were finally able to enjoy the successes of Egon's art career.
Sadly, that happiness would be cut short. The following year, his mentor, Gustav Klimt was dead. A few months later, Egon, Edith, and their unborn child fell victim to the Spanish Flu pandemic. On October 28, 1918, Edith Schiele passed away. Egon followed her to the grave three days later. This incredibly sad episode must be placed in context within the turmoil of life in Europe at this time - with 20m lives lost across the continent from disease, on top of the appaling consequences of WWI. It truly was one of the lowest moments in the history of this region and the Schiele family would become just another footnote to this tragic period. This drawing is beautifully simple, taking the artist's raw skills and combining them with the emotions of this time, giving us a highly personal insight into his life and personality.

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If, these 3 dimensions are multiplied with each other, the value obtained for the concrete of this column will be 0.27 m3.
Given below, the detailed percentage of reinforcement steel usually essential for various components. It's value can differentiate from structure to structure.
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Outside the cockpit door of a Boeing 747.
Bill Eads graduated from the University of Virginia at the age of nineteen with a degree in English Literature.
After nine years as a Naval Aviator, 43 combat missions over North Vietnam and more than 300 carrier landings, he finished his career in aviation as a Boeing 747 Captain with United Airlines.
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PODCAST - The Australian Natural Soap Company
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ISCAH Podcast Episode 7 - Emma Cook of The Australian Natural Soap Company - Good for Your Skin, Great for the Planet
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Today we're in the Dandenong region of Victoria, Australia, discovering how Emma Cook, founder of The Australian Natural Soap Company is living her values by creating prodcuts that are good for your skin, and great for the planet.
We love how Emma is living those values in every aspect of her business from sourcing, production and distribution... while also showcasing native Australian ingredients from Australian farmers; and supporting habitat reforestation for Orangutangs in Borneo. Wonderful!
Learn how she does this and get inspired by native Australian ingredients and helping our planet in this inspiring episode.
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Felicia:
Hi Emma, welcome to the podcast today.
Emma:
Felicia: Lovely to have you here … and for those listeners who don't know you, can you introduce The Australian Natural Soap Company and tell us about yourself and your company?
So my name is Emma Cook and I'm the Director and founder of The Australian Natural Soap Company. We've been around, pretty much since 2013.
We had started off in our kitchen - my husband and I, just making soaps, he was an emergency doctor and he washes his hands a lot and just found coming home after using the hospital-grade antibacterial soaps, at the hospital then coming home and having to use, you know, even more, antibacterial soaps. He was just getting so much irritation and dry skin.
So yes, we just started, looking into, you know, natural alternatives. and we found that there really wasn't anything on the market that we were after. So what was on the market then was, you know, a lot of soaps that were natural, but they were using things like Palm oil, artificial fragrances, sulfates. We just started experimenting on our own and really started falling in love with these Australian ingredients - things like avocado oil, macadamia oil, olive oil, and just love the soaps that they were producing.
Fantastic. And where are you based Emma?
So we're based in Melbourne. We have manufacturing here still to this day, all of our soaps and skincare. We have two manufacturing facilities in Dandenong where we make everything, so it's all pretty much following the same recipe, you know, the way that we made them back all those years ago, in the kitchen… but just on a much bigger scale.
Fantastic. And so you started with soaps and as your product range, if we fast forward to today, what's in your product range today, what can people expect?
Yes, so it's still, our products are our good old, solid soap bars... and it's funny because a lot of the products that, although a lot of the skaps that we were, making back all those years ago in the kitchen are still there today. So, things like, you know, absolute avocado avocado oil, in the soap, pink clay. So, but what has become the most popular range, what we call soaps, replace plastic bottles around the household. And I suppose everyone's so much more conscious about the packaging that their products come in. So we offer a range of shampoo, bars, conditioner, bars, soap flakes, laundry, soap, and shaving. You can even get a pet, a dog shampoo, and they've just become very, very popular... and then on top of that the gift packs that have been incredibly popular, you know, really highlighting some of the really beautiful Australian, ingredients that we use in our soaps.
We've also just relaunched our liquid soap range, which again just uses the same principles, but, you know, in a liquid form and we've got them in the sustainable packaging of glass and the bamboo rims. So, so yes, that's our range.
Fantastic. And obviously, yes, it's very important to have natural Palm oil free. So do you have a specific company motto or values?
Yes, so the one that always keeps coming up is 'good for the skin, great for the planet'. and I think I really capture, you know, the two things that we really want to be bringing with our products.
And the first is, you know, we really do believe that, Australian ingredients are some of the best, you know, Australian plant oils and essential oils, some of the best things you could be using on your skin, hands down and, you know, just love the idea that through our soaps, we're able to bring and highlight these really beautiful ingredients.
You know, you don't need to be using the expensive stuff on the shelf that's been made in a laboratory. Really what we're bringing to consumers are, you know, these beautiful, natural soaps that are using oils that have been, you know, grown by Australian farmers.
So there's that side of the business, but then also the fact that what we've really been able to also offer is some really fabulous, plastic-free alternatives, you know, and really reduced the plastic waste that, you know, households have. we were asked actually the other day, about how many bottles we think we've saved from going from landfill. And it's incredible because we came up with a number of 1.3 million plastic bottles, incredible to think about. yes. yes. And it's just that simple step of, people, you know, instead of reaching for the plastic bottle, just reaching for one of our soaps. So yes, it's, it's, that's definitely, what keeps us going and, we just love that we've been able to create a business out of it.
Oh, that's Wonderful. Because I think sometimes you think, you know, these tiny little choices don't make any difference, you know, but I guess 1.3 million is a pretty significant amount of bottles in the land that aren't there, because of using your soaps. That's wonderful.
Emma: Yes.
So was there anything, if you go back to those early days, then with you and your husband Anthony in the kitchen and experimenting with all these ingredients that were more natural and less irritating on the skin, was there anything that was particularly challenging for you in achieving what you wanted to achieve with your products?
