Articles tagged with: green design
Living, Growing Roofs Beginning to Sprout in Aotearoa
By Hannah Spyksma
Aucklander Robyn Simcock is renovating her garage. As is, it is slightly sunken into the ground so that the roof is only a metre above the pavement. She has pumice, wild flowers, succulents …
Kiwi Council Searching for Greenest Street
Sustainable Communities
Council searching for Green Street
New Zealand’s Kapiti Coast District Council has announced a competition to find Kāpiti’s Greenest Street. Commencing in October, the competition is being touted as an opportunity for neighbours to get …
Permaculture and Transition Towns Meet New Brighton – By Rebecca May
The recycled envelope hanging out of my letterbox told me already that this was the package I was waiting for. My Permaculture Design Course handbook had arrived.
When I was 14 I decided to become a …
Sustainable Design – Why It’s Gonna Save the World – According to Lee Barry
Introducing Lee Barry. Wellington based Lee is our new sustainable design blogger. Check out her inspiring words about advertising, design, stuff and life as it could be …
The year is nineteen ninety something or other. …
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