Article Archive for October 2011
from Sally Rees
Fruit & Vege Stall
Friday’s 10am – 1pm
Middle of Tory Street, nr Centre of NZ, Nelson City
I am starting a stall selling anyone’s surplus fruit, vegs, flowers, seedlings on Friday mornings every week from …
Zo Zhou, Two Spoons blogger
While we’re high on beating France at rugby, let’s recognise another victory this year – New Zealand’s flourishing food scene. There were over two hundred food and wine events taking place …
Review by Charlotte Squire
Members of Club Happyzine go in the draw to win a copy.
If you’re passionate about organic food and wine, enjoying eco-friendly holidays and maintaining some awareness of the politics of being green …
Three Car Free Days Planned in Response to the Tauranga Oil Spill, Over the Next Three Months
Press release: Happyzine
Could you forget fossil fueled transport for one day?
This Sunday marks the first of Three Car Free …
Alison Lambert shows you how to cook seasonal, locally grown food to make delicious and economical meals for all the family, right from her kitchen in Dunedin…Episode 1 – the delicious Eve’s Pudding…
check out her …
Got an inspiring goal you’d like to achieve by the end of 2011?
With the right focus, amazing change can happen in 30 days.
Join the November 30 Day Dream to Reality Challenge! Note: places are limited.
Team …
Mock funerals were held by youth climate change movement Generation Zero in Wellington and Dunedin today to stimulate pre-election debate around what the group calls unsustainable climate change policies.
The funerals were for a figure dubbed …
Blog written by Sam Rye and borrowed from Bucky Box.com
October 25th, 2011
We’re rocking here at Bucky Box today, with the news that we have won the New Zealand section of the Global Entrepreneurship Week’s ‘Cleantech’ …
There is a whakatauki I was told by Barry Brailsford – told to him by an elderly Kuia.
If you breathe this air
If you drink this water
If you eat this food
And if you sleep beneath these …
By Sean Weaver
In Part 1 of this story (available here) a young woman journeyed on a quest to understand the underlying causes of unsustainable modern culture, and the underlying solution to a sustainable existence on …
The conference for tomorrow’s business – Fit For The Future – 18th November 2011 at Auckland’s Viaduct Events Centre
Is your organisation really fit for the future?
The need to align economic performance with social and environmental …
By Joanna Piekarski
After reading in Organic New Zealand magazine that even some body care products sold in organic shops contain harmful ingredients, I started making my own shampoo. Like growing and making other items you need …
By Sean Weaver
Giza, Egypt. Sitting on the shiny plastic covered bench seats of a dusty Cairo bus she watched the jumble and chaos of this sprawling city go past amid the endless bleating of car …
Let us take you on a free guided tour of projects helping to make Lower Hutt a greener, more sustainable place to live, work and play.
* Saturday 29 October
* 9am – 5pm
You’ll hear about the …
25 October 2011
Gollum and family zip into Queenstown
It was fun for all the family when Lord of the Rings and Hobbit actor Andy Serkis who plays Gollum/Smeagol zipped into Queenstown on Sunday (23 October) with …
“While we may harbour a great desire and hope for art to be the space where new futures can be tested, what Paton seems to be exploring is where the prototype finishes and the road-tested …
When I was seventeen years old I become a vegetarian as well as a skillfull forager. I was the salad queen. It seemed as if I could make a salad appear out the ether. I …
Q & A with Niki Harré, Deputy Head of the Department of Psychology, University of Auckland and Author of the new book Psychology for a Better World
1. What personally inspired you to write Psychology …
Thursday, 20 October 2011, 3:28 pm
Press Release: Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Thursday, October 20, 2011 – Wellington
Forest & Bird media release for immediate use
Bird of the Year – polls open today
Singer Hollie Smith, actress …
Thursday, 20 October 2011, 10:35 am
Press Release: Rainbow Springs
Tuatara Naming Rights Up For Grabs
Rotorua, 20 October 2011- Rainbow Springs’ ten baby tuatara siblings are now on display to the public and to celebrate, the team …
Mount Eden Village People
It is nearly the end of the year and the 27th of November is our yearly community get-together, celebrating our path to a sustainable Mt Eden. This year we are inviting the …
Nov 19-20, Sat/Sun 10-5, Nelson
Core Connection with Paxe
based on Marshal Rosenberg’s NVC
Clear, Effective Communication
Growing the skill of Understanding
Exploring the ‘Why’ behind the ‘What’
Seeing the People before the Problem
$150
Venue to be confirmed
Contact: Paxe 03 …
Enjoy the Good Life, go Car Free one Sunday per month before 2012. Participate in this fun, positive response to the Tauranga Oil Spill. Read on to find out when, how and just how entertaining …
Link to Festival for the Future website.
