Articles by Charlotte Squire
Editor Charlotte Squire has a B.A. with a double major in Politics and Social Policy. With a strong focus on positive social and environmental change, Charlotte has worked within the environmental arena for the past seven years. Charlotte has worked for a number of New Zealand based environmental organisations including the Green Party, BIO-GRO NZ, and Greenpeace NZ. She has been a freelance writer for the past six years, exploring positive environmental change. She has written for Her Magazine (formerly Her Business Magazine), Organic NZ, Eco-Living, Permaculture UK and Australia, The GB Weekly and Wild Tomato Magazine. Charlotte is a published Creative Writer. She is also a singer/song writer, her debut album Turangawaewae – Place to Stand being played nationwide.
Nature has stopped me in my tracks, smacked me around and woken me up to her monthly offerings of needed nutrients with a skillfully wrapped, lime green, egg shaped, seductively aromatic fejoa.
Watching seasonal delicacies drifting …
Weekly Local Good News Report by Charlotte Squire.
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By Tracey Adamson (Leprosy Mission NZ)
Are you passionate about mission and social justice?
Would you like to fight for the rights of families affected by leprosy, stigma and poverty?
You may be thinking leprosy, isn’t that an …
Media Release
Thursday 26 April 2012
For immediate release
Conscious Consumers
NZ CAFES IN BIDDING WAR TO HOST WORLD-RECORD ‘CARROTMOB’
Cafes in Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington have started bidding for the right to be mobbed by hundreds of …
Press Release: SHAC
Temporary architecture, reuse of materials, community building and simple buildings are the themes of the 2nd annual Sustainable Habitat Challenge micro-architecture workshop, to be held at the CPSA building at CPIT on 2 …
In the lead up to the Christchurch Changemakers Convention, we’re spot-lighting some of the stars of Christchurch. We’re inviting you to write us blogs about someone in Christchurch who you really appreciate and admire. Helen …
Grace Deathridge writes for Happyzine (having discovered it when she lived and worked in New Zealand) as an Intern. Grace now lives in the UK.
I recently had what has been termed a ‘milestone’ or a …
Q & A with Steve Carter, by Charlotte Squire
1. Can you tell us some really important stuff about yourself?
Hmmm, “important” is such a loaded word. I am an ex-pat Brit, born in Merseyside and raised …
Weekly Local Good News Report by Charlotte Squire.
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Golden Bay has a great reputation for the highest …
Amnesty International Media Release
For immediate release
20 April 2012
Cutting edge comedy, laughter and kiwi comedians combine for Amnesty International’s Secret Policeman’s Ball NZ
THE FREEDOM TO LAUGH
“The freedom to laugh to me means that you are allowed …
Sarah Lea is Happyzine’s raw food writer.
I love following the laws of nature, and when that means we can mono-eat to our hearts content I’m one happy mama. So what could be simpler than heading …
A better way to decide!
Many years ago, I had a very tough and confusing decision to make. I was going through the possible end of my first marriage, and didn’t know if I should stay …
Originally published on Cycling Auckland.
By Lucy H
*Wellington’s cycling Mayor, Celia Wade-Brown and Regional Councillor, Paul Bruce. Credit Capital Times.
“Capital Cyclist Numbers Double.” That’s the title of a fairly positive piece about cycling in the Dominion …
MEDIA RELEASE
March 18, 2012
Standing tall alongside Sam RB
The Mental Health Foundation congratulates Sam RB on having her song Stand Tall made into the official anthem of the New Zealand Olympic team.
Sam is a former Like …
Submitted by: Vanessa Cohen-Riddell, Little Red Hen Pictures
Alastair Riddell (Space Waltz) is to premiere his first short film “THE LAST STOP”; a film made specifically for entry in Ridley Scott’s new online “Your Film Festival”.
Singer/songwriter …
Greetings from the National Office of Conscious ConsumersLast April Conscious Consumers organised New Zealand’s very first Carrotmob at Memphis Belle café, Wellington. A Carrotmob is an event which involves consumers mass-purchasing from a business that …
First off, I think it’s best that you know – this book was written by one of those ‘follow your dreams types’. In other words, he’s one of us!
Michael Daly is a fully trained Chef …
Bike the Trail returns this Sunday
After having to postpone the original event during March’s “weather bomb”, Hutt Valley’s largest cycling event, Bike the Trail, will be making a return this Sunday.
