Article Archive for September 2010
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#154 – Getting Pristine – the Lazy Person’s Guide
As well as living at the foot of New Zealand’s hottest hot bed of biodiversity. I also live around the corner from Te Waikoropupu Springs – Australasia’s largest fresh water springs, and the world’s cleanest, …
Our Future is in Their HANDS
As Golden Bay’s complementary currency goes from strength to strength, the youth of Golden Bay are now being invited to participate as “Young HANDS.”
Starting now, children and young adults may join H.A.N.D.S. as Young HANDS. …
Ekodo: An Ecology of Anger (Part 2)
Suffice it to say that I got somewhat angry with the way the media twisted the issue into a simplistic conflict story of science vs dummies.
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#153 – Pre-Launch Nerves Tranformed into Joyful Relief
Before I begin: Happy International Peace Day!!! Check out Grace Deathridge’s great article about Peace Day. She’s based in Bristol now, but this time last year she was on Nelson’s Church Steps staging a bed-in.
Today …
International Peace Day: Be the Peace We Want to See
- By Grace Deathridge
Tuesday 21st September is the UN International Day of Peace – ‘Peace Day’ for short. For me its return brings back happy memories of last year’s Peace Day with hope and excitement …
The Story of ‘Ten Ways to Have Fun and Chillax As You Live Your Green Dreams’ – the ebook
By Charlotte Squire – author of The Story of ‘Ten Ways to Have Fun and Chillax As You Live Your Green Dreams’
Once upon a time I thought all environmentalists had to either grow organic food …
Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog Six – Kombucha: Miracle Drink?
It’s Monday morning in Golden Bay and again, it’s not so golden. The rain is incessant; we’re experiencing a late wintery blast and so I sit here, delaying getting out of bed for as long …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#152 – Ten Fun (Tame) Indoor Activities for People Who are Stuck Inside Because of the Biggest Storm on the Planet
We are still in the midst of a huge storm here in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In my home-shire – Golden Bay – which is up the top of the South Island of New Zealand, we’re pretty …
Strawberry Delicious – by Suzi Franks
I adore strawberries, for me, next to my precious asparagus, they conjure up pictures of paradise here on Earth and when I pop one into my mouth… all my worries, troubles and infact the World …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#151 – Sunday Drive
I love Sundays. I’ve been effectively programmed by thirty four years of life in New Zealand to expect family time, general relaxation, house-work, a slower pace of life, great food and lawn-mowing from Sundays. And …
Shared Identity
“Our Identity Lies ahead of Us!”.
This quote from the famous late Kanak politician Jean-Marie Tjibaou, leader of the independence movement of the indigenous people of New Caledonia, is the theme of the fourth Melanesian Arts …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#151 – Wind Therapy for Those Who Need to Release the Fire
It was once written (in a Chinese astrology book), that those born into the phase of leo dragon are never completely happy unless they’re in the midst of a virtual storm that requires all of …
Steps to Transition
The thing I like about the internet is that I generally start searching with a certain theme or subject in mind and then I usually end up somewhere else. It’s like taking a magic …
University Students Create Campaign to Make Young People Listen
16th September 2010
University students create campaign to make young people listen
Students at AUT University in Auckland collaborate with technicians and the National Foundation for the Deaf (NFD) to introduce a giant model Ear and iPod …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#150 – Meet Nic Marks – Wellbeing Researcher
Did you know that Costa Rica is officially the happiest, greenest country on earth? Check out the video below for information about how and why. I just discovered Ted.com – the online platform for ideas …
Ekodo: An Ecology of Anger (Part 1)
Anger is such a powerful force of nature. It is a perfectly appropriate response to witnessing needless suffering and violence – extinction, contamination, exploitation, domination, abuse, manipulation… But I am wisely informed that anger’s use-by date is about 30 seconds.
Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog Five – Let’s Get Connected
Good day, ladies and gentleman. It’s shaping up to be a cold and wet one here in Golden Bay, but I am warm and cosy at my computer course in town, putting off the inevitable …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#149 – Feelgoodism
“If we are to be effective agents of positive change, we will need to motivate others into action. This is because we can never do it alone. I have never found anger to …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#148 – The Benefits of Working with Wild Abandon
Introducing: some graphics I just drew. All by myself. And scanned. Just like a grown up. Though not really. These are for the soon to be released ebook that I refer to every one …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#147 – Exploring the New: Hot Stone Massage (my style of adventure).
Hot stone massage. Have you ever had one? I hadn’t, until today. I’ve just emerged from the health clinic across the road (highly convenient) where I received the hot stone treatment of my life from …
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