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Milk&Co has Brainwave and you can too!

Milk&Co has Brainwave and you can too!

Michael Klim is one of Australia’s greatest swimmers, rising to prominence in 1997 when he set a world record at the Australian Championships for the 100m Butterfly – a record Michael held for 6 years. As an entrepreneur and founder of the highly successful skincare company Milk & Co with his wife Lindy Klim who effortlessly manages her role as full-time mum with a hectic career in the media…

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Balvic Plumbing - Mitcham Junior Football Club - More than a sponsor

Balvic Plumbing – Mitcham Junior Football Club – More than a sponsor

Jeff & Fiona Balman of Balvic Plumbing have been sponsors of the Mitcham Junior Football Club (JFC) for three years as part of the Eastern Football League (EFL) in Melbourne, Victoria. Their son, Sam, plays for the Under 12’s although last year had a serious injury that no footballer ever needs, ‘total knee reconstruction’ from a clash of bodies in the second round of the 2014 season. Regardless…

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Michael and Lindy Klim - Startups to Brainwave

Michael and Lindy Klim – Startups to Brainwave

Michael and Lindy Klim – Startups to Brainwave.

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Michael and Lindy Klim - Startups to Brainwave

Michael and Lindy Klim – Startups to Brainwave

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Deers, tears and a great surprise

Deers, tears and a great surprise

You don’t have to be a celebrity to give back, in fact many people give back every day of their lives and ask for nothing in return.

Ms Cindi Grady a Waitress Missouri USA was having a run of bad luck, including having run into 5 deers in her car. In fact her car was so badly damaged that cosmetically it looked like a wreck.

This beaten up vehicle caught the attention of small business…

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Chairman Yao, Prince William & David Beckham stand tall against ivory trade

Chairman Yao & Prince William stand tall against ivory trade

If you were to be the person responsible for killing the last elephant on earth for its ivory, would you be proud ….  and I don’t mean just the person that physically kills the #lastelephant but the people responsible for the trade in their ivory and the end consumers. The price of ivory when this occurs will, by current trends, be so high it will only be purchased by the mega wealthy. The…

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Crowdfunding isn't new!

Crowdfunding isn’t new!

When we think of crowdfunding our minds generally go straight to online platforms like http://www.kickstarter.com that have seen great success in attracting small (& large) investment dollars from many people. In fact you can support all ranges of ideas from a a new bands music production to films, games, new cars, energy saving devices …. the list goes on!

Now, I’m not going to be so brave as to…

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Baby tears, ebola and pure tragedy

Baby tears, ebola and pure tragedy

It’s an interesting debate raging across the internet as to if Bob Geldof was right to attempt to recreate the Band Aid success of 1984 in 2014. Was he right to do this or would it have been better to ‘not do’ it at all? Or should he have done it this way instead of that?

Surely it is better to do something against ebola than not at all, to have the discussion and further raise awareness of this…

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Michael and Lindy Klim - Startups to Brainwave

Michael and Lindy Klim – Startups to Brainwave

Milk & Co. is a family company created by Olympic swimming champ Michael Klim, his wife Lindy Klim, and their three kids, Stella, Rocco and Frankie.

Using their unique family and sporting experience, the Klim’s create products designed to make life more liveable. Full of the good stuff, they’re simple and effective, straight forward and good for everyone.

Milk & Co supports Brainwave Australia an…

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Would you donate your bone marrow? McKesson added 988 new potential donors in 2013

Would you donate your bone marrow? McKesson added 988 new potential donors in 2013

Each year, more than 10,000 people with blood cancers and other life-threatening diseases need a bone marrow transplant and search the Be The Match Registry® for their donor. Only about half of these 10,000 patients will receive a transplant. To recruit additional donors, McKesson partnered with the National Marrow Donor Program’s Be The Match Registry®

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A powerful statement .... We want to leave the world better than we found it

A powerful statement …. We want to leave the world better than we found it

This is a statement made by one of the most famous companies in the modern era, APPLE.

For more than 20 years, Apple has been working on ways to minimize the impact their company and products have on the environment.

IMPACT:

Projects during 2013:

Apple powers all its data centers, including a new facility in Reno, Nevada, with 100…

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We can all have a #greatimpact on the environment

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We an all have a #greatimpact on the environment

We an all have a #greatimpact on the environment

At Visy, they love to recycle.

Recycling isn’t a new thing for Visy either. They have actually been at the forefront of the recycling industry for many years – and today they process recyclables from more than 3.2 million households annually.

Visy believes the key to recycling is to see the bigger picture. It’s not just about what they do with their waste, it’s about how they create products to…

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What ever happened to the Jetsons? Smart minds.

What ever happened to the Jetsons? Smart minds.

What does the future of the car industry look like. The Jetsons vision has never quite come to fruition in terms of flying cars. Although driverless cars are now a reality (in testing anyway) as well as numerous options coming onto the market in terms of less carbon emissions and therefore less impact on the environment.

There has been much pressure on companies over the years to improve their…

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Super Sunny Ideas - If you had AUD$5,000 to help someone what would you do with it for #greatimpact ?

Super Sunny Ideas – If you had AUD$5,000 to help someone what would you do with it for #greatimpact ?

Sunsuper Dreams is all about doing something positive for the community in a really meaningful way.

So if you have a dream that can help make things better for an Aussie cause, send it in.

To qualify, your dream project must:

Be based in Australia

Be able to be undertaken in the next six months

Do something good for a charity,…

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Get your runners ready to beat Breast Cancer in Melbourne, Australia

Get your runners ready to beat Breast Cancer in Melbourne, Australia

Dust off your runners or break out the old worn out pair AND just for participating in the Sussan Womens Fun Run  on December 7th in Melbourne you will receive :

a $50 off voucher for Brooks Shoes at any Active Feet Store and

a 21 day free membership to Goodlife Health Clubs.

A great initiative held by Sussan, a leading fashion retailer with over 550 stores in Australia and New Zealand in support…

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This is a BIG idea - Walmart

This is a BIG idea – Walmart

Take just a short time to consider the #greatimpact projects that Walmart are involved in, they had 245,000,000 happy customers in 2014:

“At Walmart we believe we have an opportunity and a responsibility to make a difference on the big issues that matter to us all. Issues like preserving the environment, fighting hunger, empowering…

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