by Karen | Jun 27, 2014 | accountability
I’ve been confused by a bunch of articles my friends have been quoting, which talk about how bad open plan work spaces are for productivity, and haven’t really understood their problem. I really love the noises that people in a group make. As a 4 year old...
by Karen | May 20, 2014 | accountability, Uncategorized
A long time ago I set up a wiki for the company I was working for. We used it to record our processes and included links to the documents we used every day. It was really handy for Green Star references, but we also had a couple of fun pages including reviews of...
by Karen | Feb 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
It started so well, “Helping the environment needs a realistic approach”. That seems like a really sensible aim. It went on to talk about the ACT government plans for renewable energy – 90% renewable energy by 2020 and 40% emissions reductions. ...
by Karen | Jan 28, 2014 | accountability, GreenStar
Kathmandu have finally announced to the world that they’ve signed up for Green Star and now I can tell you (with bonus fizzes of sparklers and fireworks) that I’m their ESD consultant. It’s pretty exciting and has been for about 6 months as we did...
by Karen | Jan 4, 2014 | accountability
This morning I lodged an objection to a planning application for a change of use to a gymnasium at my local shopping centre. Wow! The planning scheme only requires that the gym have 2 bike parking spaces for visitors and 2 for employees, even though the peak usage...
by Karen | Nov 14, 2013 | accountability, Uncategorized
I’m procrastinating about a fee proposal, so have a blog post instead; I live in the inner city. I walk or ride a tricycle (my own) to do the local market and supermarket shopping (truthfully, my husband mostly does it). I also ride the Food Know How tricycle...
by Karen | Nov 4, 2013 | accountability
One of the reasons I began working for myself is that a full time job with a consultancy didn’t give me the time to work on all of the interesting projects that are out there in the world. I like what I do, but I want to do other things too. Here’s what...
by Karen | Oct 31, 2013 | accountability
This morning as I got on the train to head to HubMelbourne’s Coworking in the Lane, I met Ian Gardner of Wood and Grieve. I’m so pleased. We only spoke for 3 stops but gee it was interesting. He’s working on a building just around the corner from my...
by Karen | Sep 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Ooops, long time no blog. It hasn’t been a year, it’s been a year and a month or so. It appears that I’m still paying the mortgage and eating, so it’s been moderately successful. I’ve also found time to get gardening done and make stuff...
by Karen | May 23, 2013 | accountability
Every Thursday when I check the tender page I look at the Fed Square East invitation for Industry submissions and I think, ” I wish there was some wild and crazy thing I could come up with and gather a grass roots movement around. Something so weird, but public...
