Articles tagged with: green
Green Product Review: Natural Cream Deodorant – Lemon and Bergamot
Have you found yourself a reliable natural deodorant? For me, it’s been a bewildering journey of misfires and letdowns with the very occasional discovery of one that actually works. I found a goodie in it’s …
Forest & Bird congratulates PM on Denniston decision
Forest & Bird today congratulated the Prime Minister for publicly confirming that New Zealanders will get a say in the access approval by the Department of Conservation for Bathurst Resources to build an open-cast coal …
Free and impartial sustainability advice service for wellington residents!
Sustainability Trust launches its ‘Home Advice’ service this month, with the official launch on the 12th of March.
Home Advice is Wellington Region’s free sustainability consultation service providing impartial, expert advice on water, waste, energy …
Otago Polytechnic Centre for Sustainable Practice: Guest Speaker Rick Thorpe, one of the founders of Raglan’s Xtreme Waste
Guest Speaker: Rick Thorpe
Friday 24th February 2012
12.30pm-1.30pm
Solscape Eco-Retreat, 611 Wainui Road, Manu Bay, Raglan
Rick Thorpe is one of the founders of Xtreme Waste and lives on a permaculture farm in Raglan (often considered the godfather …
The Green Living Show – 12th and 13th May 2012
Friday 17 February, 2012
The Green Living Show is back – New Zealand’s only green show is bigger and better than ever.
This free event has lots of variety with a fantastic opportunity for the fashion and …
Ten Reasons Green People Are Happier
By Matt Mellon
By fundamentally changing our cultural values we can create societies that collaborate for increased wellbeing rather than compete for increased wealth.
It is now well recognised that to preserve the global ecosystem we must …
Ecological Footprint of Kiwi Lifestyles Under the Microscope
An in-depth research project is set to consider how kiwis live in terms of the consumption of the world’s key resources and how communities can become more resilient by reducing their dependence on these resources …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 349 – NZ Green Party Using My Ebook As a Fundraiser
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation (as I raise my gorgeous son and grow my good news website to a subscription base of 100,000 people). The Low Down on this Blog.
Check out yesterday’s blog.
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350 Youth Climate Leadership Workshop
4 April, 2011
350 Aotearoa is excited to announce the Youth Climate Leadership Workshop in Wellington from 13-16 May for young leaders from all regions of New Zealand.
The aim of this workshop …
Kāpiti Coast’s Greenest Street: The Bag Lady
Blog 6: by Stacey Gasson
It can be nice to be remembered in your local supermarket, but for Doreen Douglas it was a case of “Oh, you’re the one with the bag!” Doreen was taking her …
Wanaka Waste Busters ‘Unpacket People’s Choice Awards’ – Enter Now!
Wanaka Wastebusters has set up the Unpackit People’s Choice awards for NZ packaging – best and worst. Nominations are now open for both categories, and are flooding in. Check out www.unpackit.org to see …
Kāpiti Coast’s Greenest Street: Cheap & Chilled Community Education
Blog 5: by Stacey Gasson
Steve Bright is one of those people who seem willing to turn their hand to most things, except maybe being interviewed. The prospect of talking about himself has him looking for …
Saving the Planet, One Present at a Time…
I’ve always said ‘Nothing says love like a clean toilet!’ Failing that, I’d also appreciate a pile of clean washing. I’m not even going to pretend that washing is my hobby, but making stuff is …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 289 – Announcing the 31 Days of Fun and Chillaxed Green Goal Achievement this April
I am now on a mission to share my new ebook ‘Ten Ways to Chillax and Have Fun As You Live Your Green Dreams’ with people all around the planet because I think there’s a …
Celestial Gardener
As a child, I remember hearing of Gardening by the Moon, and imagining our neighbour – Mr Yates, because he was the only gardener I knew – beavering away in his strawberry patch, to the …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 288 – People Are Awesome – Look We Made it into the Daily GOOD!
We’ve just had another whale beaching here in Golden Bay New Zealand. They’re pilot whales and every few years they show up in pods at Puponga, near Farewell Spit. It seems that DoC and us …
Ekodo: Forest Sublime
By Sean Weaver
Have you been to a forest today?
With all senses acutely aware?
Bathed in rivers and washed your worries away?
Drawn deep the secrets of ancient green air?
Have you sat on a log wet with moss?
Have …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 286 – Got a Groovy Goal You Want to Finally Reach? Join Me at This Goal Getting Group
There’s something exciting going on here in Charlotte-ville. I’m lucky enough to be part of a Goal Getters group that Robyn Simpson – Director of Choose the ‘Tude – is running on facebook.
So what …
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 …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 273 – Could the Past be our Future?
Today has been a full one as I continue to push Wild Energy out to the masses. I’ve just posted up our second entry – it’s a goody! It’s about a Micro-hydro kinetic turbine – …
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