Articles tagged with: positive news
Ekodo: A West Coast Story (Part 2)
By Sean Weaver
This West Coast Forest Story conveys my awkward attempts as a beginner of compassionate environmentalism, and shows how it can work when we might give it a try.
Ekodo: Compassionate Environmentalism
By Sean Weaver
Over the last twenty-five years of environmental practice, I have had countless opportunities to experience and reflect on how to enhance my effectiveness. I have had my fair share of failures and successes …
Food, Glorious Sustainable Food!
Food is my greatest love. You might think it would be my darling partner, my wonderful family or my long-dead cat. No, it’s food. I love nothing more than food. And not just the eating …
Teen Sex and Corporate Sustainability
Marc Gunther tells a joke comparing corporate sustainability and teen sex – you can find his original article here. The joke goes:
“Corporate sustainability is like teen sex. Everybody talks about it. Nobody does it very …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#62 – Determination, Patience and a Lap-Top
I’m looking forward to the day when going on-line and working on Happyzine shall once again be a walk in the park because I own a healthy computer. At present I encounter an array of …
First rooftop
I’m excited to announce that I’ve secured a rooftop in central Auckland and planning for my first garden is underway!
We plan to position a number of macrocarpa planter boxes around the edges of the space. …
Sustainable Environmentalism Workshop: Three Groovy Ways to Chillax and Use Your Natural Talents to Create Positive Environmental Change.
Place: Organic Green Grocer
Corner of Tasman & Grove Street
Nelson
Time: 1 – 3pm Saturday 29th May
(Tomorrow!)
Price: $25 ($5 goes to the venue)
Participants will receive:
Tips and Information about how to be clear (and excited) about their core …
Letting Space – Free Store Opens in Ghuznee St
LETTING SPACE
“MAKING DREAMS REALTY”
Wellington’s first Free Store opens today at 38 Ghuznee St, supplied by local retailers keen to reduce waste and provide excess stock to the community for no cost.
Artist Kim Paton, creator of …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#40 – Ode to the Mussel Inn (an essential Kiwi life experience)
Ahhh blog number forty! It’s time to celebrate with lunch at the Mussel Inn. Come on! Let’s abandon our original plans, throw the gear in the car and take to the bush cafe!
The Mussel Inn …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#37 – Love Scenes at an Airport
(While I raise my son and grow my good news website)
[I am loving writing this blog. It’s a purely self indulgent act. I love that I’m thirty seven blogs into three hundred and sixty …
Salads and skill-sharing: what makes a community money system into a “community glue”
Pausing, I look up to see three warm-hearted women kneeling around a coffee table in front of me. Each gazes intently at a crystal in her hand. Each dangles her prism over the positive and …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#34 – Let’s Get Physical
(While I raise my son and grow my good news website)
Today’s recommended music as you read this blog: Flashdance – What a Feeling (see below)
Aerobics. Not usually my cup of tea. Karate’s always …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#33 – Lessons from an Elder
(While I raise my son and grow my good news website)
Recommended music while you read this blog: Talk Talk: Life’s What You Make It [see below]
I got talking to an elderly lady today, and everything …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#32 – Love Sweet Love
Love. True love. OK I admit it! I’m a romantic, softy, idealist believer in this often talked about, often dreamed about, often sung about phenomena. Today I spoke to my business coach about the grand …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#31 – My First Rock-Concert (Again)
Tonight as I write this it’s late, it’s dark, it’s been pouring for days, the Takaka Rivers swollen, many are experiencing cabin fever, and I’m rather tired. The parents out there will understand, I’ve …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#29 – Kindness is Cool
Thanks to some inspiration from a man named Mark Silver, who runs the business Heart of Business, my heart is leaping with plans – plans for Happyzine and for my community. The urge to give …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#27 – Magnifico Petrol Station Woman!
A delightful thing happened to me today. Did I happen across a pile of money lying upon the footpath? No, not today. Did a beaming Italian woman leap towards me waving free tickets to the …
The Peace Tree Walk Story
This piece was sent in by Paul Taxi of the Peace Tree Walk…
A few years back me and good friend Alan De Boeck were stood upon the banks of the Motueka River in front of …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#23 – Zen Baby Zen
(While I raise my son and grow my good news website to a subscription base of 100,000)
Well, we’re all a buzz here in the small city of Nelson, New Zealand as my family prepare for …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#22 – Persistence, Oh Glorious Persistence!
“Serena, even before I read the bit about myself you had me in tears! Thanks, I really appreciate the reminder to be brave and keep asking ‘what’s next’? This morning I woke up, as usual, …













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