Yes. I think what we were doing in those early stages is just using ingredients that weren't commonly used. you know, some that weren't being used at all in soap, making at that time, you know, we, we'd asked around, there were people that were telling us that there's no way you could make, a soap bar if you didn't use Palm oil, which I was like, "that's not possible?!" so I think there was a lot of experimentation and actually I look so fondly back at that time of just Dr. Google on the internet and just hunting around for all these oils. And then, you know, I would just sort of, you know, get in the kitchen and just be putting things together and I suppose this was born. So he's [my husband's] always been the one that's been able to go, okay, well, if we do this and this and this, it should work.
So, yes, I suppose it was just that initial period of just trying to make our products work and really force the ingredients that we wanted in our products to work. And really they did. yes.
That's fantastic. What is it about Palm oil that people are saying you need? I mean, I guess I'm from a background. I don't understand the reason for all the ingredients that go into these things. I know Palm oil was a big thing people use, or in the past has been used, but it's not used for good reason anymore, but, what is it about Palm oil as an ingredient that people were saying you have include it?
yes, so, I mean, basically with Palm oil, it's been used commonly, I think there's a stat and, this is going back a few years ago, so it may have changed, but six out of 10 products that are on your grocery shelves will contain Palm oil.
And that's shocking for a lot of people because I think, you know, when you look at the ingredients, you don't see Palm oil often listed instead it's listed as vegetable oil or, you know, something else.
Sorry - What was that? What is it listed as...as vegetable oil?
As vegetable oil? Or there's, I mean, there's, you can go on and do some Googling and you just find this pretty much hundreds of different ways you can refer to Palm oil in ingredients. The thing for us, and I suppose I, you know, quite a while ago, I went to Indonesia as an exchange student. and I have a really close connection with Indonesia and, have gone out to, to Borneo and, and seen the devastation. So, you know, Palm oil has been responsible for that. The industry has been responsible for a lot of deforestation. You know, like us, we partnered with The Orangutan Project and have raised quite a bit of money for them and have listened to Leif Cocks - the founder - talk a lot about it. And it's just, it's just frightening to think about how much of these beautiful forests, and these, you know, important forests to, I suppose, you know, the climate to habitat to everything, how much has been destroyed… and I, you know, I do think a lot of it has to do with the Palm oil that has been the cheap oil that's been on offer. It's been easy, you know, to use. And that I think, you know, for us, we really were adamant that we needed to try and find alternatives. And so, you know, just to give perspective, I think, you know, I want about, I suppose, what can I say cheaper oils that we use is olive oil and that's probably about, you know, 10 - 15 times more expensive than Palm oil to use in ingredients. So, but you know, yes, I think there has been a lot more awareness around it, so that's great. And we took that extra step of making sure that our products are certified through the Orangutan Alliance. You know, just to, so people can safely say that, you know, when they buy products that are Palm oil free.
That's fantastic. And I think that does mean a lot to a lot of people to see that because you really are living your brand there like that. It's really great.
So you, you're on the kitchen table, you were in experimenting having a good time experimenting with at least ingredients. Do you remember your early successes where you went, wow, this is actually something we can make and we can make, you know, did other people start asking for it or how did it merge from your kitchen table to the business you have today?
Yes, so I think, you know, there was always that element of, we had friends and family who were like, oh, could you bring some soap around? Can I take some soap? Like, you know, in those early days we were giving them to friends and family and was getting to the point where people were like, oh, I should really pay you for these soaps. So we thought, Hmm, there must be something here. And then I suppose what now I think was quite naive of me was, it was, you know, the lead up to Christmas, in 2013. And I just thought, you know what, I'm going to just set up a pop-up shop and, just, start selling soap and, you know, it's, it's only gonna be for two months. So if it all falls flat on its face, then at least I have an out. And, yes. So I think that experience really, you know, allowed me to understand, you know, why people were buying our soaps, and we were able to learn a lot through those two months as a popup in Prahran.
Felicia: Great. So then you had your pop-up shop. Were you working at this time or..?
So I was quite fortunate. I, yes, I had a few careers before I started the soap company. so I, at the time, was actually working as a speech writer in Canberra for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Well, it is a bit of a career change, and I had been a journalist previously. and it was a time where they were doing a bit of a restructuring and there were some redundancies going around and then sort thought, you know, what? I can back myself and think, you know, if this doesn't work in sort of, you know, give myself sort of like a timeframe and say, if this doesn't work in six months, I know I'll be able to get another job in media and communications. So, yes, I was fortunate that I did have that little push to make me, you know, start working full-time on my business. And, you know, that's now what 7, 7-8 years ago now, and I haven't gone back, so yes, it's worked.
So you had a great Christmas pop-up shop that obviously went really well. And, and then in January, 2014, you'd just started. Okay. This is the thing?
Yes. yes. So we, we, then after that, we looked around, we'd started doing a few markets and we were lucky enough that we were offered a spot at south Melbourne market, to, initially just have a pop-up there, but it's become a permanent stall and, actually was, was still there. So, yes, obviously it's had its difficulties with COVID, but, we still do have that one shopfront there. and, but I think, you know, we, we don't, we'd had this, I'd had this naive ambition of becoming sort of like the lush of Australia, but soon realized that, that, yes, being, it costs a lot of money to set up, set up shops. So I think I got that sort of light bulb moment, a little bit further down the track where I was like, you know what, and we need to start looking at, how we can, wholesale our products.
And I think from the very beginning, we had had people approach us to wholesale our products. yes. So, and that was a, that was actually quite a lot of work to be put into that because when we were, when we had our shops, we were just making our soaks and putting them out. We didn't have any packaging or anything like that. So we really had to move into that next phase of, yes. Getting to the point where we could package our slopes and have them, you know, shop ready.
Well, we're very grateful you made that decision because it means we get stock from you too. And your packaging is really beautiful. I think if anyone hasn't seen it, you should go and have a look.
yes. That was a really big, exercise in itself, I think, because the brief with the packaging, had been, you know, we, we, we still need to capture that rawness of our soaps and the naturalness of their soaps, but obviously we need to make them a lot more user-friendly and I do think they've really nailed that. and it's really helped us, you know, grow our business through it.
