Article Archive for January 2011
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Hi folks
[Here] are a couple …
I’ve spent the past month really pushing Wild Energy. I’ve kept the faith, even ’til the last moment. Blind faith it has indeed been. I joined a goal setting group on facebook to help keep …
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My name is Scott Covit …
This is an entry into the Adult section of Wild Energy. If you like this entry please give it a rating out of five stars (see the bottom of this page).
Wave Power Vessel – by …
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A new network paradigm for …
I’ve been feeling challenged this last month and I know many others have too. I’ve been missing my joy. You know how sometimes you don’t really appreciate something (or someone) until it’s/they’re gone. Joy is …
Blog 2: by Stacey Gasson
It’s amazing how much ground you can cover over a cup of tea, especially when you’re drinking with Mark Amery. Mark and his partner Hannah, and their three children, aged from …
It’s one in the afternoon and I’m turning off the main Takaka Hill high-way to drive my car down an inconspicuous dirt road. There are no signs at the beginning of this dirt road to …
1. Can you explain Muse Magazine for those of us who may not have heard of it before?
Muse Feminist Magazine is a free zine produced by a voluntary collective of women living in Wellington. Our …
Hey green design super heroes! Want to make a positive green design difference to one of the last, great untouched and natural places of the world? You have twenty four hours to save New Zealand’s …
By Paul Murray
Don’t be surprised if everyone waves to you as you pass by in Karamea … it’s that kind of place.
If you’re among the growing number of travelers who are looking to escape the …
Rongo Backpackers & Gallery (www.rongobackpackers.com) and Karamea Farm Baches (www.karameamotels.com) welcome Heaphy Track mountain bikers to Karamea and offer hot showers, great food, cold beer and comfortable beds…fire bath, radio station, organic vegetable …
Good example of a large white roof in New Zealand by Ian Montanjees of White Roofs Project (NZ)
Sylvia Park shopping centre in Auckland, built around 2006, is a good example of a white roof deliberately …
By Ian.Montanjees@whiteroofs.org.nz
White Roofs idea warming up
The idea occurred to me three years ago when looking for a way of making a significant reduction in global warming, and other people around the world …
I’ve got a new favorite movie: The Yes Man, starring Jim Carrey. Yes Yes Yes! I hoped this movie might shake things up a little for me. I hoped it might remind me to get …
The Attitude, Aptitude, Altitude 2011—Low Cost, High Return Business Strategies Seminar was planned prior to the floods in Brisbane. In light of the recent natural disasters in New Zealand and across …
I had a joyous day. Two radio interviews about Wild Energy. Many great conversations. Fantastic news recieved and uploaded onto Happyzine. But the grandest moment of them all was this:
Sitting on a wooden sty, beneath …
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Crest Energy applied in …
Rongo Backpackers & Gallery and Karamea Farm Baches in Karamea on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand have recently undergone a carbon emissions audit conducted by Carbon South, a Christchurch-based carbon …
Seventy year old Jim Nicholls bought a kite at the Tip Top Kite Day in New Brighton last year and he has not stopped flying them since.
Every day in all seasons (weather permitting) Mr Nicholls …
I’ve raved about Rongos Backpackers (here’s an article we ran describing this fabbo place), in Karamea, before and here I am excitedly doing it again. I just posted the news that Rongos is officially carbon …
Christchurch Mayor, Bob Parker, is calling on residents not to miss out on the courageous and inspiring displays of the spirit at the IPC Athletics World
Championship being held at the QEII Park.
“Come enjoy the games …
International Kai Festival
Where: Whakatu Marae & Founders Park Nelson, New Zealand
When: Saturday 5th February 2011
Time: 11am – 4.30pm
Come celebrate the Waitangi Celebrations with us
Kai stalls & entertainment
There are still some stall sites available but be …
The Mt Eden community garden is in place and ready for the 2011 and 2012 growing season. We have water now available on site and 5 raised beds. Despite the dry summer most …
International award winning Street Performers will set the BIG little city alight with their awe inspiring, death defying stunts and humour this Auckland Anniversary Weekend!
The Festival features the USA Break Dancers; winners of …
The frockers are cordially invited to participate in this ride which is being held in conjunction with the Sarau Festival.
The Gentle Cycling Sarau Festival Ride
Ride Information:
Come on out to the Sarau Festival in the beautiful …
Right! Sweet moment of the day occurred during the morning run. I was out with my boy and my dog and we ran down a street that gave us a panoramic view of the Kahurangi …
Today, of all the things a girl could find herself doing, I found myself sitting in artist Tess Whiteman’s living room admiring her painted shoe collection. Yes, yes, all in a day’s work for this …
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Micro-Hydro Kinetic Turbine
In today’s society …
A Kiwi good-news website editor says New Zealand is one of the last green frontiers and is inviting people, world-wide, to help Kiwis keep it that way by suggesting the greenest ways to power …
Today has been a full one as I continue to push Wild Energy out to the masses. I’ve just posted up our second entry – it’s a goody! It’s about a Micro-hydro kinetic turbine – …
Press Release
For Immediate Release
ADRIFT IN GOLDEN BAY
HONORED AS
BEST ROMANTIC ACCOMMODATION IN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
“Adrift In Golden Bay” was chosen as one of the “10 Best Romantic Hotels in the …
Blog one: By Stacey Gasson
I don’t know what your job’s like, but I’m feeling pretty lucky right now. As the Sustainable Communities Coordinator with Kapiti Coast District Council, I’m in the enviable position of …
Today I posted up a very cool blog from the coordinator of Kapiti Coast’s Greenest Street competition – which is taking place on New Zealand’s Kaptiti Coast. Stacey Gasson is the Sustainable Communities Coordinator for …
Getting dressed up for a country and western barn dance could really go a number of ways. A girl could go ‘sexy’ country, she could go ‘girlie’ country, she could take it to that manly …
I’m having a fantastic time zooming through January, my days are filled with mothering, running Happyzine, promoting Wild Energy and sweet, sweet music. With nine days to go until the completion of our Wild Energy …
As Planet Earth hurtles more deeply into chaos, and the fabric of the world as we have known it unravels, I am called to re-vision my life purpose. What is the most important thing to …
“There is no courage without fear. So fear is nothing to be afraid of – it is a doorway into courage.” Sean Weaver
Each month we have some amazing writers stepping up to the plate for …
By Sean Weaver
The meandering notes of a lazily played guitar wafted through tall gently swaying trees on that midsummer morning. The sun seared my head now wet from the effort of sanding and painting this …
As a child I figured out I was a little too loud and bossy. I discovered a love for performing at an early age, and soon after discovered other people’s lack of love for my …
