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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The Final Blog – Would You Like the Good News, or the Good News?
April 29, 2011 – 3:43 pm | 8 Comments
The Final Blog – Would You Like the Good News, or the Good News?

Oh my goodness.  365 days of blogging (I forgot two days, and may have in fact repeated a few days, but hey, here’s to being human).  And so here I am on the final day.
Let’s …

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Wind Power, Zero Energy Homes, Power Conservation and Local Production Hailed As A Great Mix in New Zealand Green Energy Challenge
February 15, 2011 – 10:37 pm | 2 Comments
Wind Power, Zero Energy Homes, Power Conservation and Local Production Hailed As A Great Mix in New Zealand Green Energy Challenge

Rather than choosing one answer to New Zealand’s increasing demand for power, a group of energy experts on the judges panel for the green energy design challenge ‘Wild Energy’ have ruled that a cluster of …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 293 – Wild Energy’s Happy (Fascinating) Conclusion
February 14, 2011 – 10:00 am | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 293 – Wild Energy’s Happy (Fascinating) Conclusion

It’s been all on folks – the judges made their decision about Wild Energy and chose not one but a cluster of winners.  True to Happyzine form we went all creative and decided to do …

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Green Designers and Inventors – I Know You’re Out There! Optimistic Kiwi Editor Invites the World to Tell New Zealand How to Power Its Communities Sustainably
January 24, 2011 – 3:28 pm | No Comment
Green Designers and Inventors – I Know You’re Out There! Optimistic Kiwi Editor Invites the World to Tell New Zealand How to Power Its Communities Sustainably

A Kiwi good-news website editor says New Zealand is one of the last green frontiers and is inviting people, world-wide, to help Kiwis keep it that way by suggesting the greenest ways to power …

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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 270 – Wild Energy – Sooooooo Exciting!
January 21, 2011 – 7:43 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 270 – Wild Energy – Sooooooo Exciting!

I’m having a fantastic time zooming through January, my days are filled with mothering, running Happyzine, promoting Wild Energy and sweet, sweet music.  With nine days to go until the completion of our Wild Energy …

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Step Up and Help Shape the Future of NZ’s Green Power Generation and Conservation – Enter Wild Energy Now!
January 17, 2011 – 10:44 pm | No Comment
Step Up and Help Shape the Future of NZ’s Green Power Generation and Conservation – Enter Wild Energy Now!

Calling all green inventors and designers!
New Zealand needs to generate more power and the good news is
that you know how to do it.
SO
TELL US HOW TO POWER OUR NATION SUSTAINABLY
ENTER WILD ENERGY
- the Happyzine green …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#185 – Great News! Jane Austen Was a Poor Speller
October 24, 2010 – 8:00 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#185 – Great News! Jane Austen Was a Poor Speller

Yes, as a writer who is not known amongst her closer associates as the perfect grammatical engineer or the world’s most efficient speller, it was rather nice to read today that Jane wasn’t too hot …

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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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Happyzine Announces the Launch of ‘Wild Energy’ the Green Energy Design Competition
October 18, 2010 – 7:58 pm | 12 Comments
Happyzine Announces the Launch of ‘Wild Energy’ the Green Energy Design Competition

Wild Energy – a green energy design competition intended to spark more creativity, fun and imagination amongst environmentalists – is open for entries.  The competition was developed in response to the challenge that New Zealand …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#179 – Whew! She is Launched.
October 18, 2010 – 5:00 pm | One Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#179 – Whew! She is Launched.

Mama mia!  Finally! She is here!  The grand launch of Wild Energy.  It’s been a big day.  Me, I’m feeling rather tired.  Pulling this all together took just a little longer than expected … ha …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#176 – First Time Parenting: An Extreme Sport
October 15, 2010 – 6:10 pm | 4 Comments
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#176 – First Time Parenting: An Extreme Sport

When I first had my baby, who is now a toddler, parents would smile at me and ask: ‘is he your first?’.  When I said ‘Yes!’ they would beam, or smile knowingly and give me …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#175 – Wild Energy is Wildly Happening SOON!!!
October 14, 2010 – 6:00 pm | One Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#175 – Wild Energy is Wildly Happening SOON!!!

Coolest moments of this day? Chatting with Mr David Laing my Wild Energy cohort about our … giggle: LAUNCH.  It’s been absolutely marvelous over the past week seeing groups step up for us and put …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#172 – Lotty on a Mission
October 12, 2010 – 9:27 am | One Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#172 – Lotty on a Mission

Oh dear the day finally came.  I forgot to write my blog yesterday.  It was my son’s birthday you see.  The first one he really felt excited about.  So therefore I felt excited about it …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#156 – Wild Energy
September 24, 2010 – 8:13 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#156 – Wild Energy

Introducing the new Wild Energy facebook group.  This is a brand new page, so there’s not much going on there yet.  But still, I’d like to invite you to join our way cool group.  This …

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