Felicia: They're very beautiful.
Emma: Thank you.
Oh, you're welcome. So you've talked about, "good for the skin. Great for the planet" And you talked a little bit about sort of no plastic, I think, in your products, but, I guess, can you talk a little bit more about the decisions you've made along the way to achieve this? I guess packaging was one of them, because it's good for the planet. If you weren't packaging, how did you decide sort of what materials & where you source them from, like all that sort of thing, first decisions you made, you know, to be good for the planet around the brand in general, what have you done around that?
Yes, I mean, I think from the beginning we already had in place that we're always going to be sourcing most of our ingredients from Australia. you know, we only, we still do have a few essential oils. Like there's a few essential oils that you just can't, they're not grown in Australia, so you do have to get them from overseas, but, we'd really set it up that, you know, pretty much 90% about products, our ingredients are coming from Australia. So I think what then, just naturally happened was as we were growing, we were getting, we were needing to order a lot more, you know, from only ordering 20 liters of olive oil. We were suddenly having to order tons and tons worth of olive oil. So we needed to find, you know, reliable producers, you know, people that we could, you know, guarantee that we would, if we went to them and said, you know, we need 10 tons of this or that they wouldn't freak out and go, oh my God.
So through that, we've been able to find a really good branch of, you know, local producers really, out of the olive oil, you know, the farmers. and so that's been also a really great thing, that has eventually weighed. And even with the olive oil, like the oil olive oil that we use is actually it's beautiful olive oil, but it's olive oil that can't necessarily be sold as food grade, just because maybe the coloring is a little bit different or the taste is a bit different, but perfectly, I mean, as with natural products, you always, you're never going to get consistency. So, that's a really beautiful thing that we are able to take that olive oil that we want to put a time that would have just been discarded and make it into a really beautiful photo. So, yes, that's another thing where it's like, it's just great that, that then means that that's just another step towards sustainability.
And I suppose as well, like, you know, like when we opened that first shop in 2013, we had a shampoo bar then, and you've got to remember that was 2013. And then, you know, people just looked at us like, what soap in your eyes? Why would you do that? And I think the whole concept in itself was just using bar soap even then was a little bit like, oh, why would you use that when you can use body wash? and so I think it's funny how, you know, I'd like to say that we predicted everything that was going to happen, but I think it was a lot of just chance that this was our passion and we love making our soaps. And it's really, we were there at a time when people, you know, a few years later, we're really looking at sustainability and packaging, and trying to reduce their plastic waste. And we just had the products ready to grow that people did, you know, that people wanted. So it's amazing to see that, but yes, that shampoo bar that was like, sort of at the back right at the back of our shop, that pretty much people were just like, what, why are you selling that has now become a number one bestseller? Yes.
Well, I think, Heide from Earth Greetings was saying a similar thing that when she started maybe a little bit before you, I think, but, a bit earlier, but then all of a sudden it just took off because in, yes, the awareness of the people - suddenly were really into this, all of a sudden what you guys have been doing for ages.
yes. It's good that these things pay off that are good for the planet. That's fantastic.
Absolutely. And I just, yes, I love it. Like even with like, we also offer soap flakes, which is like cuts from our soaps.. and again, that's a really great way for us to be able to make sure we lessen the waste that we have... But they've become, again, some of our most popular products. And if, for people who don't know how to use soap flakes, you can pretty much use them as an alternative to washing your clothes, you know, washing your dishes, you can add hot water and they become like cleaning oil. and we used to use these for years as just the way that we would clean our house and our clothes and people used to look at us so weirdly, but now again, like they've become almost like some of our most popular products because I think people recognize the value - it's like a light bulb moment for some people it's like, when you look at that bottle, that plastic bottle of liquid, that's actually mostly water. So if you just take away the water, what are you going to get? You're going to get solid soaps. So I think, yes, once people recognize that, then I think you can really recognize why it's so silly that we have these bottles, you know, in our bathrooms in our kitchens that are just unnecessary.
I'm thinking through the plastic in my home and, you know,😬
Yes ...That's what I had when I first started. yes. Making us folks in the kitchen.
There you go. I'm only seven years, eight years behind you. Exactly. Excellent. So can we talk a little bit about, for people who don't know, the listeners might be interested in, you know, not giving trade secrets away, but just you are using a lot of native Australian ingredients. you mentioned avocado, and macadamia oil, but there's other ones like eucalyptus and lemon Myrtle. Can you elaborate a bit on those?
yes, I mean, I think that fundamentally what we wanted to do was to bring, you know, more Australian, ingredients, you know, essential oils and plant oils, you know, to the point where people can recognize them. I mean obviously lemon, Myrtle and eucalyptus. They're very, yes, well known ingredients. but there's a few that were, and you know, we're going to go further down that line of essential oils. I think people may not be aware of the fact that Australia does have a really fledgling, essential oil industry. and there's been quite a bit of research and development into some of these incredible essential oils that really do have, you know, they rival some of the more well known, you know, the lavender's of this world. You know, the lemon grass is of this world. So yes, we're really excited to be able to then I think take it to the next step and start really showcasing some of these really beautiful, essential oils, that are really, you know, that's Australian. Yes, you kind of get more Australian than that.
Oh, fantastic. Well, I know I was into quite some years ago, the Australian Bush flower essences as a sort of brand, that's got all these amazing native flower essences being into native flowers. yes. yes. And if you think about the diversity of, native, you know, flowers we have in Australia, you know, it's not surprising, these essential oils are so fantastic.
Absolutely. yes.
Which, and how many there are and how different they are and they're all, they're amazing properties.
yes. yes.