The event, which takes place …
Nelson Pine Industries Limited is on the finalists’ shortlist for this year’s EECA Awards.
Nelson Media
The awards are run annually by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, which works to implement government strategies for energy efficiency, …
Tyson Paul
Part of the ReGeneration Roadtrip project;
“My names Tyson Paul, I’m a student at Te Rawhitiroa. I’m 16 years young, I play a lot of sports and do poetry only as a hobby for now. …
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Local Good News Report by Charlotte Squire.
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Starting up an alternative currency in your community? It’s a great idea, but will it fly? Perhaps so with some serious …
Nelson Media
The world’s first and only all-girl Johnny Cash band, Nelson based The Johnnys, are off to California to the fourth annual Johnny Cash Music Festival in Ventura in June.
Vocalist and lead guitarist Suzi Fray …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Concerned Citizens
Creative Wellingtonians Combine Art and Technology to Help Communities Overseas
Concerned Citizens, a Wellington-based creative community of more than 80 artists and musicians, have announced the opening of a cutting edge “Open …
By Hannah Mackintosh of elevenhoursahead
I recently got into an argument with my father about the importance of community and whether building community should be a responsibility of councils and government. My argument was that yes, …
With Philippa Ross of Cherish Wellbeing
Cultivate a sustainable happy, healthy, balanced lifestyle
Part One – Saturday 21st April – 9.30 am – 2.00 pm
Reveal the value of your true nature. Disperse your energy into seven key …
Summer’s arrived just in time for Easter and we’ve welcomed it with boundless energy.
Easter’s a time for bunnies and eggs. Symbols of rebirth in the name of Oestre, the Goddess of fertility, but here in …
NZCER invites you to step into the Shifting Thinking Workshop space in Wellington in May. The Workshop is for anyone with a connection to education, including teachers, tutors, leaders, people working in youth development, policy makers and anyone interested …
Health Insurance for Your Well-Being – by Paul Smetana
Are you having an interesting life or just going through the motions? Will you wake up tomorrow to dully start all over again, knowing that you’ve done …
Media release: Inspiring Stories
The Inspiring Stories Trust, a not-for-profit organization focused on spreading change through the power of storytelling, is launching this Tuesday in Nelson a nationwide project that includes film screenings and filmmaking workshops …
Have you come across Eat Right foods yet? They say they’re ‘Healthy and Allergy Friendly Foods’. And it’s true. They are … and they’re so much more, I’ll just add in: ‘decadent, moreish, yummy, feel …
Golden Bay: Weekly Good News Report
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By Charlotte Squire
I’m standing in a cow paddock in Golden Bay gazing at twenty eight solar panels in permanent salute to the …
Dorothea Schütze, an education consultant from Germany, is facilitating a three-day workshop on Betzavta (together) training, in Golden Bay. She is currently visiting New Zealand and has agreed to come and run this workshop for …
Bikes for Africa is an entertaining, insightful and deeply honest documentary following the life adventures of New Zealanders Hap Cameron and Mandy Todd, and their attempt to help implement a self sustainable bike workshop in …
Alex Hannant on Sustainable Brands.com
April 4, 2012—Since I first engaged with climate change I’ve been driven by a question – how do you generate, embed, and scale quality solutions to sync society within the physical …
Oxfam
CELEBS GIVE FAIR TRADE A FAIR GO WITH OXFAM
Kiwi celebs are up on the auction block this week to promote fair trade with Oxfam. The organisation’s Fair Trade Me auctions launch today on Trade Me, …
Happyzine and ReGeneration are proud to announce this opportunity for one person to win two tickets to the upcoming Christchurch Changemakers Convention, 10 am – 6pm, 4th May 2012, The Geo Dome.
To win these tickets …
For immediate release April 4th 2012
In ten days, New Zealand’s newest and most ambitious cycle race will make its way from two ends of the country – Cape Reinga and Bluff – meeting in the …
Sarah Lea
Sarah Lea is the new raw food blogger for Happyzine.
I live off fast food, convenience foods, meals ready made by Mama Earth. The packaging is compostable, the pantry an outdoor adventure and the meal …
Applications Now Open for the Speight’s Environment Fund
The call is out! The 2012 Speight’s Brewery Environment Fund is now open for applications, and is seeking Dunedin-based conservationists to collect a share of the funding pool.
Dunedin-based …
