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Students create living roof design concept for Auckland Museum

June 28, 2013 – 9:15 am | One Comment

Breathing life into the Auckland Museum with the Auckland Museum living roof project, Jaqs Clarke (who runs the course in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland – ArchGen721) has sent through a …

Earthships – Radically Sustainable Buildings: events in Christchurch

February 27, 2013 – 3:00 pm | One Comment

Earthships – Radically Sustainable Buildings – by Rosa Henderson
I had no idea, when I set out on my 18 months training through 6 countries, that I would end up finding, training and working with Earthship …

Sydney adopts pollution-free car fleet

February 17, 2013 – 8:00 am |

15 Feb 2013
City clears the way on pollution-free car fleet
The City of Sydney is leading the way in pollution-free travel by buying a fleet of 10 new Nissan LEAF electric
cars, the largest order of the …

Biodigest this!

October 11, 2012 – 12:39 pm | One Comment

The Motueka Community Gardens hosted a biodigester workshop attended by more than 50 people over the weekend.

 
Biodigestion is a way of using the natural gas from green waste, and down at the gardens we will …

Awards shine light on energy-saving innovator

September 26, 2012 – 5:50 pm |

Media Release – for immediate release
Kudos finalist Nihal Kularatna is out to curb the appetite of our power-hungry electronics.
As a child in Sri Lanka, Nihal Kularatna was intrigued by the simple switch system controlling flashing …

New high rating green building boosts wellness and success rates amongst staff

September 5, 2012 – 10:48 am |

PRESS RELEASE – 4 SEPTEMBER 2012
LONG AWAITED 6 GREEN STAR GEYSER BUILDING IS OPENING ITS DOORS
Green walls, passive heating and 100% fresh air – the first building to be awarded a 6 Green Star rating …

Marlborough District Council open to adopting the White Roofs project

July 20, 2012 – 9:34 am |

Ever wonder how to get your local council on board with your green dreams?  Submitting to your Annual Long Term Plan is one way to go about it.
Marlborough resident Russell Hopkins was looking for a …

Believing in the Green: Ian Montanjees’s small, but significant ‘moments’ as he runs the NZ White Roofs project

July 19, 2012 – 12:42 pm |

For all the green dreamers out there …

Ian Montanjees is developing the New Zealand White Roofs project.  Says Ian: “White Roofs is a simple idea offering one of the fastest and lowest cost ways of …

New solar-powered camera delivers live, high definition 360° panorama images

June 19, 2012 – 11:03 am |

A Nelson company has developed a product that has the potential to be the best time-lapse camera in the world.
 
Snap Information Technologies Ltd has just announced a limited pilot launch of the new SnapitHD³ series …

Free ‘Best Fish Guide’ app for your iPhone

May 10, 2012 – 5:06 pm |

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 …

NZ Cafes in bidding war to host world-record ‘Carrotmob’

April 26, 2012 – 2:49 pm |

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 …

Wellington cycling numbers double

April 19, 2012 – 10:40 am | One Comment

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 …

Turns out big business CAN equal green business

March 29, 2012 – 3:59 pm |

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 …

Methane gas provides fuel for hospital heating in Nelson

March 18, 2012 – 9:51 pm |

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 design beginning to seed in Kiwi hospitals

March 17, 2012 – 9:51 pm |

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 …

Help kick-start the New Zealand White Roofs project campaign!

March 12, 2012 – 3:37 pm |

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 …

Green Design in Kiwi Schools by Charissa Kavermann

March 2, 2012 – 9:28 am |

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 …

Brisbane CityCat terminals win race to go green

February 26, 2012 – 7:38 pm |

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 …

Use and Capacity of Global Hydropower Increases

January 19, 2012 – 7:41 pm |

PRESS RELEASE
Worldwatch Institute
Contact: Supriya Kumar, [email protected], (+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 …

Emerging Designer finalists embrace the green

January 18, 2012 – 8:54 pm |

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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