And some of you are there, I really love how you've taken your products and turn them into beautiful gift packs. Like your Trip around Australia gift pack. Now, when we can't all necessarily travel, when we want to consider veggies travel through your soaps. Can you tell us a bit about what a Bondi breeze smells like?
yes. So it's funny, how that all came about. So yes, Bondi breeze is still and Fitzroy flavor as well. our soaps that do, did come from the initial, you know, product range that we had in that pop-up store in Prahan. so, going back to being in the kitchen with Anthony, we would just, you know, also put together beautiful scent combinations to the essential oils and just put them into the sites and kind of like, well, how do we name that? We can't name all the different essential oils. So we started just thinking about, well, you know, let's start naming them after places in Australia, we are the Australian natural soap company. So Bondi breeze for us is just, it's got seaweed in it and it's got the chill and essential oils. And so to me, and I'm not the only one to say this, we've got lots of customers who do agree that it does have that beautiful sea breeze scent to it.
and yes, it's, it's just, yes, I just, I love that one. It's not going to be for everyone. I think that's what you realize being in a company like ours, that everyone's got their individual tastes when it comes to scent. so yes, that's, that's Bondi breeze, it's Fitzroy flavor. That's got rose geranium and grapefruit in it. And so it's actually a bit of a nod to, when at that initial stage, I was doing a lot of markets, as I said, and one of the markets was the Rose Street Market. And, so we've got the rose geranium as far as yes. But also it's just got that he can be walking up there and spring, and it's just got that beautiful sort of floral scent to it. So, yes, that's, that's where the Fitzroy flavour came from
Lovely and "Naturally Noosa" [flavour]?
Yes. So that's actually, somebody is working for us at the time. She was like, you know, we'd always just put the call out to whoever we could be like with this new, this new soap, with all those scents. And, you know, like, what would you call it? What's your favorite place in Australia? And, the girl just, she smelled that one and she says, that's Noosa to me with the pine to it. So, yes. So that's how that came about.
I love it. So you sort of create the soap first and then the name people say what the sort of name comes after.
Yes - pretty much. That's how it's been. So, and then when we were designing our gift packs, you know, we just said, you know what, this has got to be, we wanted to just experiment a little bit more like this in a gift pack and see how they go. And yes, the trip around Australia has been, it's one of our most popular, popular packs. So yes,
It's beautiful. And I know for us, we send a lot of gifts overseas. There's nothing better to get something like that. Then, you know, it's a gift that keeps on giving every day. They can get those smells in the shower. Right. Exactly.
And that's what showering should be about, you know, we all do it. You gotta have just a beautiful soap in there to, you know, just give you that, that, that few minutes where you can just take in those beautiful, essential oils and stuff. That's lovely.
And we talked a little bit about this already, but I guess it's just specifically asking if there's anything else about customer behaviors changing over time. So, you talked about your soap, your shampoo bars, sorry. that people are better educated now and probably buying them more. are there any other changing attitudes you've seen over time such as the popularity of certain products or changes in what you're bringing out?
Yes, I think it is. yes, I do think it is that whole idea of, of, of soap. And I think there was that initial, you know, when we started out, people were just like, why would you use the bar soap? And I think that's a lot less of an issue for people these days. yes, but I think, you know, also our liquid soap, we had just re-introduced it in the glass bottles we did at one stage, have it in plastic bottles and it just never sat right with our brand and what we were trying to do. And we really wanted to get to that point where we could offer a sustainable option. And I think that, you know, the push was the fact that that's what our customers wanted. They loved our liquid soap. They just like, I just can't buy it. It's in plastic. So, I think that's awesome that we work, give them that push by our customer base, to, to come up with more sustainable packaging. That's
Good. It's good. When customers tell you what they want. It's
It's Exactly that
And sometimes, not necessarily how you want to hear it… (!)...
You've just got to take that feedback and run with it. So, yes, it makes you a better company for it. It does. yes, it does. yes. Oh, that's good.
And they look beautiful for those who don't know, there's like lemon, Myrtle face and body wash and eucalyptus face and body wash and avocado and macadamia oilll
It's worth talking about where we're recording this in mid July, 2021. And I ask all my guests this as well about COVID. So because COVID is obviously affecting different businesses in different ways and you're in Melbourne and have had lockdowns and all sorts of things.... what's the biggest challenge of what you faced?
yes, yes, yes. I mean, what, it's going on 18 months now? I think, you know, I think all business owners, they know that time in March [2020] where, yes, just things just happened so quickly. For us, we had, in 2019, really focused on trying to take our brand overseas. We started doing trade shows in North America and, you know, we had won an award in America and we just, yes, yes. And we signed a couple of distribution deals, and it just seemed like 2020 was going to be the year for us to just go internationally, which is what we want, you know, it was always kind of like where we wanted to go. we always saw the brand going overseas. and so then we signed one of those deals, early March, 2020, and we had awake, light in March.
We're pretty much, yes, our two sort of distributed deals fell over. pretty much it was just, it was on hold. It wasn't that it fell over, but it was on hold. We also had tens of thousands of dollars worth of PR like purchase orders that were already to go to port, to head over to north America, just canceled because the distribution centers over there in, in north America were closed, had just stepped down. So I know that was quite heartbreaking. And at the same time, obviously like our, our shops in Melbourne were shut down, for what we thought was initially only going to be, you know, a few weeks, but ended up really being, you know, six months of the last year. and I think at that point it was just like, yes, that's, is that the end of our business?
Isn't it like, how, how are we ever going to get out of that hole? yes, but, I think for us, what really saved us was, at the same time, I think Australians as a whole, we're starting to look at like what they were using and the products that they were using and really starting to, you know, if not, if they hadn't done before, just more value the, Australian made, you know, products and, luckily us being in that soak space, you know, we did have, it was our Australian customers that saved us really. and, you know, so that was great. We just had to go back to basics and just really grow out online, and just really also go into our product development and, and just start really, you know, introducing new product ranges that focused on the Australia more Australian ingredients.
...and so, yes, yes, we've, you know, and it hasn't ended the last six months, like to be honest, have been tough. And I think, we're not the only business, to say that, you know, I think it's, yes, it has, there's no way it's been a sprint, it's been a real marathon.
