Golden Bay’s Ceiros Begg hits the road with sustainable fashion
May 25, 2012 – 8:36 pm | No Comment

Local Good News/Golden Bay
By Charlotte Squire
When Ceiros Begg was a little girl, she and her mother spent hours walking the streets of Christchurch to visit thrift shops. No shop was too far away and mother …

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Free ‘Best Fish Guide’ app for your iPhone
May 10, 2012 – 5:06 pm | No Comment
Free ‘Best Fish Guide’ app for your iPhone

May 9 2012 – Wellington
 
Forest & Bird media release – for immediate use
 
 
Free ‘Best Fish Guide’ app for your iPhone
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Forest & Bird’s new iPhone application makes choosing eco-friendly seafood as easy as (fish) pie. The …

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Wellington cycling numbers double
April 19, 2012 – 10:40 am | One Comment
Wellington cycling numbers double

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 …

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Turns out big business CAN equal green business
March 29, 2012 – 3:59 pm | No Comment
Turns out big business CAN equal green business

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 …

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Methane gas provides fuel for hospital heating in Nelson
March 18, 2012 – 9:51 pm | One Comment
Methane gas provides fuel for hospital heating in Nelson

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 …

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Green design beginning to seed in Kiwi hospitals
March 17, 2012 – 9:51 pm | No Comment
Green design beginning to seed in Kiwi hospitals

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 …

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Help kick-start the New Zealand White Roofs project campaign!
March 12, 2012 – 3:37 pm | No Comment
Help kick-start the New Zealand White Roofs project campaign!

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 …

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Green Design in Kiwi Schools by Charissa Kavermann
March 2, 2012 – 9:28 am | No Comment
Green Design in Kiwi Schools by Charissa Kavermann

Back at high school the only thing I knew about green design was based on a stereotype. To me, green thinking was for an ‘alternative tree hugging hippy’ niche market that I couldn’t see myself …

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Brisbane CityCat terminals win race to go green
February 26, 2012 – 7:38 pm | No Comment
Brisbane CityCat terminals win race to go green

Brisbane City Council has secured an Australian first, following the environmental rating of its three newest CityCat ferry terminals.
Receiving the highest possible certification under the EnviroDevelopment system, the Hawthorne, Teneriffe and Bretts Wharf terminals have …

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Use and Capacity of Global Hydropower Increases
January 19, 2012 – 7:41 pm | No Comment
Use and Capacity of Global Hydropower Increases

PRESS RELEASE
Worldwatch Institute
Contact: Supriya Kumar, skumar@worldwatch.org, (+1) 202-452-1999, ext: 510
Use and Capacity of Global Hydropower Increases
Industrialized and developing countries continue to rely on their critical water resources as a renewable electricity source.
Washington, D.C.—-Global use of …

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Emerging Designer finalists embrace the green
January 18, 2012 – 8:54 pm | No Comment
Emerging Designer finalists embrace the green

Media Release: Wednesday 18 January 2012
 
iD reveals 2012 Emerging Designer finalists
Fashion history will be created and careers launched when the world’s hot new fashion talent show their collections at the 8th annual iD International …

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ReGenerating small, sustainable SHACs in the temporarily vacant sites of Christchurch
December 9, 2011 – 8:38 am | 2 Comments
ReGenerating small, sustainable SHACs in the temporarily vacant sites of Christchurch

The ReGeneration Trust and SHAC (Sustainable Habitat Challenge) are keen to get rebuilding Christchurch. In January 2012, we’ll be running a six-day building project – starting from scratch, we’ll be working with builders, architects and …

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Outback Growth Goes Green
November 21, 2011 – 4:31 pm | No Comment
Outback Growth Goes Green

Released: 18 November 2011
MEDIA RELEASE
OUTBACK GROWTH GOES GREEN
Roma in western Queensland has staked a claim in the increasingly sophisticated field of environmentally sustainable development.
Clearview Rise, by the Urban Land Development Authority, has today (18 November …

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Queensland Hosts ‘HillClose’ – One of the Most Environmentally Sustainable Projects in Australia.
November 11, 2011 – 8:31 am | No Comment
Queensland Hosts ‘HillClose’ – One of the Most Environmentally Sustainable Projects in Australia.

10 November 2011
New masterplanned development HillClose has today (10th November) been awarded EnviroDevelopment certification for outstanding environmental outcomes in its treatment of waste, energy, materials, water and the community.
The recognition is a milestone for Gladstone …

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Solar Energy Helps Power The Greenspace, Hamilton
October 18, 2011 – 1:18 pm | No Comment
Solar Energy Helps Power The Greenspace, Hamilton

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. …

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Announcing the Inhabitat.com and Philips Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition
May 11, 2011 – 12:30 pm | No Comment
Announcing the Inhabitat.com and Philips Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition

Inhabitat.com lighting design competition
Do you have a bright idea for an eco-friendly lamp that could win you $1000?
We’re thrilled to announce that Inhabitat is teaming up with renowned electronics brand Philips to launch a lighting design …

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If You’ve Got Light, You’ve Got Power: Logitech Introduces Solar-Powered Keyboard
November 3, 2010 – 6:11 pm | One Comment
If You’ve Got Light, You’ve Got Power: Logitech Introduces Solar-Powered Keyboard

Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 Powered By Light — Even Indoors
NEW ZEALAND, Nov. 2nd, 2010 — Today, Logitech introduced the Logitech® Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 — the company’s first light-powered keyboard. The Logitech Wireless Solar …

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