Sydney Water is in Martin Pace Sydney today and there are queues lining up to get a free drought resistant plant. It's a promotion aimed at making Sydney siders aware that we are in drought and need to conserve water. One way is to choose drought tolerant plants. https://lovewater.sydney

Following on from the success of the pioneering fashion rental company Rent the Runway, companies including the US-based Flont, Haute Vault and Switch now offer one-off and subscription-based jewellery hire services. And it’s not just costume jewellery up for grabs – semi-precious and fine jewellery from the likes of Cartier, Tiffany and Van Cleef & Arpels is available to rent.  https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/fashion-and-style/like-those-diamond-earrings-rent-them-20191028-p534tp?

A major breakthrough in technology to develop a human heart using a 3-D-process has been made by Israeli scientists at Tel Aviv University.Scientists developed a human heart about the size of a rabbit’s heart complete with blood vessels, ventricles and chambers and confidence is rising that developing a human heart using a patient’s own cells, is getting closer. https://neweconomy.media/2019/07/22/hearts-created-from-stem-cells-could-make-transplants-obsolete/

Experienced in Kyoto- Isetan Art museum. The Lost Thing is a humorous film about a boy who discovers a bizarre-looking creature. It is lost and he tries to find who owns it or where it belongs, but the problem is met with indifference by everyone else. Each is unhelpful in their own way; strangers, friends, parents are all unwilling to entertain this uninvited interruption to day-to-day life. The boy feels sorry for this creature and attempts to find out where it belongs. What started as an amusing nonsensical story developed into an insightful fable. Narrated by Tim Minchin.

Gut health and the gut microbiome (community of bacteria in the gut) are a popular topic in media, lifestyle outlets, research and healthcare arenas. Brisbane-based Microba – world leaders in gut microbiome testing – are providing a free mini course to everyday Australians to boost their knowledge of their resident gut bacteria, what it’s doing, the potential to perform important tasks and the best ways to keep a balanced gut. http://bit.ly/2pUTFws

Lynn Wood and Sabra Brock meeting up and chatting about the beginning of Idea Spies in April 2015 on a trip to Vancouver Island Canada, when a guide said "Promote what you love rather than bash what you hate!"