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.
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. In this article Grace tells us about her first eveing …
MEDIA RELEASE
29 March 2012
The Lowdown helps Wellington band enter NZ music scene
As young musicians around the country prepare for the 2012 Smokefreerockquest starting this May, Wellington band The Velvet Regime are releasing their first single …
It’s time to recognise the voluntary efforts of the young people who make our communities better places to live.
Nominations are open for the 2012 Nelson Tasman Youth Volunteer Recognition scheme, and Jan Glover from Volunteer …
It just so happened that the weekend after I received my new Mega Tanka I had a busy weekend of outdoor activities lined up. Saturday involved an day community fair, and Sunday was a ‘Long …
Tauranga successfully led the New Zealand Earth Hour celebrations this year, in recognition of the local community’s efforts to clean up their environment after the Rena oil spill disaster struck six months ago.
More than 1500 …
Reminder: Daylight saving ends on Sunday
Monday, 26 March 2012, 3:42 pm
Press Release: Department Of Internal Affairs
26 March 2012
Reminder: Daylight saving ends on Sunday
New Zealand Daylight Saving will end next Sunday, 1 April 2012, when 3.00am …
MEDIA RELEASE
30 MARCH 2012
RECORD EARTH HOUR PARTICIPATION WITH ONE DAY TO GO
With one day to go until the biggest ever Earth Hour, a record 147 countries and territories are preparing to send a united message …
Amanda Judd, creator & founder of Lovenotes, is taking paper recycling to a whole new level. Have you ever wondered what happens to paper after it hits the recycle bin? Where does it go? What …
By Charissa Kavermann
When looking around my own community to find out about what it had to offer in the green design department, I didn’t think it would be the biggest building on the block.
Previously when …
WWF-New Zealand media release – for immediate release
29 March 2012
WWF’s Bay of Plenty fund opens to help environmental restoration post Rena disaster
As Tauranga gets set to lead New Zealand’s Earth Hour celebrations this …
MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Wednesday 28th March 2012
NZ FILM COMMISSION GETS BEHIND THE NEXT GENERATION OF FILMMAKERS
The New Zealand Film Commission is getting behind the Inspiring Stories Trust to help aspiring young filmmakers …
Sarah Lea
I’ve found my secret key to the universe. Cacao. The food of the Gods and the food of Sarah Lea. Not only does it keep my mind focused (usually on eating more cacao), clear …
The Waka of Love docks at Scots College this Saturday – Scotts College
On Saturday 31st March the mighty Waka of Love will disembark at Scots College in Strathmore. The musical theatre production is the brainchild …
Bhutanese Society of Nelson, NZ Inc
Maintaining their cultural identity, raising occupational skills and helping Bhutanese women get their drivers’ licence are just some of the issues discussed at the first joint meeting of the Bhutanese …
New Zealand is positioned to take a lead on global environmental issues, according to former Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell who is addressing business leaders in Nelson this week.Liddell is speaking to the Institute of Directors …
At the big swell, we say healthy Mothers grow healthy families.
We say that Mothers are the change agents for a better world.
We say less synthetics, less chemicals, less consumerism, less political correctness and less judgment!
We …
We want to document and share the inspiring stories of the innovative, inspiring and brave people and stories behind the Christchurch re-build. Good news is happening every day in Christchurch and the stories deserve to …
Ok I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, I’m a sucker for Fairtrade or certified organic foods and beverages. It just seems to make them taste nicer. Yes, it’s an area where I …
Now here’s a funny thing! Here I am, one moment feeling all good and chirpy, and in the next, I’m in the armpit of despair. This keeps on happening, not the armpit, the despair.
Even though …
With Dr Elisabet Sahtouris
Conscious Capitalism and the Biological Business Model.
