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Bees Fit Anywhere!

March 31, 2010 – 1:35 pm |

Bees are ingenious little creatures – they will make a home anywhere it suits, including a starling box in a beautiful English garden, and under the roots of an Alder tree down by the Waikato …

Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley

March 30, 2010 – 6:09 pm |

Jacob A. Riis said, “Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.  Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split …

”Ultra-lite Down in Grafton Mall…Engine Found in Shoppingworld”

March 30, 2010 – 9:20 am |

The Banana Coast Credit Union .
Sounds like an ordinary kind of bank ….if you live in banana growing county
But this was no ordinary bank. Or perhaps to clarify things….. this was no ordinary Bank …

What It’s Like to Work With a Life Coach

March 30, 2010 – 9:16 am |

One of the great things I get for winning Happyzine’s DreamtoReality competition is a life coach for the year, to keep me on track and help me work around the obstacles that I will no …

Earth Hour Sweeps Globe as Planet Unites Across Time Zones

March 28, 2010 – 4:55 pm |

(1400hrs Sunday 28 March) – After kicking off in New Zealand at 8.30pm last night (local time) Earth Hour is still in full swing as the global lights out event sweeps across all the world’s …

Please Help Me Name My Rooftop Gardens Venture

March 28, 2010 – 11:23 am |

Hi,
As you may know, I’m establishing a venture to create rooftop gardens on top of inner city buildings so that the people who live and work in them have some green space in which they …

New Zealand Leads the Way as Globe Prepares to Switch Off for Earth Hour

March 26, 2010 – 4:12 pm |

. 121 countries and territories across all seven continents to participate in global climate action
. Great Pyramids and Sphinx to lead Earth Hour’s landmark action on global warming
. Football superclub, Real Madrid, joins the greatest …

A Story on How to Build Resilience From the Joyologist

March 26, 2010 – 8:49 am |

Once upon a  time, back in around 2001, I applied for a job with Jim Gilchrist from Team One.  Some of you may know Jim.
Jim said to me, very kindly  ” I love you Pat …

Retro Idea Gets Refit to Help Save the Planet

March 24, 2010 – 7:49 pm | One Comment

Winners of Earth Hour’s eco-design competition announced
Last month creative design students from Massey University in Wellington spent three frantic days dreaming up ways to save the planet – with a new take on the humble …

Brisbane City Council Community Service Announcement

March 23, 2010 – 8:36 pm | One Comment

Brisbane youth dance to the silent disco craze sweeping Europe
March 23 2010
Brisbane’s young people will get a surreal taste of the silent disco craze when Brisbane City Council stages its first ever Silent DJ Party …

Participants Invited for an International Wellbeing Study

March 23, 2010 – 8:08 am |

A long term study The International Wellbeing Study, is currently being carried out to discover “what it means to be happy and healthy” and “How (people) change over time”. This study began in March 2009; …

Tool to Help Kiwis Cut Power for Earth Hour and Beyond

March 22, 2010 – 6:58 pm |

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Global conservation organisation WWF has teamed up with Powershop to today launch a free online tool to help Kiwis reduce …

The Cook Island Beat

March 20, 2010 – 12:32 pm |

The Pacific Ocean is vast, but if you flew overhead you’d see amidst the brine a multitude of small islands.  Last weekend at Auckland’s Western Springs, the Pasifika Festival celebrated these islands. Creating a microcosm …

The Passionate Nomad – Heather Hapeta

March 19, 2010 – 1:53 pm | One Comment

1.  Tell me about this travel writing workshop you’re presenting …
It’s a week on an Fijian island where people who want to learn or improve their writing – whether they write travel for the printed …

Get Your Kit Off: The Natural Way to Protest!

March 18, 2010 – 3:45 pm | 2 Comments

On Saturday March 13th one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline hosted over one hundred people taking part in the World Naked Bike Ride, the longest running global protest where clothing is optional. The …

The World of HANDS – New Zealand’s Most Successful Complementary Currency – by Rebecca Reider

March 18, 2010 – 1:38 pm | 11 Comments

My decrepit old laptop turned into a wide variety of locally grown vegetables. And new hems and mended holes on my favourite corduroy pants. And a month’s supply of firewood from a neighbour’s woodlot.
Interesting alchemy. …

Guerilla Knitting – Get Your Needles Out!

March 18, 2010 – 12:42 pm | 10 Comments

There are many crafty types out there who will happily sit at home/ in a café/ in the Doctor’s waiting room with their needles and yarns at the ready; creating delightful, often functional and highly …

Two Stars, One Night: Taika Waititi and Lizzie Gillett Fade to Black for WWF’s Earth Hour

March 17, 2010 – 10:00 am |

Two leading lights of New Zealand film, Taika Waititi (Director, Boy, Two Cars One Night, Eagle vs. Shark) and Lizzie Gillett (Producer, The Age of Stupid), are joining stars from around the world as ambassadors …

Dream to Reality – Share Your Dreams!

March 16, 2010 – 5:54 pm | 13 Comments

When you share your dreams with the world, the amount of unexpected support that flows to you is astounding. Until recently, I didn’t like sharing my goals and fantasies with other people. I think this …

Tantrums for Grown-Ups + Poem

March 16, 2010 – 10:56 am |
Couches - exellent places for tantrums

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Do you ever feel a little impatient because your dreams aren’t manifesting as fast as you’d like them too?  I know I’m good at making things happen, but yesterday, I felt stuck.  No matter what …

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