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Artistic

More Sweetly Play the Dance
‘More Sweetly Play the Dance’ by William Kentridge is shown across the walls of a room. Featuring a slow progression of shadowy figures walking to a haunting tune played by a brass brand, it includes skeletons, generals being pulled along on platforms by bent-over women, dancers in traditional African dress, people on medical drips and a religious procession. All hint at the human and natural crises that force people to flee their homes and walk long distances: hunger, floods, poverty, war. The effect is stunning in its sights and sounds –and in its humanity. Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art, Capetown, South Africa.
12 January 2020 by IdeaSpies

Dining

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The world’s largest surplus food marketplace
Denmark-based food app Too Good to Go connects people in nine European countries with surplus food. For a small fee, app users get
10 January 2020 by IdeaSpies

Wellbeing

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Shoes upcycled from beach plastic
A local team in Thailand have profitably reused thousands of old flip-flops, turning them into new shoes. They call their project “Tlejourn,” a Thai play on words for traveling shoes.Because flip-flops can’t be melted down and recycled, they devised a low-tech, inexpensive way to upcycle old flip-flops by grinding them into small pieces and then gluing them together into one solid piece. The volunteer group Trash Hero gives them all the flip-flops they find while cleaning up the local beach. https://news.mongabay.com/2020/01/from-trash-to-cash-how-a-thai-entrepreneur-turned-used-flip-flops-into-a-sustainable-business-model/
7 January 2020 by IdeaSpies

Wellbeing

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Free sunscreen at the beach
I saw this free sunscreen offer at a beach in New York. They would need to fill it up often for Australian beaches. Can Too Foundation and Sunscreen Stations Australia are now offering affordable sunscreen protection at beaches in Australia. 
6 January 2020 by IdeaSpies

Wellbeing

https://futurism.com/the-byte/uk-royals-earthshot-prize-save-planet-2030


 
4 January 2020 by IdeaSpies

Artistic

https://youtu.be/wPz1Z_QYAxI


 
2 January 2020 by IdeaSpies