Ponoko has partnered with German-based fabber Formulor to open a making hub in Berlin. It means EU-based creators using the Ponoko online making system can now choose to have their products made in Berlin – paying just a fraction of the shipping costs which has made ordering products from Ponoko’s US and Pacific-based making hubs prohibitive.

The development also opens up the European market for creators around the world. Items can now be produced in the EU and shipped locally, reducing the cost – and environmental impact – of long-distance shipping to the EU.

The 5,600km ride, which starts in Sydney on the 8th of March and is scheduled to finish in Perth on the 29th of May aims to highlight the issue of global poverty and raise awareness of microfinance as a sustainable solution. The basis of microfinance is to make available small loans to people living in poverty, which allows them to establish or invest in a business which in turn allows them to earn an income, afford food, clean water, housing and education.

The 5,600km ride, which starts in Sydney on the 8th of March and is scheduled to finish in Perth on the 29th of May aims to highlight the issue of global poverty and raise awareness of microfinance as a sustainable solution. The basis of microfinance is to make available small loans to people living in poverty, which allows them to establish or invest in a business which in turn allows them to earn an income, afford food, clean water, housing and education.

Over the past few years, there has been a rapid, worldwide expansion in the consumption of renewable energy by the pulp and paper industry. Numerous pulp and paper plants have made the strategic decision to invest in the equipment needed to make the switch from fossil fuels to woody biomass fuels. Global consumption of biomass increased by 51% between 2006 and 2009, according to an analysis done with FisherSolve™ (Fisher International).

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Girly-girl style goes Down Under.

Put another skirt on the runner, mate. Running Skirts, fast becoming the lady’s favorite in the athletic apparel and the running world, is thrilled to announce the launch of their new Australia & New Zealand branch. RunningSkirts will now offer sales and shipping out of Australia for its Australia and New Zealand running skirt fans starting in March. It’s the latest offering of the 5-year-old U.S. based company now trotting the globe in its stylish, yet comfortable performance wear.

The new iPhone version of the award winning web and mobile location-based social network Pocket Life is out on the shelves of Apple's iTunes App Store worldwide.

The new iPhone version of the award winning web and mobile location-based social network Pocket Life is out on the shelves of Apple's iTunes App Store worldwide.

TigerTurf -- world leading synthetic turf manufacturer with customers and operations in five continents – proudly announces 360 Sports Systems, LLC, has joined its ranks as a TigerTurf Authorized Representative.

360 Sports Systems (www.360sportssystems.com), based in New England, designs, constructs, installs and maintains all levels of sport fields, from professional to municipal systems, as well as commercial and residential landscape and sport court products.

The Green Living Blog of the British Newspaper The Guardian rates Commute Greener! as top 4 app in a recent listing of green iPhone apps. The report especially praises the feature richness of the footprint-tracking tool that based on journeys one undertakes throughout the week tracks one's greenhouse gas emissions and encourages to set reduction targets. Also the syncing between the website and the iPhone app gets high ratings as well as the integrated social networking aspects. Users can compare their performance with other people and motivate them with messages to commute greener.

EBE Ensemble (Eric Alba, Artistic Director; Montgomery Sutton, Executive Director) will present the third-annual installment of their award winning festival of new one-act plays, Elephants on Parade 2010. Performances will begin on Tuesday, March 9, opening Wednesday, March 10 through March 20 at New York’s Teatro IATI (64 E. 4th street, between 2nd Avenue and Bowery). Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at www.SmartTix.com or call 212-868-4444.

EBE Ensemble (Eric Alba, Artistic Director; Montgomery Sutton, Executive Director) will present the third-annual installment of their award winning festival of new one-act plays, Elephants on Parade 2010. Performances will begin on Tuesday, March 9, opening Wednesday, March 10 through March 20 at New York’s Teatro IATI (64 E. 4th street, between 2nd Avenue and Bowery). Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at www.SmartTix.com or call 212-868-4444.

Pacific Resort Aitutaki has been chosen as one of the Top 10 Luxury Resorts in the South Pacific and Top 10 Resorts for Romance in the South Pacific by TripAdvisor® in its 2010 Travelers’ Choice awards. Now in its eighth year, the annual TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice awards honor the world’s best hotels, earning their distinction from those who know them best – real travelers.

StampNews.com sums up the year 2009. In spite of the global financial instability the year was rich in interesting philatelic events. Many countries issued a huge number of beautiful stamps.

As result StampNews.com presents the first of five ratings which grades extraordinary stamps of the year 2009.

#1. Guernsey Post: Sherlock Holmes stamps with added mystery
In October 2009, Guernsey Post issued a set of stamps commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

The Volvo Group and award-winning Australian and New Zealand start-up Pocketweb (www.pocketweb.com.au) have developed a CO2 emission tracking service that can be used by commuters on the web and on the mobile phone. Named “Commute Greener!” the service has been jointly designed and launched at www.commutegreener.com. Commute Greener is available now for anyone to use and will be more broadly launched at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15). Says Pocketweb’s CMO Dr.

