Sue White

Keynote speaker Bob Geldof

Those interested in sustainability should consider checking out Corporations, People and the Planet, a conference running in Melbourne from April 26.

Ben Brazil and team has managed to draw together an impressive lineup of speakers, including David Suzuki, Sigourney Weaver and Sir Bob Geldof, for three days of discussion about a sustainable future.

To learn more about the guy behind the event check out my recent story on Ben’s switch from musician to event organiser, which ran recently in My Career (SMH and The Age).

Wow – here’s a great opportunity for budding travel writers – the 2012 World Nomads Travel Writing Scholarship.  Winners will be sent on assignment to South-East Asia, be mentored on the job by working travel writers including author of The Rough Guides To Singapore, and have a fantastic foot in the door of the travel writing industry.

More details on the scholarship can be found here.

A useful video telling you how to apply is found here.

If you don’t win, why not come and do my online travel writing course with Sydney Writers’ Centre?  I can’t promise a trip to Bali but I CAN promise a fabulous course packed with loads of practical information to help you get started on your travel writing career.  Details here.

Android users can relax – my smartphone app, Yoga Holidays Worldwide is now available for iPhones, iPads AND Androids.

So if you’re an Android user head to the Android Market for over 140 of the best yoga breaks on the planet, and get ready to Om your way around the world.

To learn more about Yoga Holidays Worldwide, click here to link to it on itunes, here for the Android Market; or read my previous post.  Or, keep an eye out for upcoming reviews in Australian Yoga Journal and Asana magazine. For those considering joining leading business women’s networking community Business Chicks, here’s another incentive: my story on yoga holidays is in the latest edition of their fab magazine, Latte.

This week I’m…on holiday!  Unplugged from all technology. Well, almost.

As you read this I’m traipsing around South America sans phone, twitter, FB. That’s right, nada.  Of course, thanks to the wonders of technology, I’ve been able to schedule this post in advance, but here’s what I’ll be doing over the next few weeks. (In the name of full disclosure, I WILL be jumping online to check in with my fab Sydney Writers’ Centre students doing online travel writing and feature writing. Can one be virtually unplugged?)
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