The Daily Blog Open Mic – 25th August 2023
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Go out in style when you die – have a pallbearer display as a special event.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/14/why-should-you-cry-ghanas-dancing-pallbearers-find-new-fame-during-covid-19
Ghana have an idea that some thinjk would turn funerals into something to wonder at, marvel and enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EroOICwfD3g
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Pallbearers
This from Todd Muller sounds a speech to pay attention to.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/the-house/audio/2018904002/todd-muller-and-what-might-have-been
Have most of us realised this? But demand for merino wool is outstripping supply in New Zealand, despite wool only making up 1 percent of the the world’s textile fibres.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/496595/nz-merino-wool-sellers-attract-new-ethical-producers-in-australia-to-stem-shortfall
That is an issue for a number of businesses, including marketing and innovation firm New Zealand Merino Company.
It has built a reputation for sourcing ethically produced merino wool for the rapidly expanding outdoor apparel market
It now sells wool to more than 130 brands, covering everything from luxury fashion to footwear.
But demand for merino wool is outstripping supply in New Zealand, despite wool only making up 1 percent of the the world’s textile fibres.
New Zealand Merino Company’s Australian regional manager Steve Wainewright said that for the past five years, the company had been sourcing additional wool for its customers from Australia.
It now has about 130 Australian woolgrowers on the books, providing the business with 15 percent of its needs.
The company has 75 percent of the market share of apparel wool grown in New Zealand.