Did you know that you can use RSS feeds to add your blog content to other sites? You can offer it for others to add to their sites (for example, look in the meta data section the right of this post – clicking on ‘entries RSS’ will set up the RSS feed for you) or add it to [...]
Most councils now collect recyclable items separately from the general rubbish, which is great. But there are some items that can’t be collected by councils but can still be recycled, and there are many recycling collection sites around Australia. Planet Ark runs a website which is very easy to use to find out your nearest [...]
In light of Women’s History Month, Edith Dircksey Cowan was a woman that changed history for women in Australia. She was born in 1861 at Glengarry and she believed that education was fundamental to tackling the social issues of the day and further. She fought tirelessly to improve conditions for women, children, families, the poor, [...]
An increasing number of parents are running their own business, which means they often find themselves doing a real juggling act. As we are both Mums and business owners, we get it! One thing to note is that the juggling act changes over time, so don’t expect that what is working today will work next [...]
This is the sort of thing that makes the internet so wonderful – you can help others quickly and easily, and it doesn’t even have to cost money. Visit the free rice site, test and improve your vocabulary, and 20 grains of rice goes to the UN to defeat world hunger. Work on more words, donate [...]
Today is world maths day! It is celebrated on the first Wednesday every March as a means of celebrating education and helping people develop their numeracy skills. A full explanation of the day is available at Wikipedia. More than a million students have registered online to be part of the celebrations at mathletics. During the day, students [...]