Articles in Environment
Ekodo: Earth Witness
By Sean Weaver
Unfurling like a furry monkey being born tail first, the hairs of the young tree fern frond caught the sunlight as the clouds parted briefly high above the forest canopy. He was walking …
Biodynamics: Bringing Life to the Land and Wealth to Society
Bringing Life to the Land and Wealth to Society
by Lis Alington, Editor, Earth Matters
Imagine that the earth is an apple…
If you chop it into 32 pieces, then just a single one of those pieces …
International Hopebuilding News: Young People Create New Life and Lush Urban Garden in Former Kibera Waste Dump
Some very inspiring news gets lost in archives – we’re resurrecting some Hopebuilding stories for Happyzine readers.
It took the Kibera Youth Reform Group just 105 days from the time they started clearing a site that …
International Hopebuilding News: Model garden in Mali builds sustainable protection for organic cotton
New Agriculturist
Some very inspiring news gets lost in archives – we’re resurrecting some Hopebuilding stories for Happyzine readers.
Mali is one of the largest cotton producers in Africa and about 40% of rural households …
Green Profile: i-Tree
What is i-Tree?
i-Tree is a state-of-the-art, peer-reviewed software suite from the USDA Forest Service that provides urban forestry analysis and benefits assessment tools. The i-Tree Tools help communities of all sizes to strengthen their urban …
Kokako Face Hopeful Future in East Taranaki Forest
Pioneering trap study leads way for return of Kokako to East Taranaki forest
Wellington, New Zealand – An area of remote forest in East Taranaki, where the haunting melody of the kokako has been …
World Leading Environmental Monitoring Tool Launched
Media Release
July 27, 2011
For Immediate Release
World leading environmental monitoring tool launched
The world’s first real-time, automated, web-based mass flux monitoring solution, which allows users to monitor and analyse the dispersion of pollutants, has been launched in New Zealand.
Trifecta …
Tangaroa’s Amazing Voyage
NIWA Media Release 18 July 2011
Tangaroa’s amazing voyage
NIWA’s research vessel Tangaroa has just completed a very successful voyage of habitats of significance for …
Good News About Road Conditions on Wainuiomata Hill
SAFETY SURFACE REDUCES CRASHES ON WAINUIOMATA HILL ROAD
A drop in road crashes on the Wainuiomata Hill road has been linked to Hutt City Council work on installing a new safety surface and upgrading the road …
Green Profile Series: NIWA
1. What is NIWA’s purpose?
NIWA’s purpose is to enhance the economic value and sustainable management of New Zealand’s aquatic resources and environments, to provide understanding of climate and the atmosphere and increase resilience to weather …
Emperor Penguin Visits the Kapiti Coast
Emperor penguin visits the Kapiti Coast
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 1:21 pm
Press Release: Department of Conservation
Date: 21st June 2011
Emperor penguin visits the Kapiti Coast
Kapiti Coast residents have been treated to a rare visit by an emperor …
What Kind of Difference Can a Green Dreamer Make? Meet Majora Carter
Majora Carter: Activist for environmental justice
Majora Carter is a visionary voice in city planning who views urban renewal through an environmental lens. The South Bronx native draws a direct connection between ecological, economic …
Migration Patterns Linked to Genetic Differences in New Zealand Seabirds
NIWA & The University of Auckland EMBARGOED UNTIL 31 MAY 2011
Migration patterns linked to genetic differences in New Zealand seabirds
Ground-breaking research by NIWA and The University of Auckland, investigating the annual movements of New …
The World is Your Canvas – Karamea’s Rongo Backpackers Where Self-Sufficiency Meets Creativity
Article by By Kathleen Anderson Freelance Writer
Paul Murray is a self-realized artist. He has invested his whole life and soul in his current work: The LivinginPeace Project, which aims to combine the …
Xmas Lights Tour in Cycle Style – Nelson
“Get out your best Christmas Frock, light up your bike and join us next Tuesday 14th December for our Xmas Lights Tour in Cycle Style” says Frock Mistress, Annie Frocker.
Frocks On Bikes has organised a …
Ten Ways to Chillax and Have Fun As You Live Your Green Dreams – The ebook – By Charlotte Squire
What if you could live the life of your dreams and save the planet, all at the same time?
New! ‘Like’ the facebook page: 30 Days of Fun (and Chillaxed) Green Goal Achievement this April 2011
Hi, …
Jacob’s Moko
I was well known in my youth as an ‘effective’ thrower of stones and can still bring down a pteradactyl gliding amongst low cloud (imaginary now, most of my throwing) and while I can still …
Te Wai Korari – The Wetland That Made it Through
Every time I drive past Te Wai Korari wetland on the edge of our little south coast town, I thank my lucky star. Given that I pass by quite often,
that’s a lot of thanking! The …
Round the World or Round the Corner
Jules Verne and I have nothing in common.
My first circumnavigation of the world took over 10 years to complete. Traveling into the sunset, If I’d been going about it in a straight forward fashion that’d …
When May Embraces November, Permaculture Dreams Come True
This article was submitted by Positive Writing Student Joanna Piekarski and is also the beginning of a new exchange that Happyzine will be hosting …
Living the good life. That’s how pioneer back-to-the-landers Helen and …
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