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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AskShareGive – a website where people do just that!
May 23, 2012 – 10:04 am | No Comment
AskShareGive – a website where people do just that!

An introduction, by Tanya Bibby
Recently a new website was launched. AskShareGive is a new not-for-profit website where people can share their time, skills, transport and old or unwanted goods.
The website is the brainchild of a …

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The Real Value of Community
April 11, 2012 – 4:50 pm | No Comment
The Real Value of Community

By Hannah Mackintosh of elevenhoursahead
I recently got into an argument with my father about the importance of community and whether building community should be a responsibility of councils and government. My argument was that yes, …

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Shifting Thinking Workshop, Wellington, for people with a passion for education
April 10, 2012 – 4:40 pm | No Comment
Shifting Thinking Workshop, Wellington, for people with a passion for education

NZCER invites you to step into the Shifting Thinking Workshop space in Wellington in May. The Workshop is for anyone with a connection to education, including teachers, tutors, leaders, people working in youth development, policy makers and anyone interested …

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Daylight saving ends TODAY Sunday 1st April
April 1, 2012 – 9:26 am | No Comment
Daylight saving ends TODAY Sunday 1st April

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 …

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Profile: Lyttelton’s Honest Cooks
January 26, 2012 – 6:19 am | 4 Comments
Profile: Lyttelton’s Honest Cooks

We are Roots-Local Food Specialists. In December we decided to live our truth and go for what we believe in and create the future that we want to see.  We have always believed that choosing …

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Community Driven Bolivia Gives Legal Rights to the Earth
August 4, 2011 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Community Driven Bolivia Gives Legal Rights to the Earth

By Sean Dagan Wood
Law of Mother Earth sees Bolivia pilot new social and economic model based on protection of and respect for nature.
Bolivia is to become the first country in the world to give nature …

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Recycling in Korokoro is a Go!
July 6, 2011 – 6:05 pm | No Comment
Recycling in Korokoro is a Go!

HUTT CITY COUNCIL NEWS RELEASE
6 JULY 2011
Recycling in Korokoro is a go!  New recycling bins will be delivered to every Korokoro home later this month as part of a trial to further encourage recycling across …

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Local Government New Zealand Conference 2011: Future Focus
July 6, 2011 – 6:01 pm | One Comment
Local Government New Zealand Conference 2011:  Future Focus

MEDIA RELEASE
The future is the centre of attention at this year’s Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) annual conference at the Wellington Convention Centre 11 to 12 July.
Entrepreneur and sustainability advocate Melissa Clark-Reynolds will …

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The Reality of Oil… and the Power of Hands
June 27, 2011 – 12:07 pm | 3 Comments
The Reality of Oil… and the Power of Hands

Q: When is an offshore oil drilling plan a good thing?
A: When it doesn’t happen!
We got a good scare here last month, in the oceanside paradise community of Golden Bay. A foreign mining company with …

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Hutt City Council Looking for a Community Group Who Are Making a Difference
June 17, 2011 – 2:48 pm | No Comment
Hutt City Council Looking for a Community Group Who Are Making a Difference

HUTT CITY COUNCIL NEWS RELEASE
17 JUNE 2011
Nominations open to recognise those making a difference
Do you know community groups who are making a difference and deserve recognition for their work? If so, nominate them for a …

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Hutt City Council Takes Positive, Preventative Approach to At Risk, Earthquake-Prone Buildings
June 3, 2011 – 2:45 pm | No Comment
Hutt City Council Takes Positive, Preventative Approach to At Risk, Earthquake-Prone Buildings

Hutt City residents – Have your say on draft Earthquake-prone Building Policy
Mayor Ray Wallace is encouraging everyone to have their say on Council’s draft Earthquake-prone Building Policy.
Consultation has begun on the draft policy which proposes …

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Mark Cabaj Workshops: Communities Leading – Working Together In Place 13 & 15 June
May 30, 2011 – 6:04 pm | No Comment
Mark Cabaj Workshops: Communities Leading – Working Together In Place 13 & 15 June

Mark Cabaj Workshops: Communities Leading – Working Together In Place 13 & 15 June
Inspiring Communities, with local partners, is delighted to bring Mark Cabaj to New Zealand next month and to offer …

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Blood Donors Save the Day
May 11, 2011 – 12:30 pm | No Comment
Blood Donors Save the Day