When you break it down, everything in life follows biological systems and the evolution of these living systems. Even businesses: from what works to what doesnt, …
Wellington CANSURVIVE Dragon-boat Team
Joyce Elwood-Smith
Team banners flutter in the warm light breeze, it’s a beautiful sunny Wellington day and on the harbour dragon-boaters are out in force paddling for dear life putting their all into …
It’s a win-win really. Reach the perfect Kiwi demographic by sponsoring a weekly good news column on Happyzine – the environmentally and socially responsible positive news website.
Hi I’m Charlotte Squire, founder and Editor of …
Forest & Bird today congratulated the Prime Minister for publicly confirming that New Zealanders will get a say in the access approval by the Department of Conservation for Bathurst Resources to build an open-cast coal …
Advice service targets packaging waste – Wanaka Wastebusters
Packaging waste figures released this week by the Packaging Council show that a new Smartpackaging Advice service for businesses launched today is timely and needed.
Each New Zealander throws …
Sue Fuller
Wellbeing World Online – a new online store based here in Nelson. Wellbeing World Online retail audio classes to boost general levels of health and vitality and promote spiritual and personal growth.
Wellbeing World Online …
Sarah Lea is the new raw food blogger for Happyzine. Here she introduces herself in the typical high energy fashion of Sarah Lea.
The ludicrous thought that I may starve myself had me roaring! Friends and …
Media release from Southern Discoveries
21 March 2012
Sinbad Gully sponsorship hugely rewarding
An award-winning environmental conservation project in a World Heritage Area is continuing to demonstrate “uplifting and positive” results half-way through the first stage of …
NZ gets ready to celebrate Earth Hour 2012 – WWF
New Zealand will be one of the first countries to celebrate Earth Hour this year, as the ‘lights out for the planet’ environmental movement sweeps westward …
MAYOR STUART CROSBY MAKES FIRST PLEDGE IN SUPPORT OF EARTH HOUR
Dare the world to save the planet – ‘I will if you will.’ The international theme of Earth Hour 2012 is being embraced by Bayfair …
Joel Le Blanc
The Christchurch Earthquakes have affected thousands of people living in Canterbury since the seismic events first began in September, 2010, and many residents continue to suffer from heightened anxiety and insomnia as a …
By The Renewables
Methane biogas from the York Valley landfill in Bishopdale, Nelson, New Zealand is providing the Nelson hospital with a huge reduction in use of coal in it’s boilers. The landfill waste which comes …
Green Care Health Care – by Charissa Kavermann
When people are sick they go to the hospital, but what about when our planet is sick? There may not be a hospital for our planet, but we …
MEDIA RELEASE
Sustainable Business Network
For Immediate Release
Creating Sustainable Wealth Demands a Collective Approach
The Sustainable Business Network (SBN) is pulling together a bunch of brilliant and diverse experts to discuss the benefits of ‘shared value’ at its …
Gina Dellabarca, Stardome Observatory & Planetarium
MEDIA RELEASE – 12th March, 2012
Venus to Cross the Sun
New Zealanders will have the extremely rare chance to watch the planet Venus in transit across the face of the Sun …
Being Productive
A conversation with Marilyn Waring, Susan Guthrie and Mark Harvey
Free entry. Wednesday March 14th, 1-2pm, Festival Club, Odlins Plaza, Wellington Waterfront
Part of the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts sculpture series The Active …
Grace Deathridge writes for Happyzine (having discovered it when she lived in New Zealand) as an Intern, and lives in the UK. In this article Grace and her new-found friends transport a neglected urban plot …
Ian Montanjees
Now is the time! We are putting together an 18 month campaign to promote white roofs to businesses, the public, councils and government.
Would you like to help kick-start the New Zealand White Roofs program?!
Stage …
Bringing New Zealand’s road toll down is no small job. But it’s one that Robert Isler and his daughter Nadine Isler are tackling head on. They’ve developed a learning system called eDrive, which aims to …
Monday, 27 February 2012, 1:12 pm
Press Release: Nelson Multicultural Council
Race Unity Day Sunday 11 March 2012
This year Race Unity Day will be the biggest celebration ever of our multicultural community, according to Evey McAuliffe from …