But you know, you've just, I think, being through the experience and, you know, I think it's, it's gonna keep us, you know, we will go further, and grow better because we have had to deal with a pretty crazy period, that could have ended quite badly, but we've been able to steer it through.
Kudos to you for making it through. And I guess at least you, even though those orders didn't go to North America, at least, I guess being shut down, maybe in production, you know, you had a supply, you had some supply there to sell.
Yes, exactly. So yes, pretty much everything that we thought we had ready to go. what sold, you know, domestically. So that's awesome. and the other thing, too, so we were lucky enough, at that stage to be, awarded a government grant and manufacturing grant, and that then allowed us to spend 2020 building this new manufacturing facility that we brought online in January of this year.
And that was just a great experience, just being able to up until then, you know, we'd been using machines that were, you know, off the shelf, but this allowed us to start, you know, bringing online, machines that were purpose-built, you know, taking all those basic concepts that we had in the kitchen, to the, you know, cutting machines and soap manufacturing machines. And it's it, it was just awesome, actually. yes. So we've been able to just really improve our production levels a lot, so that's fantastic.
Good to hear these government grants are going to good businesses like you and actually making a difference. yes.
yes. It's it, it's, it's a game changer for us. yes.
Oh, that's fantastic. Congratulations.
So I guess that's the biggest silver lining out of COVID, is it, it, would that say, you know, the strength that, you know, you talked about being a stronger business?
yes, yes. It's, it is a silver lining. You know, I do think like in many ways we were ready, to our, you know, take our brand overseas.
But I think, and a lot of product based businesses, I think have similar stories where you can't, you can't build your production until you've got the orders there until you've got the demand. And so you're always kind of like, you know, chasing your tail almost. So you're always just, you're always just trying to, like, there were stages where we were just, you know, working crazy hours just to get orders out and it was all hands on deck and you never were able to have that time to really sit back and go, okay, so what's a better way to be manufacturing our site because it's just like, no, we've just got to be filling orders.
And constantly now we feel like, you know, we've had that year. It wasn't really what we thought we'd be doing. But now, you know, now that we are getting to the point where we are, hopefully going to get back on the trajectory of taking a brand overseas, but now we can confidently say we have production down pat.
Yes. That's good. I was going to say those orders to North America.
Exactly. yes. Mm that's great.
And what's next for The Australian Natural Soap Company?
So we always, I like product development is my most favorite part of the business. And, you know, over the last year we have focused a lot on product development.
So next month, we're very excited that we will be launching our Australian Bush range.
I know I'm so excited. We're like weeks away from it and pretty much it's, it's taking the Australian lists of, you know, like what we're talking about, these essential oils that no one's ever heard of really, you know, and using them in our soaps.
So we're starting off with just three soaps, that have, you know, beautiful ingredients like wattle seed, lemon, Myrtle leaf, sandalwood bark, and then using essential oils like Roseanne, Lena narrow, Lena Quinsy, and lemon ironbark.
So yes, we're, we're, going to have those as the ingredients. And then we've also just partnered with the indigenous art ofDaphne Marks from the Ikuntji artists up in the Northern Territory. And she's using some of her artwork on the packaging, which is just beautiful. So, and that's great as well, because then it just means that, a percentage of every sale goes back back to her. So, yes, we're very excited about launching that next month.
Oh, I'm excited too and I'm sure our listeners are getting excited. So, as soon as that's out, we'll have to put them up and let people know. That's great.
Yes. We really hope we've always had that difficulty, I suppose, of, being able to, you know, usually it's essential oils that no one's ever heard of and also make them popular enough for people to want to buy them. And so yes, we think, by launching them as a range on their own, and yes, just being able to use the incredible artwork of Daphne Marks, is just going to be a really, yes, we're very excited about it.
We're really excited about it too, because I know there's a lot of people out there sort of jumping on the Australiana bandwagon. Which is great - look, I think - you know - the more that we see and use and see visual images of our Australian natives, the better. Absolutely…. But, it's nice to hear you doing it. You're very authentic and you've done all your research into the essential oils, using a first nation's artworks. It's just wonderful. I'm sure that'd be super popular and we might see if we can't get them into our, some of our hampers for Christmas would be good.
Yes, yes. yes. yes. I just can't wait to finally get, get it all together and see all the yes. When I can get them. Definitely.
So speaking of which, and I'm sure our listeners want to know, so where can our listeners find out about, more about you and more about your company?
Yes - so our website is, www.theaustraliannaturalsoapcompany.com, but if that's too long to type out, you can typewww.theansc.om and we'll come up. and yes, we're, you know, our range is stocked in many stores across Australia, and online stores, including you guys of course.
Fantastic. And I saw you in Myer now as well. That's really great. Isn't it?
Yes, it's awesome. So we've been there for about a year and a half - and in particular, our gift packs are really, really popular.
Yes. I recommend them too. Our listeners, if you haven't seen them already, the packaging is just lovely and the product's great. And they're really good price point for gifts as well, I think is what's also special about them.
yes. We've always tried to, yes. To make them yes. Competitive price-wise and I think that thing comes back to, I think there was always that there is that perception that it's cheaper to make things overseas. but when it comes down to, if you're sourcing all your ingredients from, from Australia, you are able to offer that competitive in price. I do think.
yes. And it's the product, isn't it? The unique qualities of Australian items that you're bringing? Absolutely. So before we wrap up, I'd like to do a quick fire round to get to know you personally better if that's okay.
So we've got five Australiana questions just as a bit of fun.
The first one being, what's your favorite Australian animal and why?
The Lyrebird. I know it's a bit of a, it's probably not what you usually get, as an answer, but, I suppose I'm a keen Bush Walker and we'd go hiking a lot, in Victoria. And, I just remember being a child and seeing a lyrebird in, you know, in the wild and just, you know, having that incredible moment of, they're just such rare birds to see, I think they stay so quiet - yes theh lyrebird - they're just amazing creatures.
yes. It's the lyrebird that does the echoes of....