World Blood Donor Day – Tuesday 14 June 2011
The New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) will celebrate World Blood Donor Day across the country on Tuesday 14 June 2011.
In conjunction with …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 330 – Getting Ready for Neighbours Day Aotearoa
March 24, 2011 – 7:30 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 330 – Getting Ready for Neighbours Day Aotearoa

Today, as promised to Tania Austin – the coordinator of Neighbour’s Day – I dutifully crossed the road and had a yarn with Paul Woodward (he who happens to have just rocked walled his long, …

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Kāpiti Coast’s Greenest Street: A crushing morning
February 7, 2011 – 2:53 pm | No Comment
Kāpiti Coast’s Greenest Street: A crushing morning

Blog 3: by Stacey Gasson
Going into their fourth month of Kāpiti Coast’s Greenest Street competition, participants are really hitting their stride. On Saturday I went to see one of Andy Fraser’s pet projects come to …

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Kapiti Coast’s Greenest Street: Living a Richer Life
January 30, 2011 – 11:18 pm | No Comment
Kapiti Coast’s Greenest Street: Living a Richer Life

Blog 2: by Stacey Gasson
It’s amazing how much ground you can cover over a cup of tea, especially when you’re drinking with Mark Amery. Mark and his partner Hannah, and their three children, aged from …

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Opportunity to Make a Positive Difference for Momanyi and Solomon – Two Young Boys in Kenya
January 9, 2011 – 10:04 am | One Comment
Opportunity to Make a Positive Difference for Momanyi and Solomon – Two Young Boys in Kenya

January 4th, 2011

Hello my name is Julia Sich and my husband’s name is Johnson Moseti. I was born in NZ and Johnson was born in Kenya but has lived in NZ for 23 …

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The (Final) 100 Mile Coromandel People Harvest!
January 1, 2011 – 9:29 pm | 4 Comments
The (Final) 100 Mile Coromandel People Harvest!

Week 4: A smorgasbord of local hot-spots guaranteed to inspire! Part 2
An inspiring four week harvest of visionary people and projects achieving the seemingly impossible within 100 miles of my Coromandel home.

6. Paradise, lost in …

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The 100 Mile People Harvest! Week 4: A Smorgasbord of Coromandel Hotspots Guaranteed to Inspire! Part 1
December 27, 2010 – 6:06 pm | One Comment
The 100 Mile People Harvest!  Week 4: A Smorgasbord of Coromandel Hotspots Guaranteed to Inspire! Part 1

An inspiring four week harvest of visionary people and projects achieving the seemingly impossible within 100 miles of my Coromandel (New Zealand) home.
The Coromandel area is so overflowing with inspiring people and projects doing amazing …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 202 – Free Tomato Plants Anyone?
November 12, 2010 – 2:30 pm | One Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 202 – Free Tomato Plants Anyone?

I’ve been blessed with the magical appearance of dozens of baby tomato plants in my front garden.  Due to my special lazy gardening technique – which involves leaving last year’s crop to die down, including …

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Sustainability, Government and Offshore Inspiration
August 15, 2010 – 8:37 pm | No Comment
Sustainability, Government and Offshore Inspiration

It would be easy to become dis-heartened if you work in the sustainability field in New Zealand.  Although the National party has introduced an emissions trading scheme, it is gutless, and won’t in any meaningful …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#59 – The Kiwi Online Community they Call ‘Intersect’
June 13, 2010 – 7:23 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#59 – The Kiwi Online Community they Call ‘Intersect’

(While I raise my son and grow my good news website).
Intersect.  This is another website that I really enjoy (yesterday I raved about inhabitat.com) and have been spending some time on over the past few …

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Joyologist releases ANTIZAC
April 23, 2010 – 2:12 pm | No Comment
Joyologist releases ANTIZAC

No prescribing rights required!
With an impish grin Pat Armitstead said, “This is not a bitter pill to swallow and most interestingly, no prescribing rights are required! As a non-chemical alternative to Prozac it …

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The World of HANDS – New Zealand’s Most Successful Complementary Currency – by Rebecca Reider
March 18, 2010 – 1:38 pm | 13 Comments
The World of HANDS – New Zealand’s Most Successful Complementary Currency – by Rebecca Reider

My decrepit old laptop turned into a wide variety of locally grown vegetables. And new hems and mended holes on my favourite corduroy pants. And a month’s supply of firewood from a neighbour’s woodlot.
Interesting alchemy. …

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