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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Forest & Bird congratulates PM on Denniston decision
March 22, 2012 – 8:41 pm | No Comment
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 …

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Free and impartial sustainability advice service for wellington residents!
March 1, 2012 – 9:12 am | One Comment
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 …

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Otago Polytechnic Centre for Sustainable Practice: Guest Speaker Rick Thorpe, one of the founders of Raglan’s Xtreme Waste
February 24, 2012 – 8:15 pm | No Comment
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 …

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The Green Living Show – 12th and 13th May 2012
February 19, 2012 – 3:43 pm | No Comment
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 …

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Ten Reasons Green People Are Happier
August 3, 2011 – 9:32 am | No Comment
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 …

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Ecological Footprint of Kiwi Lifestyles Under the Microscope
May 18, 2011 – 4:06 pm | No Comment
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 …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 349 – NZ Green Party Using My Ebook As a Fundraiser
April 12, 2011 – 2:36 pm | No Comment
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.
Check out …

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350 Youth Climate Leadership Workshop
April 4, 2011 – 5:04 pm | No Comment
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 …

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Kāpiti Coast’s Greenest Street: The Bag Lady
March 10, 2011 – 8:10 pm | No Comment
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 …

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Wanaka Waste Busters ‘Unpacket People’s Choice Awards’ – Enter Now!
March 2, 2011 – 1:23 pm | No Comment
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 …

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Kāpiti Coast’s Greenest Street: Cheap & Chilled Community Education
February 27, 2011 – 11:45 pm | No Comment
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 …

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Saving the Planet, One Present at a Time…
February 18, 2011 – 8:55 pm | 8 Comments
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 …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 289 – Announcing the 31 Days of Fun and Chillaxed Green Goal Achievement this April
February 10, 2011 – 7:30 pm | No Comment
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 …

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Celestial Gardener
February 10, 2011 – 3:28 pm | 3 Comments
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 …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 288 – People Are Awesome – Look We Made it into the Daily GOOD!
February 9, 2011 – 7:55 pm | No Comment
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 …

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Ekodo: Forest Sublime
February 7, 2011 – 6:00 pm | 2 Comments
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 …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 286 – Got a Groovy Goal You Want to Finally Reach? Join Me at This Goal Getting Group
February 7, 2011 – 5:55 pm | No Comment
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 …

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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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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 273 – Could the Past be our Future?
January 24, 2011 – 3:00 pm | No Comment
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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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 272 – Kapiti Coast Council Spearheading Green Streets Movement
January 23, 2011 – 5:00 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 272 – Kapiti Coast Council Spearheading Green Streets Movement

Today I posted up a very cool blog from the coordinator of Kapiti Coast’s Greenest Street competition – which is taking place on New Zealand’s Kaptiti Coast.  Stacey Gasson is the Sustainable Communities Coordinator for …

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Ekodo: Fear and Courage
January 19, 2011 – 10:08 pm | 2 Comments
Ekodo: Fear and Courage

By Sean Weaver
The meandering notes of a lazily played guitar wafted through tall gently swaying trees on that midsummer morning. The sun seared my head now wet from the effort of sanding and painting this …

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Rainbow style Healing & Learning Event … Golden Bay
January 19, 2011 – 4:33 pm | No Comment
Rainbow style Healing & Learning Event … Golden Bay

This springs from a long standing tradition, the Rainbow Gathering and the Spirit of Nature tradition of Celebrating to be a light being, learning and living a natural healthy and conscientious lifestyles aimed at those …

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Earth Friendly Luminate Festival All Set for Take Off at the End of January
January 12, 2011 – 2:34 pm | No Comment
Earth Friendly Luminate Festival All Set for Take Off at the End of January

When you grow up in a town like Takaka, New Zealand, which has hosted Entrain, The Gathering, Stardust, Visionz, Uprising and Canaan Downs Festivals (to name a few), you might start wondering about this place …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 251 – Entering the Realm of Farewell Spit
January 1, 2011 – 6:34 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 251 – Entering the Realm of Farewell Spit

Here in Golden Bay the population has at least doubled and people are streaming in from all manner of distant lands.  Today I joined the tourists and traveled out to Farewell Spit with the family.  …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 250 – Congratulations You Made it Through to 2011!!! This is the Year We Get Seriously Creative About Going Green.
December 31, 2010 – 10:31 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 250 – Congratulations You Made it Through to 2011!!!  This is the Year We Get Seriously Creative About Going Green.

