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Singapore - Goa - Bangalore - Singapore City Museum

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reusable crockery and cuttlery in foodhall On a recent visit to Singapore, came across the Singapore City Gallery. Though they are trying to burn their waste they were also collecting some recycling. But probably most exciting was the Reusable Cuttlery and Crockery in their famous Food Halls.  City Gallery Bookshop E-Waste Collection outside Gallery city gallery Heritage   Waste Interactive Model Green-Blue Grid "The Singapore City Gallery showcases Singapore’s dramatic transformation over the past 50 years, to become one of the most liveable cities in Asia. It tells Singapore’s development story, through over 50 interactive and immersive exhibits that detail our planning challenges and the innovative solutions that tackle them. .... How Our City Works Go on a journey through the urban systems that keep our city going, and learn more about the hidden infrastructural networks that help meet our daily needs." https://www.ura.gov.sg/.../Key.../How-our-city-works-de...

Mayoral Summit on Waste

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Disappointing Mayoral Summit on Waste. After summit chat There were Councillors, public servants from NSW EPA, Fed dept if Environment and Councils. Two consultants also presented. Craig Reussal of War on Waste fame was the MC. Another series is about to hit our screens. There was a bit too much mention of EDUCATION of COMMUNITIES and not enough talk of Design. We are only going to be able to tackle waste at the source with producer responsibility - currently the COMMUNITY is paying the DOMESTIC WASTE Charge to cover the cost. While PRODUCERS of the WASTE do not even tell us how much RECYCLED content they are using. Feds plan We throw away large amounts of food that was expensive to PRODUCE and DELIVER to us and cost us a lot. Then we pay to have it taken away. We need to mine our Waste and recover the resources. The landfill levy drove the community to separate their RESOURCES for RECOVERY - but no use if it is just dumped or burned, T he private sector plays a big part but we need be...

A wander down Marion St Leichhardt on Saturday 13 May 2023

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Firestation at 1 Marion St Leichhardt VS Naipal wrote in "India" about being in a Taxi and passing a crowd celebrating a festival the taxi driver was unable to tell him about. The gathering was just one of many in that City - Mumbai. I felt like that in Leichhardt as I walked past the Firestation on the way to Boomalli Aboriginal Arts Cooperative and #EDGEInnerWest. There was much excitement around the Fire Station Open Day. Cottages and Mural demolished for a Parking Lo t P ast the car park fence, marking where Cottages with two murals by Adam Hill (aka Blak Douglas) were destroyed in 2017 for the parking lot. Artist joins last ditch attempt to save Leichhardt cottages ... Blak Douglas wins Archibald Prize 2022 for portrait of artist Karla Dickens in the Lismore floods 13 May 2022.. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/media-office/blak-douglas-wins-archibald-prize-2022/   Past the Town Hall where Giant lettering proclaiming "Little Italy" is pro...