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Report on 9th August at Mitra's

August 5, 2007

On Thursday 9th August we gathered over dinner at Mitra's house in Tyagarah.

The flu season seems to have hit and there were a number of last minute cancellations, present were Mitra Ardron - Natural Innovation (hosting, and organising);Ken McLeod - CEF; Katerina Nikolaidis - Natural Innovation; Deb - Painted Earth; Scott Larsson - Hampton and Larsson.

Topics discussed included:
* How much are customers willing to pay for greener products
* Councils - and their support or otherwise of sustainability
* Possible energy savings from using sawdust to generate heat
* Supply chains and ways to get costs down
* The unwillingness of businesses in Byron Bay to pay for the tourist infrastructure that they benefit from.
* Certification especially for small businesses

So the usual mix of business and politics

Posted by mitra at August 5, 2007 6:53 PM

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