Articles in Sustainability
This time of the year if the weather has been kind, is the time to collect honey from your hive. Hopefully the bees have been busy doing what they do best and bringing back plenty …
You Keep What??
This is the question I have had asked of me many times since I first put the idea of keeping bees out there. Some of the folks were finally convinced that …
In Australia, for many December means celebrating Christmas, hot days, gifts, reconnection and relaxation, family, more hot days and approximately 9 weeks of holidays. We’re a month into summer and the heat can be oppressive. …
The Rainbow Healing and Learning Camp springs from a long tradition of education in healthy and conscientious lifestyles aimed at those who wish for inner healing. It is an exceptional opportunity …
It is so easy to turn away from our life difficulties. To turn our backs, put up walls and shields and hold fast, defenses up. It is much harder to turn those …
Q: What happens when a bunch of scientists and experimental actors head out to the desert to build a glass-sealed, lush wilderness world, complete with miniature rainforest, ocean, desert, organic farm, and plants from all …
Now that Christmas is approaching, I’m thinking food, magical food. Tis the time to lay the table, and for many of us ‘foodies’, tis the time to celebrate our most beloved dishes.
Cooking is an ancient …
There’s no place like home.
Growing up, all we know are the little things that make up home. For most of us the world is made up of the streets where we learned to ride a …
Yoga is often considered to be a soft and relaxing practice. It can, however, leave you energized and elated. The Asanas or “physical postures”, release tension and liberate physical energy, while employing proper yogic breathing, …
When I was young boy I spent time in my Grandparents house in a tiny village in County Galway on the west coast of Ireland. I would stay in the guest’s room upstairs, sharing a …
1. Can you describe Hire Things to Happyzine readers?
Hire Things is the online community where you can share resources by hiring in what you need and hiring out what you have. It’s like Trade …
Oooh, you look festive!
For many, the celebration of Christmas is strongly founded in religious significance. Though my parents were raised in religious families the beliefs were not passed on to me in …
World Buskers Festival guarantees fun in the sun
Seeking fun in the sun for your summer holidays? Then make a beeline for Christchurch and the World Buskers’ Festival.
Each year at the end of January the Garden …
It’s nice to be able to have a big night out or a glass of wine with dinner, and often breastfeeding mums feel that they are unable to enjoy the things that they once did, …
Babies put everything in their mouths. I mean everything! If a baby is going to investigate anything, it will involve putting that thing in its mouth and slimming it thoroughly before any sort of decision …
Scoop
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 12:33 pm
Press Release: Ballance Farm Environment awards
Media Release – November 26, 2009.
Ballance Farm Environment Awards attract a wide range of entries.
The Ballance Farm Environment Awards have attracted a strong range of …
There’s a quiet revolution going on in the suburban backyards of Australia. Rather than sitting back and admiring our perfectly manicured “outside rooms”, gazing lovingly at our mondo grass, perfectly coiffed hedges of murraya, buxus …
Photo by JoePhoto
I never really thought of myself as a gardener. But over the past few years the urge to grow food has risen from within. Perhaps it’s the collective enthusiasm of the nation of …
The great outdoors …. sometimes the thought of allowing your child to run free whether it’s in a suburban back garden, small courtyard, farm, park, beach or vacant lot can be a daunting prospect. There …
“Life has become increasingly CREATIVE. Life creates itself, and over time has self-generated greater and greater opportunities for further creativity.”
I think it’s important to recirculate useful material. This article was written back in 2001, yet …
If ecological design were widely adopted…, by Joanna Pearsall and Bryan Innes
Recently we (Joanna Pearsall and Bryan Innes)have been thinking about and discussing what would it look like if the principles of permaculture were …
Upper Rangitata Photo PeterBray panoramio.com
It’s great that the public get a say on the future of our rivers, waterways and wetlands – like in this example from The Timaru Hearld
“The public is set to get their say …
November 6th, 2009
Photo: Mohikinui River, by Craig Potton
Apparently we live in a nation of number eight wire type people, where innovative ideas are steaming away in the privacy of countless minds, and any thing’s possible. …
Do you ever have the urge to peek over your garden wall and have a nosy at your neighbour’s garden? These days, besides maybe a polite wave on the rare occasions we reverse out of …
Announcing…
Christchurch Frocks On Bikes
Christchurch needs this Frocks on Bikes affair. I can just see them, regally policing the bike lanes of the South Island’s big smoke. I’m looking to hearing more about them in the …
“Though the problems of the world are increasingly more complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple…” - Bill Mollison, co-founder of the world-wide permaculture movement
Check out this international Permaculture website – I am. Permaculture is the way …
Check out this story on Inhabitat.com. This popular design website has just reported on an exciting project proposal for 750,000 abandoned Albanian concrete bunkers. The 100 page proposal, designed by two graduate students, suggests remaking …
GB Weekly
By Sol Morgan
October is main potato-planting time, so hopefully you’ve got your garden beds prepared in readiness. If not there’s still time to fork out those weeds and add compost, well rotted manure and …
GB Weekly
By Sol Morgan
As the spring days bring warmer weather, start thinking about getting the ground ready for the long-season crops like peppers, zucchinis and tomatoes.
Tomatoes are members of the Solanum family, like potatoes and …
GB Weekly
By Sol Morgan
The sun is shining, bulbs and blossoms blooming and the soil is thinking about warming up ready for spring planting. Wet weather is a good indicator of a well-designed system. Does water …