For me the role of Happyzine is to illuminate what’s possible for the planet.  And so I rejoice in publishing an amazing array of ‘working the edge’, why not, optimistic articles about sustainability.  This year …

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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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Last Minute Green Christmas Shopping – Clean Earth Soap Gift Box
December 18, 2010 – 10:02 pm | No Comment
Last Minute Green Christmas Shopping – Clean Earth Soap Gift Box

The perfect gift for friends and family.
Our luxurious olive oil soap gift box contains the following
- 3 different soap bars from our range
- A hand felted soap bar
- A hand made wooden soap dish made …

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Classifieds 18th December 2010
December 18, 2010 – 9:57 pm | No Comment
Classifieds 18th December 2010

Clean Earth Soap Gift Box… The perfect gift for friends and family. Our luxurious olive oil soap gift box contains the following: 3 different soap bars from our range, a hand felted soap bar, and …

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Classifieds 11th December 2010
December 11, 2010 – 11:23 am | No Comment
Classifieds 11th December 2010

Divine Herbals….Give someone a high integrity present this Christmas! Handcrafted Herbal Tea Blends for Healthy Living.  Made from Organic or locally wild-harvested herbs.  Committed to working towards a …

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New Zealand Youth Present Thousands of Climate Change Messages to Minister Nick Smith at United Nations Climate Change Negotiations
December 10, 2010 – 8:12 pm | No Comment
New Zealand Youth Present Thousands of Climate Change Messages to Minister Nick Smith at United Nations Climate Change Negotiations

New Zealand Youth Present Thousands of Climate Change Messages to Minister Nick Smith at United Nations Climate Change Negotiations
Cancun, Mexico (13.00 GMT-6) – The New Zealand Youth Delegation (NZYD) presented a huge handmade canvas fern …

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WWF Calls on New Zealanders Across the Country to Dive into Their Creative Side and Put Their Ocean:Views in the Picture
December 2, 2010 – 4:26 pm | No Comment
WWF Calls on New Zealanders Across the Country to Dive into Their Creative Side and Put Their Ocean:Views in the Picture

WWF calls on New Zealanders across the country to dive into their creative side and put their Ocean:Views in the picture
The official start of summer arrived on time yesterday (1 December) in Wellington, as crowds …

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Quantas Announces New Carbon Offset Provider
November 30, 2010 – 4:46 pm | No Comment
Quantas Announces New Carbon Offset Provider

QANTAS ANNOUNCES NEW CARBON OFFSET PROVIDER
SYDNEY, 30 November 2010: The Qantas Group today announced it had finalised new supplier arrangements for its voluntary carbon offset program under an agreement with Climate Friendly.
Customer contributions to the …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 217 – Kiwi River On My Skin
November 28, 2010 – 8:20 pm | 3 Comments
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 217 – Kiwi River On My Skin

One reason I live here in the top of the South Island, in Golden Bay, is the river life.  As in: there is life in the rivers.  Now that’s a nice thing.  It’s pretty special …

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Kiwi Youth Delegation in Mexico for International Youth Climate Movement
November 27, 2010 – 6:00 pm | No Comment
Kiwi Youth Delegation in Mexico for International Youth Climate Movement

CANCUN, MEXICO 25/11/2010-
12 young Kiwi’s are joining youth from across the globe this weekend to campaign for strong and immediate climate change action. The 6th annual conference of youth (COY6) is bringing together over 500 …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 212 – Introducing Eco-Joe
November 23, 2010 – 2:23 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 212 – Introducing Eco-Joe

I’ve got a new super hero …
Meet Eco Joe – he’s an environmental rock star/super hero.
Follow Eco Joe on Twitter: http://twitter.com/GoodEcoJoe
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation (as I raise my gorgeous son and …

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Pacifica Grandmothers Council and World Peace Drum 21st – 24th November 2010
November 14, 2010 – 2:36 pm | No Comment
Pacifica Grandmothers Council and World Peace Drum 21st – 24th November 2010
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Urgent support needed to ensure Young Kiwi Voices are Heard at Crucial Climate Talks
November 12, 2010 – 8:47 pm | No Comment
Urgent support needed to ensure Young Kiwi Voices are Heard at Crucial Climate Talks

Media Release. For Immediate Release. 11 November 2010
Urgent support needed to ensure Young Kiwi Voices are Heard at Crucial Climate Talks
There are just ten days left to ensure that 1000′s of messages from kiwi youth …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 201 – Ready to Publish Online
November 10, 2010 – 9:37 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 201 – Ready to Publish Online

Since first discovering ebooks three years ago and thinking ‘Hey! I could write one!’ I’ve experienced a typical Charlotte Squire process: inspiration, dreaming, pondering, learning how to do it, getting the guts to do it, …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 197 – Thinking Out Loud About the Launch of ‘Ten Ways to Chillax and Have Fun as You Live Your Green Dreams’ – the ebook.
November 5, 2010 – 1:00 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 197 – Thinking Out Loud About the Launch of ‘Ten Ways to Chillax and Have Fun as You Live Your Green Dreams’ – the ebook.

Now that my ebook’s nearly ready for launch I’m beginning to ponder the actual meaning of ‘launch’.  I’m thinking ‘public celebrations’ (cafes, restaurants, wherever), in several different locations.
I’m also thinking this will be a good …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#181 – Wild Progress on Day Two of Comp.
October 20, 2010 – 11:26 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#181 – Wild Progress on Day Two of Comp.

News news of Wild Energy is spreading around the green websites of the world.  Celsias have picked it up today.  And I know ecobob have also picked it up.  Scoop are about to advertise our …

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