The hardwood fiber costs for the global pulp industry have risen faster than softwood fiber costs in 2009. Over the past 20 years, the Global Softwood Fiber Price Index (SFPI) has typically ranged between US$5-10/odmt higher than the Global Hardwood Fiber Price Index (HFPI). This relationship changed this year because hardwood fiber costs have increased more than softwood costs.

Recently Australian Aerospace upgraded to the latest UpsideLMS version 4.0, after having used UpsideLMS Version 3.0 for over a year. Australian Aerospace uses UpsideLMS to train over 900 employees spread across various locations in Australia and New Zealand.

Replicon Inc., the market leader in online timesheet software solutions, today announced the release of its latest schedule management product, Web Schedule. Web Schedule will extend Replicon’s suite of products – which includes Web TimeSheet Project & Billing, Web TimeSheet Time & Attendance, Web Expense, and Web Resource – to provide customers a means for creating and managing their employees' work schedules online.

Already having won in 2007 and 2008 Travellers Auto Barn have this year been pipped at the post for the award of “Best National Transport Company” and been narrowly denied the award for the third consecutive year. The prestigious awards held in Sydney every year are to recognise excellence in Australia and New Zealand’s backpacker and independent traveller market and are voted on by the travellers themselves.

The Deloitte Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing companies in New Zealand is based on percentage revenue growth over three years. Business and ICT Consulting Company, Catch Limited, is one of only a handful of the 2008 Fast 50 winners to make the list again. This coming hot on the heels of the company’s recognition as a ‘rising star’ in the MIS Strategic 100, it looks set to be another great year for this innovative company.

SEEK is New Zealand’s No. 1 job site, so it’s only fitting that they be the company to run awards to recruitment firms, who SEEK works with.

SEEK’s Annual Recruitment Awards, or SARAs, were even more significant this year, as it was a turbulent year for New Zealand’s economy. Recruiting firms worked extra hard to find the right people for jobs and keep turnover at a minimum.

A former Director at ActionCOACH has made the leap from corporate office to Business Coach.

Nathan Smith, the former Director of Systems and IT at ActionCOACH’s Global Office in Las Vegas, Nevada, loved what ActionCOACH did for business owners. Seeing Coaches around the world help business owners achieve their goals and dreams made it an easy decision.

Smith was always passionate about helping others, and since he has lived in Las Vegas, an area the economic recession has hit, especially hard, he’s seen a lot of local businesses suffer.

After the success of Brad Sugars’ “Business is Booming” tour in Australia in August, the ActionCOACH founder and CEO took on the U.K. next and, based on continued success there, he's already planning his next "Business is Booming" tour for November.

“The U.K., especially Ireland, has been heavily hit by the recession, and people needed advice,” Sugars said. “This tour gives much-needed advice to coaches and their clients. I’m speaking about actionable items people can go away with and apply to their situations.”

Australia, the world largest exporter of wood chips reduced shipments by 28% during the first half of 2009. The biggest decline was that of softwood and hardwood chips to Japan, which were down 31% and 36%, respectively, compared to the same period in 2008.

Description: CMT Worldwide and Dulhunty Power have entered into a definitive agreement to license Titan Pole Manufacturing Rights for Australia & New Zealand.

'Arcadia Heights' discounts prime coastal real estate in Pauanui, New Zealand.

Sections valued at $475,000 to $550,000 in December 2007 are now running out at $290,000 and $365,000 respectively. The developer is putting a further 30% discount factor in place for multi section buys to developers or investors with an eye to capitalising on the four elevated sea view Lots remaining.

'Arcadia Heights' discounts prime coastal real estate in Pauanui, New Zealand.

Sections valued at $475,000 to $550,000 in December 2007 are now running out at $290,000 and $365,000 respectively. The developer is putting a further 30% discount factor in place for multi section buys to developers or investors with an eye to capitalising on the four elevated sea view Lots remaining.

Teaching About Money - System makes it easy. Hundreds of families around the world are taking up the challenge of training their children to get savvy about money and how it works.

Sylvia Bowden, author of the book "How to stop your kids from going broke" has developed the Silbo System to help families around the world to get informed about how money works and how to hold on to it.

Teaching About Money - System makes it easy. Hundreds of families around the world are taking up the challenge of training their children to get savvy about money and how it works.

Sylvia Bowden, author of the book "How to stop your kids from going broke" has developed the Silbo System to help families around the world to get informed about how money works and how to hold on to it.

Teaching About Money - System makes it easy. Hundreds of families around the world are taking up the challenge of training their children to get savvy about money and how it works.

Sylvia Bowden, author of the book "How to stop your kids from going broke" has developed the Silbo System to help families around the world to get informed about how money works and how to hold on to it.

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