Auction preview 14 and 15 August

12-Aug-2010

Last weekend: 533 auctions, clearance rate of 66 per cent
This weekend last year: 504 auctions, clearance rate of 85 per cent
This weekend 2008: 465 auctions, clearance rate of 65 per cent
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The REIV is expecting around 580 auctions this weekend.

After eight months’ recording of of selling and buying, the REIV can report that 18,294 homes were offered at auction, with a total of 13,940 sold, for a year-to-date clearance rate of 76 per cent.

Never before has this many homes been sold at auction by this time of the year.

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Sustainability Forum

I attended a local sustainability forum last night and listened to a very inspiring speech by Ian McBurney of Live eco logical.

If you know anyone out there who still thinks that we are not the cause of our planets demise then you have to introduce them to him.

Amazing speech and some great hard-hitting facts that can't be ignored.

I have asked Ian to send me his powerpoint presentation and he has very kindly agreed, so I hope to bring some excerpts which I hope you will find as inspiring as I did.

Green Publishing at the 9 Expo

Green Publishing attended the 9 Expo in Kyneton on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October.

It was a very well attended (on the Saturday) Expo and we made some very interesting and useful leads. It's amazing to see the diversity of businesses that are around the Macedon Ranges area.

All pics of the weekend are courtesy of Allen at Big Dog Bites.

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Amazing new eBook service
Green Publishing is now offering a new eBook service through there sister company Greenebooks.

So why not reduce your print-run and put your next publication, brochure or newsletter on-line as well?

Greenebooks has their own website, where you can view a sample of an ebook and make an enquiry.

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Green your office
Here are five more changes that you can make within your office to help reduce your footprint.

Thanks for all of the feedback about the last ideas, it's much appreciated to know that we may be making a difference.

If you agree or disagree with any of these ideas, or have some ideas of your own, please email us.

1. Coffee-break

The next time you take a coffee-break, make sure that it is organic and a fair-trade brand, and take your own mug!

2. Pens & pencils

In Australia, there are over 140 million pens* and pencils bought every year... and most are disposable and end up in the bin within a few months. Make an extra effort the next time you are ordering pend and pencils and insist on long-life refillable pens and make sure the pencils are from sustainably harvested wood.

3. Carbon offsetting

You can now carbon offset your journey into work, your
flight, and your electricity use. Do some homework before deciding which service you are going to use as there are many available.

4. Getting to work

Promote the use of public transport or car-sharing within your company. Put a list of who comes in from where and at what time and see if you can match some people up... it will be good for morale as well.

Put timetables and maps up in the canteen to help employees with public transport.

5. Lunch time

Make sure that your kitchen has good facilities to encourage staff to bring food from home, which is usually cheaper and healthier.

Your kitchen should have separate bins for recycling, waste and organic matter and mugs rather than the disposable cups that fill the land fill.

*Source: true green by Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin

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Printing terms explained
In printing, as in other industries, there are many abbreviations and terms that we take for granted and expect everyone else to know too!

This month we are looking at the letter B to help you cut through the jargon.

If we miss any out, or you have any questions, please let us know.

B

Border
The decorative design or rule surrounding matter on a page.

Bounce
(1) a repeating registration problem in the printing stage of production.
(2) Customer unhappy with the results of a printing project and refuses to accept the project.

Bristol Paper
General term referring to paper 6 points or thicker with basis weight between 200-500 gsm. Used for products such as index cards, file folders and displays.

Broadside
The term used to indicate work printed on one of a large sheet of paper.

Bromide
A photographic print created on bromide paper.

Bronzing
The effect produced by dusting wet ink after printing and using a metallic powder.

Bulk
Thickness of paper relative to its basic weight.

Cool Ad no.1
This is an excellent advert for Evian water.
Australia unfortunately lags behind the rest of the world when it comes to TV adverts. When was tha last time you saw an Aussie made TV advert on TV and either laughed out loud, or thought 'wow, that was a clever ad'. Not often enough...

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