Exactly. It can be a chainsaw, can be a cockatoo, can be everything. So, you know, and even when you're, they're such shy animals, so it, and when you're walking and you can sometimes hear, if you're lucky enough, you can hear, you know, the strange, you know, whether it's a, a chainsaw noise or something, and that's going to be the lyrebird. So you're not seeing them, but they're definitely there.
Yes. So for those who don't know, the lyrebird just mimics what they hear
Yes. I remember David Attenborough doing a whole, yes, a whole piece on the lyrebird paper. He writes it. That is one of his most amazing animals in the whole world. So yes, I'm in good company.
Felicia: Vegemite? Yes or now...
Emma: Yes … but my husband's Canadian, so I have to put it in the corner and he will not touch it. And my daughter as well is taking on the Canadian side of things. He's not a fan of it. YI know it's always going to be a at the back of my cupboard.
What was the first Australian concert that you went to?
Yes. So I had to think long and hard about this one. yes. so I would probably say, I'm not going to tell you the year, cause I don't show my age, but big day, big day out. and I think that's probably the best one to say, because it covers off so many incredible Australian artists.
Felicia: So big day out. That's pretty cool. Was is it in Melbourne? Where you in Melbourne?
Yes. The Melbourne showgrounds. Yes. I had to save my pocket money for a very long time to find my tickets.
I think it was one of the first occasions where I was allowed just to go with my friends and not have to have a chaperone
.. which if only we knew at the time, it's nice to have shared experiences like that. There's so much choice now though. I wonder if our generation has that kind of, you know, this generation now those shared experiences that you say that, and it's like, oh yes. You know, everyone sort of thinks about what that means to them.
Yes, exactly, exactly. And hopefully we can, so that starts again, where we can have concerts like that.
yes. Hopefully, hopefully. And hopefully soon.
And then your favorite Australian biscuit?
Yes, for sure. My dad makes his own Anzac biscuits and whenever we're there, my daughter is always, it's one of the first things she says she's two years old and she's like, 'Anzac biscuits'.
Felicia: Chewy or crunchy?
Emma: I actually like the chewy ones better. I find the crunchy ones were a little bit too hard on the teeth, but if they're the only ones that are available, of course we'll have the crunchy ones. Yes.
And then what's your next bucket list, place to visit in Australia?
yes. So, I have been, I'm fortunate because in a former life I was a journalist and I used to travel a lot around Australia as video journalist. So I've been to, and my husband also works as a remote doctor. So we've been to pretty much all of Australia. I would love to get to the Torres Straight at some point. It's the one place that I've never been to. I remember just, you know, there would be stories on Thursday Island and I would just think that just looks like the sort of place that I would love to say. And I think, you know, I'd love to learn a bit more about the history and the culture. Torres Strait Islanders do have their unique culture and, it's, it needs to be celebrated and it's also, it looks like a tropical paradise. Yes. And, by the way,
What's interesting your background with, you know, going around Australia and that you have this company now it's obviously got into your bones.
I think so. And that's also why it's great to now start partnering with, you know, Daphne and hopefully more indigenous artists… I remember going to some of these places, you know, Arnheim lands, Matt and greener, and the art centers were just the, you know, the center of these, these, these communities. and yes, it's just, I love the idea of, again, just being able to, yes, just to go back to those experiences and, you know, be able to give back to these communities.
Fantastic. What a great story. Well, thank you so much, Emma, for coming on the podcast today, it's such a pleasure to have you.
Thanks so much for having me. I really enjoyed it.
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Apache Steps In To Support CLAN at the Castle Walk
Kingswells based oil and gas company Apache North Sea Limited has announced its support of a popular north-east fundraising walk and fun day.
Apache will be the headline sponsor of CLAN at the Castle on Sunday, September 2, at Deeside's Crathes Castle.
The event, which is organised by leading north-east cancer charity CLAN Cancer Support is in its second year and comprises three sponsored walks and a family fun day.
Not content with just providing their support, a team of Apache employees and family members will also be pulling on their walking boots to take part in the day.
The sponsored walks cover 1.4 miles, 5.7 miles and 12.3 miles and are suitable for all ages whether you take part as an individual, a family, group or corporate team. A family fun day, including inflatables, children's activities and catering, will also take place in front of the historic castle between 10am and 4pm.
Fiona Fernie, CLAN Cancer Support's Head of Income Generation and Business Development, is delighted to welcome Apache on board.
She said: "We cannot thank the team at Apache enough for their continued support and enthusiasm to be a part of CLAN at the Castle.
"The event is a great way to get out there and enjoy some of the fantastic countryside we have here in Deeside and it's also a great way to promote and encourage physical activity for people of all ages and fitness.
"Everything raised on the day will help to support CLAN and ensure we can continue to be there for people affected by a cancer diagnosis not only in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire but throughout Moray, Orkney and Shetland.
"There is still time to join the Apache team by signing up as a corporate team, as individuals or with friends and family. It's a great day out for everyone."
David Rendall, chairperson of Apache's Charity and community Outreach Committee said: "Apache is delighted to be supporting this great event. Not only will this benefit people suffering serious illness – it's an opportunity for our staff and the community to get involved and stay active."
CLAN Cancer Support is an independent charity which provides comfort, support and information, free of charge, for anyone, of any age, affected by any type of cancer. CLAN aims to support people to reduce anxiety, stress and to increase their ability to cope with the effects of a serious illness.
Based in Aberdeen, the charity covers the whole of north-east Scotland, Moray, Orkney and Shetland. CLAN has a presence in Ballater, Banchory, Buckie, Crimond, Elgin, Fraserburgh, Inverurie, Lossiemouth, Peterhead, Turriff, Kirkwall and Lerwick.
