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Walk to Work Project aka Job Swap

Wow, I've been lucky with the last two jobs in that I have the option to walk or ride to work in the glorious English mornings and meander back home in the evenings by foot or by bike. This has made me realise that it's best way to get to work, with the government creating schemes like fit 4 life and being third most obese country as of August,2011 we do need to change, but how? The answer could be we start to walk and cycle to work. Or even rollerblade or skateboard instead and fullfil a childhood dream of skating to work. So I propose to build a website or communication method (does not have to be the web) that will allow people to swap jobs or move to jobs that are much closer to home and give them this opportunity. Just think of the immediate benefits in this: save money on petrol fitness is part of your day get to work on time every time - traffic problems will disappear remove going to the gym, which always feels like a chore reduce the number of

A Garden Zoo with Friends

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After moving house and collecting a lot of cardboard packaging - what to do with it all? Straight down to the tip? Well the first load went that way and then I thought, hey maybe I can do something with this stuff? So 30 minutes later with my daughter insisting on helping me we had a larger than life "Upsy Daisy" and a "Snap Happy Annie" Crocodile in the garden made from cardboard packaging from Ikea . These look great and our little girl couldn't help but drag the 2d characters around the garden and gave them great big hugs.   Could this be taken further - maybe drop some characters in a park (nice ones only please). Build a Zoo in the city? Not too many now or else the cardboard will get everywhere but for special occasions and fun.