Article Archive for July 2010
Measuring your progress
A challenge that all organisations face is reporting results to their stakeholders. Embarking on the sustainability journey presents new facets to that challenge.
The old adage that you “cannot manage what you cannot measure” is a good …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#104 – You Never Know Where the Taonga Will Come from, So Get Out There and Live!
It’s amazing what happens when you let go, step outside into the big world, and meet people. I was getting a haircut today and got chatting to a lovely lady (Lisa), who happened to have …
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 …
The Bus to Permaculture – by Rebecca May
On returning to New Zealand we feared we’d missed the bus. Was the kiwi Quarter Acre Paradise no more? Pieces of land bounding the city’s limits were now ‘lifestyle’ blocks and were equally unaffordable.
Two nomads …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#103 – Hello Irish People!
My friends in Ireland have Happyzine as their home page, so every morning when they kick up the computer, the latest Happyzine news, including this daily blog, leap out at them in a cheery sort …
How a Bike Share Social Enterprise Can Change Australian Transportation
By Brodie McCulloch
Bike Sharing has become one of the primary forms of inner city transportation in many cities around the world. It allows local residents, business commuters and tourists to make short trips around a …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#102 – Thirty Four Years Dinosaur
I’m relaxing after a hectic day of answering facebook happy birthday messages, relaxing in the sun while my friend told me not to do any work, and consuming appropriate amounts (ie bountiful) of food at …
The Wondrous World of Heirloom Vegetables
By Suzi Franks
Imagine lime green cauliflowers, white carrots and red Brussels sprouts. Or how about black tomatoes or lime green ones with dark green stripes or sweetcorn kernels that are all the colours of the …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#102 – Old Man in a Ute
So today I found myself rumbling along in the cab of an old Ute beside ‘Gordy’ the mechanic-come AA-Road-Side Rescue guy. Had I, just moments before, been on the road-side, in the pouring rain and …
Kia Ora From the North
The other night I was really grumpy.
Having sat two exams during the day, tried to move house that evening, and somewhat failed on the realisation that my car was broken and couldn’t be moved out …
Positive Writing Course Helps People to Save the Planet One Word at a Time.
Ever wondered how you can use your natural talent for writing to save the planet? A New Zealand based Editor is offering an online Positive Writing Course which is designed to teach people how to …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#101 – The Wealth Vibe – I’m Digg’n It
Did you know it’s OK earn an income whilst doin’ your good thang for the planet? Well it is. If you already knew this, as in really, completely utterly, to the point where you’re already …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#100 – Hurrah! Jeanette Fitzsimons Has Joined the Happyzine Green Energy Generation Design Team!
What’s my more-than-cool, simply amazing news of the day? Jeanette Fitzsimons has agreed to be a judge for our upcoming and yet to be officially announced sustainable energy design competition! Waking up to her email …
Water Water Everywhere
By Happyzine Sustainable Design columnist – Lee Barry, Wellington, New Zealand
Water, aqua, H2O. Call it what you like, it’s essential to life on Earth and – as I discussed last week – to human survival.
Its …
First Rooftop Garden
My dream of turning Auckland’s rooftops green is one step closer to reality, with planting of the first Urban Pantry rooftop vegetable garden taking place on Monday. The lucky rooftop is on the building I secured last …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#99 – the Bollywood Effect Upon Takaka …
So today I was in Golden Bay Organics and just as I got there, the staff were winding down from yet another Bollywood practice. Why? Because Bollywood fever has hit the Bay! Actually, seeing it’s …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#98 – It’s Time to Celebrate Your Progress Emily
Oh LOOK. Now I feel like a proud Mother. Our DreamtoReality winner Emily Harris – has got her first roof-top garden up and running. And it looks simply, and quite stylishly gorgeous. I hadn’t expected …
PlanBig – The Community that Helps Great Dreams Fly
Got a plan? Need help? Just PlanBig it!
Ever had an idea that you didn’t quite know how to make happen? Ever had a dream that you needed help to make into reality? Ever wanted to …
Permaculture and Transition Towns Meet New Brighton – By Rebecca May
The recycled envelope hanging out of my letterbox told me already that this was the package I was waiting for. My Permaculture Design Course handbook had arrived.
When I was 14 I decided to become a …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#97 – Rebecca May: Thrive
Yesterday I received an entry for a competition we haven’t told officially anyone about yet. It was a gorgeous piece of writing, it fitted perfectly with the ethos of Happyzine and now, hopefully I’ve convinced …
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