For more information about CLAN at the Castle and to sign up, please contact CLAN on 01224 647000 or visit: https://clanhouse.org/
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The latest direct to DVD animated film from Disney arrives with Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue and revolves around one their cutest and most appealing franchises to girls, Tinker Bell! Starring Mae Whitman, Michael Sheen and Pamela Adlon, these actors really get into their characters and bring them to life which makes the story so appealing.
The story revolves around Tinker Bell (Mae Whitman) and her friends who must rescue fairy Vidia (Pamela Adlon) from the nefarious clutches of Dr. Griffiths who was attempting to catch Tinker Bell in order to divulge their secret to the world that fairies actually exist.
Joining together and forming some uneasy yet amusing alliances, Tinker Bell risks herself in order to free her friendly nemesis Vidia as they go on a whirl wind journey that features action, humour and a rather cliché less story which is quite surprising from this genre.
There are some great scenes in this story, especially the relationship between Tinker Bell and Lizzy with Tinker posing as a somewhat mentor to her in order to help her grow. Best of all, the story can be watched by children of all ages and there are not too many frights along the away, although maybe a few little scares but nothing too frightening. All in all, a fun and memorable story.
Presented in 16:9 widescreen, the animation looks amazing on a FULL HD TV with vibrant colours, extremely well animated characters and some beautiful environments that have been created for this film. Even though it doesn't have the budget of movie releases, the creators should be commended in not cutting any corners and releasing a well made animated film. The audio supports Dolby Digital 5.1 and boasts crystal clear audio, a great soundtrack and good use of surround sound, especially a few of the chase scenes.
For special features, there is an interesting featurette by the director and producer as they inform the viewers of a variety of deleted scenes which were cut from the final film. This is an interesting insight into the movie making industry and is definitely quite a light hearted feature. Add a variety of games, a music video "How to Believe" and lastly a featurette to tug on your emotions about Tinker Bell and these nicely compliment the film.
If your daughter loves Tinker Bell or you're looking for something to keep them occupied over the holidays, you should definitely investigate Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue! It's a fun film from start to finish and is quite interesting that Peter Pan's sidekick has become more popular than the flying boy!


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KU Leuven professor wins 2015 Bower Science Award
@Belga
KU Leuven professor Jean-Pierre Kruth has won the 2015 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science, one of the most prestigious science prizes in the United States, indicated Leuven University on its website. He was rewarded for his work on "additive manufacturing" – the manufacture of a product by successive additions of material, based on a digital model. In common parlance, it is known as the 3D printing process. The prize, worth $ 250,000, is awarded annually by the Franklin Institute, a centre for the promotion of science and invention, founded in Philadelphia in 1824. Over the years, prominent scientific luminaries have been awarded various prizes by the Franklin Institute, Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein among them.
The Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science is one of the most recent prizes established by the Institute. It was made possible by a 7.5 million-dollar bequest granted by Henry Bower, one of the local chemical industry patrons, in 1988.
The Franklin Institute points out that Jean-Pierre Kruth's work "has inspired further research, enabled the creation of many patents and helped build several global companies". Professor Kruth leads a team of engineers at KU Leuven's Department of Mechanical Engineering. "He has been at the forefront of research in additive manufacturing since it emerged in the 1990s", said the KUL in an official statement.
His vast knowledge in this field has contributed to the creation and success of two KU Leuven spin-off companies: Materialise and LayerWise.
Oscar Schneider (Source: Belga)


Reminds me of the oil industry in Alberta promoting the name "Oil Sands" in place of the original (and more accurate) name "Tar Sands".
not a very good analogy at all. The terms oil sands and tar sands were used interchangeably (sometimes in the same sentence) in the early days of Athabasca and Cold Lake deposits development. When I started in the business there was no notion of what was the correct term as neither really explained the nature of the deposit which was in reality bitumen mixed with sand and water. By the eighties the terms became somewhat politicized with enviros using tar sands as a suggestion the oil was somehow dirty and oil industry supporters using oil sands suggesting it was simply oil in sand, neither being correct of course.
On the other hand "global warming" was always meant to infer the earth was warming measured by temperature due almost entirely to the influence of humans. Climate change refers to changes in precipitation and other climate phenomena and seems to be always blamed on global warming although in fact the climate has always been changing, well before industrialization or even man. Both of these terms have also been politicized which in itself might be where they are similar to the oil sands tar sands comparison.
Well there you go Cog, you've had it explained. All clear now?
Climate Change is a Capitalist moniker to calm people and prop up consumption.
Newfie wrote: Well there you go Cog, you've had it explained. All clear now?
I always call it 'climate change' due to 'global warming', succinct and to the point.
Yes, we don't want to wake up the proletariat.
Cog wrote: I understand why the term global warming isn't used anymore. Not scary enough.
Nope, the reason for using the term "climate change" instead "global warming" is because the changes we are seeing do not always manifest themselves in the form of higher temperatures. Temperature measurements show that the world is getting warmer but we are also seeing more movement of cold arctic air into regions quite far to the south of the arctic. Which is exactly what a lot of Americans in the central and eastern part of the lower 48 are experiencing right now. In recent years these incursions of cold arctic air have become a regular event and not just in North America. Alaskans OTOH seem to be getting a lot more incursions of warm air from the south thereby resulting in temperatures rarely or never before seen in the winter months.
That assorted morons still yap about "coldest winter ever" as if it proves anything other than their ignorance and stupidity says it all about humanity's response to "climate change". Losers will be in denial even after things go south spectacularly. Self-delusion is always easier than accepting uncomfortable facts.
1) Global warming means heat energy accumulation in the global atmosphere-ocean system. This system exhibits something known as circulation (you know, wind and currents, if you have ever heard of them) so that the temperature varies from location to location even if there is heat energy accumulation. The "polar vortex" is one such circulation feature.
2) The polar caps will remain net heat loss regions for centuries to come and we will be seeing winter every year. So polar cold air masses will keep on forming and idiots in middle latitudes will keep getting exposed to them and will continue to bleat about "coldest winter ever". No law of nature requires heat accumulation in the system to be uniform. This is some fetish of so-called skeptics.