Over 50 contributors locked in!
We’re just 17 days out from the Festival. It’s going to be massive!
Programme Highlights
Hear from five Inspiring ‘Keynote’ Speakers
Sir Paul Callaghan – ‘Re-Imagining New Zealand’
Vanisa …
WEL Networks
MEDIA RELEASE
18 October 2011
Solar energy helps power The Greenspace
WEL Network’s installation of a solar photovoltaic system has been on trial for over 8 months now by the eco-friendly meeting venue, The Greenspace, in Hamilton. …
New Zealand based Charlotte Squire – Editor of the good news website Happyzine – laments the recent Tauranga oil spill, discusses fossil fuel free transport, suggests that possibly owning a horse and cart isn’t as …
Ooooby, ‘Out of our own back yards’, was born on Waiheke almost 3 years ago. Since then it has grown into a network of over 4000 food growers and more than 200 Auckland customers who receive local food on …
What is World of Difference?
World of Difference is Vodafone’s unique corporate giving initiative which mobilises people to take time out and work for a charity of their choice. The programme is designed to take corporate …
The Common Lawn Daisy – Bellis Perennis – by Tricia Curtis
Who hasn’t at some time made a daisy chain from the common lawn daisy and worn it as a circlet or crown. Bellis Perennis as …
Ladies! It’s time to devote a little time to ‘you’. Yes, it’s ‘me’ time, and we’ll do it together!
Join the online, ‘mindset spring-clean’ course for environmentally and socially conscious ladies.
Join me, Charlotte Squire, for a …
At not quite two years old, Queenstown adventure tourism operation Ziptrek Ecotours is zipping into the record books as among New Zealand’s leading sustainable companies.
The Sustainable 60 Awards were created by Fairfax Media Business Group …
Check out the positive constructive side to the occupy movement …
Occupy the Future.org
Asking the Question NOW, Co-creating the FUTURE together
We are a group of engaged individuals and global citizens who have witnessed the movement growing …
Parliament adjourned for the year last Friday, as parties shift to campaigning for the November 26 election. Now our attention turns to what parties and candidates are offering in terms of vision and policies for …
Mental Health Awareness Week – Day Two – Time to Give
October 10 – 16, 2011
With the country being gripped by rugby fever and our cherished All Blacks still in the hunt to bring home the …
“The media we feed our minds with shapes our lives, so why not invest time in reading positive news about the environment and our communities?”
That was the line of thought Charlotte Squire was following …
Media Release
For immediate release
9 October, 2011
ATAMIRA – Maori in the City 2011, the largest three day festival celebrating all things Maori finished up today in Auckland with organisers reporting a resounding success, making a firm …
Hawkes Bay Regional Council
For more information and to apply for an award visit the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council website
The Environment Action Awards are held every two years to celebrate people and organisations in Hawke’s Bay …
Next Magazine
News release
October 6, 2011
Sue Johnson named Health and Science category winner in the Next Woman of the Year awards, in association with Pandora
Sue Johnson was tonight announced as the Health and Science category winner …
Lesley Elliott named winner of Next Woman of the Year, in association with Pandora
Lesley Elliott, mother of murdered university student Sophie Elliott, has been named Next Woman of the Year for her impassioned efforts to …
Mai Chen named Business category winner and Jayne Parsons named Sports category winner in the Next Woman of the Year awards, in association with Pandora
Mai Chen was tonight announced as the Business category winner in …
