Article Archive for February 2011
For all of us living here in Aotearoa – New Zealand life took one of those irreversible shifts last Tuesday when we heard about the quake in Christchurch.
Those who have lost loved ones or whose …
What are hydrangea bushes doing among the steel and concrete of Newmarket? Why are flower lovers gathering outside the train station just off Broadway? Artists Monique Redmond and Tanya Eccleston, aka Suburban Floral Association, provide …
With less than sixty days to go until the end of this blog I’ve decided to focus upon my goals (as well as the fun stuff, though the two quite often do combine). This month …
Blog 5: by Stacey Gasson
Steve Bright is one of those people who seem willing to turn their hand to most things, except maybe being interviewed. The prospect of talking about himself has him looking for …
I’ve gotta say, I’ve got a great balance of rural living and high-speed internet. Today I emailed ebook proposals to Oprah and Ellen Degeneres, plus a few other TV shows world-wide, and then nipped out …
By Sean Weaver
About 30 of us gathered for an Ekodo workshop one sunny Sunday afternoon. Sunlight dappled on the polished floor and through folding doors the cottage garden swayed in a summer breeze, making me …
Would you like to create a greener career path, whilst earning a great income? Would you like to make a positive difference to your local environment? Maybe there’s a local river you’d love to help …
What is it about Saturdays and Sundays? Even when I work on these days I always feel far more relaxed and easy about life. Today I headed to the beach with my main bitch Maia. …
Who ever said multi-national corporations were heartless? Look what’s been going on behind the scenes as businesses from all over the world donate to our city in need:
“* Coca Cola Amatil, which has distributed 300 …
My brother is in the New Zealand Army. He’s also based in Christchurch. When the earthquake struck he happened to be right at the epi-centre. He’s safe. So are my Dad, my sister-in-law and beautiful …
As expected, people are taking care of each other in the wake of the Christchurch Quake. Today the website Stuff reported that stories of deeply kind acts are beginning to emerge. Amongst the comments of …
Today I’ve been focused upon the people of Christchurch during their day after the second big quake in six months. They’re only five hours away from us, and I used to live there, so I’m …
What a day here in New Zealand. This is one of those time when the real priorities in life such as family and loved ones, become obvious. After a huge quake and months of after-shocks, …
Press release
The 2011 Auckland Writers & Readers Festival will hum with tales of human resilience – real life and fictional.
“Stories of struggle, sacrifice, and the instinct to maintain a capacity for compassion and human decency …
Rock work. You wouldn’t think there much to it, putting up a rock wall. Anyone can do it right? Well, yeah, but not one that stays there for one hundred years. It’s one of those …
Last Saturday a group of women came together for the second Soul Sisters Retreat in beautiful Cable Bay, near Nelson. My friend’s house backs onto the tidal estuary. Both the house and the abundant rose …
As a woman. I like to chat. When I was in my teens I could talk for hours with girl-friends, in fact it was imperative that I did. Or I would fall apart with the …
Now this is the kind of news I like to read: “New York City’s sewage treatment plants will now be in the business of harvesting and selling renewable energy. Heating fuel will be extracted from …
Nelson’s “Festival of Opportunities” to be held at Founders Heritage Park on 5-6 March 2011, is
celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with new organisers, Chai and Bex Deva from Nelson.
An internationally renowned wellness and lifestyle …
I’ve always said ‘Nothing says love like a clean toilet!’ Failing that, I’d also appreciate a pile of clean washing. I’m not even going to pretend that washing is my hobby, but making stuff is …
Whilst the world of Happyzine buzzes quietly away in cyberspace, some days I go work at Waikoropupu Springs. You’ve got to go there. If you’ve been there before, go again, it’s easy to forget how …
According to this stuff article, she’s making a come back. In a different voluptuous woman’s body of course, but still, the great one returns. I loved wonder woman as a child. She was just so …
Love was in the air as over 630 lucky animals found their forever homes this Valentine’s Weekend at the SPCA Second Chance for Love adopt-a-thon sponsored by Hill’s Pet Nutrition.
36 SPCA centres across …
As part of the Trust’s new For Kids website section the YEPT is holding a limerick competition during Seaweek, open to all students.
Kids can create a five-line limerick that describes how we can best …
The Takaka Hill. Have you ever experienced it? If you’ve driven to Golden Bay, in the North West of the South Island, you’ve crossed it. Some call it the Marble Mountain. It’s shot through with …
Rather than choosing one answer to New Zealand’s increasing demand for power, a group of energy experts on the judges panel for the green energy design challenge ‘Wild Energy’ have ruled that a cluster of …
A project to help Kereru and native forests thrive once more throughout the Wellington region has received new funding today from the Nikau Foundation with the generous support of the Willscott Endowment Fund, …
Most glorious moment of today? Actually there were quite a few … but to pluck just one fine moment from today’s selection : swimming in a friend’s swimming pool, on a hot, hot day, and …
Blog 4: by Stacey Gasson
When Kylie Jurgensen buys household cleaning products her list is refreshingly simple: baking soda, borax, washing soda, Sunlight soap, white vinegar, and eucalyptus or tea tree oil. Kylie has been making …
Enspiral started just over a year ago with a clear purpose – “Help people who want to change the world find high paying contracts so they have the time and money to do the work …
Research from the field of positive psychology is now showing that happiness, and its extended family, for example, joy, calm, pride, hope and love do not appear randomly in individuals. There are certain characteristic ways …
It’s been all on folks – the judges made their decision about Wild Energy and chose not one but a cluster of winners. True to Happyzine form we went all creative and decided to do …
Well my friends, tis mid-night 13th of February 2011 and I have not managed to get this blog in before the end of the day. But that’s ok, I readily forgive myself as there have …
An exciting bright green future is possible for all of us, according to the New Zealand based author of a new ‘fun, green’ ebook, who says “it’s only a matter of believing it”.
Charlotte Squire, who …
But when a man finds delight
within himself and feels inner joy
and pure contentment in himself,
there is nothing more to be done.
The Bhagavad-Gita
Twelve days ago, following a month when I felt unusually flat, I started a …
Have any of you come across a strange yet engaging phenomena called ‘Saun the Sheep’? Made by the same people who produced Wallace and Grommit this kiddie’s series is a must see. It’s hilarious!
There are …
As some of you may know, I’ve been amazingly inspired by a goal getters group that I’m participating in via facebook right now. Thanks to this group and last month’s confidence building successes within the …
I am now on a mission to share my new ebook ‘Ten Ways to Chillax and Have Fun As You Live Your Green Dreams’ with people all around the planet because I think there’s a …
As a child, I remember hearing of Gardening by the Moon, and imagining our neighbour – Mr Yates, because he was the only gardener I knew – beavering away in his strawberry patch, to the …
ReGeneration Summer Jam
By Billy Matheson
Last month 120 young leaders from around New Zealand gathered at the Living Springs conference centre near Governors Bay. The week long retreat was called ReGeneration Summer Jam and is the …