3) Cold winter air masses will not save humanity from global warming. Agriculture will collapse regardless since we do not grow anything in sub-zero temperatures. Greenhouses and sci-fi agricultural domes of the future are irrelevant since they lack scale today and cannot be scaled economically. The increased circulation variability we are seeing already associated with thermal energy accumulation, is going to be a prime contributor to crop production decline. A wheat field can be ruined by high winds.
Good summary, dissident. Unfortunately, there's no evidence the AGW deniers will pay attention to logic and evidence, any more than the fast crash economic doomers will pay attention to any economic data which points out that their constant claims that "THIS TIME economic doom is surely in our face" don't make much sense. Or consider their horrendous track record for such claims.
I don't think Cog is a denier or a skeptic.
Newfie wrote: I don't think Cog is andenier or a skeptic.
I help people refine their arguments.
Looker – If one paid attention it was environmentalists that drove the shift from "global warming" to "climate change". I suspect to counter deniers using cold spells as a basis for their arguments. Of course, this had both sides confusing "weather" with "climate". Unfortunate IMHO now too many believers jumping on every extreme weather event as proof of CC. Of course, this allows deniers a cheap shot using long ago extreme weather events to argue against CC since such episodes are not unusual in recorded histories.
Back in the early 70's when I was an undergrad in Earth Sciences it wasn't difficult to foresee an increase in atmospheric CO2 as a result of increasing fossil fuel consumption. I even wrote a term paper covering potential increases in soil erosion as a result of changing rain patterns due to changes in atmospheric circulation changes. But back then most environmentalists (of the few that there were) weren't paying much attention to CC. Most were focused on local air pollution due to FF consumption. It was peak time for focusing on California air pollution from auto emissions. But the focus was on bad effects at ground level and not in the atmosphere.
ROCKMAN wrote: Looker – If one paid attention it was environmentalists that drove the shift from "global warming" to "climate change". I suspect to counter deniers using cold spells as a basis for their arguments. Of course, this had both sides confusing "weather" with "climate". Unfortunate IMHO now too many believers jumping on every extreme weather event as proof of CC. Of course, this allows deniers a cheap shot using long ago extreme weather events to argue against CC since such episodes are not unusual in recorded histories.
I remember after Hurricane Sandy, the endless blabbering of the talking heads on CNN about climate change and how it caused the hurricane.
As an AGW believer who tends toward an alarmist (over time), I was yelling at my TV: "Idiots! You're doing the same nonsense that deniers do! STAY OFF MY FREAKING SIDE!!!"
I suppose that expecting rational policy from a largely irrational and relatively uneducated (re science) public, is the height of irrationality itself. ** sigh ** The human condition.
I remember as an 8 year old, discussing the idea of pollution from all the cars, as the global population grows, with my dad, riding around in his new '67 Mustang, in the country. (That was a fantastic car, even 10 years later, which was really something at that time).
I pointed out that there seemed to be an awful lot of green space and a relatively small amount of city. I think he said something about us just not knowing yet, but that if the global population kept growing rapidly, people would have to change at some point -- but it would become obvious by then.
Reasonable intuitive thinking for back then. Especially for an eight year old. We're doing something very wrong as a society when a large proportion of adults still rely on intuition over science, and that then affects things like basic policy -- for all sorts of things like pollution, CO2 production, the use of vaccines, the use of GMO food, and on and on.
The split takes two weeks to affect the weather: It warps the polar jet stream, bringing freezing arctic air south and warm air north. Parts of the Midwest were expected on Tuesday night to have a wind chill of minus 60 degrees.
Dr Judah C again, working things up to a permanent split in the not to distant future.
It's a good thing we know about the polar vortex being destabilized by Climate Change, otherwise a lay person might come to the conclusion that we don't have global warming, that nothing has really changed when it comes to climate, that we continue to get winter and from time to time breaks records, and that this will continue to happen when you only have 100+ years of records to go by! Luckily we have people who know better to help us understand this conundrum. Now if you are skeptical on this cold connection to Climate Change remember it's necessary to invoke pretzel logic to comprehend it!
Outcast_Searcher wrote: I remember as an 8 year old, discussing the idea of pollution from all the cars, as the global population grows, with my dad, riding around in his new '67 Mustang, in the country. (That was a fantastic car, even 10 years later, which was really something at that time).
Statistics are not taught until college. I suppose it is thought that it takes so much to understand the subject that it is left until then. Why is that the case? How come the educational system doesn't cram math into children form very young, such that they will at least learn from it being a habit? I suspect that the educational system being relied upon as a socializing institution has something to do with it. Socialization requires winners and losers. It needs us to understand something and do some of its work for it, by parsing ourselves into classes. Maybe the American class system isn't the same as the British, but I think it still exists.We expect that it revolves around money, but really it revolves around your very point.
That being said, I don't want to infer that cramming beyond the setting of habits would do us that much good. Children have a way of turning off. I think the right path probably has much more to do with finding out what excites a person on an individual level, and then proving to them that without an entire set of knowledge beyond that specialization it is impossible to get that far with it. Thus, igniting a desire to learn that set of knowledge. People are afraid of this because they think it will only produce people whose only desire was to drive a truck or swing a hammer. I think we underestimate humanity when we doubt ourselves like that.
Polar Vortex of the Mind!
LOL...next jaw is going to claim that major hail storms in Dallas in August prove that Texas isn't very warm in the summer. The ice falling from the sky proves it (to a 'layman' at least ).
1) 52% Nuclear energy, however the plants are aging and most are in the final decade of life unless they (again) extend the operating licenses.
2) 42% from Coal, Petroleum, and Natural Gas.
3) 6% from Wind and Solar renewable sources.
The way things are going, most if not all of those aging Nuclear plants will be replaced with Natural Gas co-generation facilities. The dependency on FF's will therefore grow to 80-90% within 2 decades. Renewables other than hydropower (which does not exist in the MidWest in the "Great Plains" states) are not suitable to replace Nuclear as stable baseline power plants.


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