Article Archive for September 2010
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#162 – Thanks My Lovely Friends
This is Charlotte Squire, reporting in from the front-line of the good-news revolution. It’s the countdown to ebook completion time (as I may have mentioned once or twice before) and the wonderful thing is that …
Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog Nine – Ciao For Now
The last day of September is already here…days have slipped and flipped around like yoyos. Seasonal change has brought much excitement and left me feeling somewhat unsettled, scattering the mind in the wind with the …
White Roofs Project NZ – The fastest way of reducing global warming
By Ian Montanjees
We are organizing the White Roofs Project NZ, a very simple and affordable idea offering the fastest way of reducing global warming, and it is being launched as part of the 350 Global …
Ekodo: Good Enough?
When I try to win someone over to my view I am lost. But when I know that my own view is good enough already, then I can articulate it without fear.
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#161 – Countdown to Ebook Completion and Antiseptic Essential Oils for General Household Use
Right. That’s it. I’m on a mission to complete this ebook. I’m currently converting music files from my album so that I can upload them to You Tube and then share them in my ebook. …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#160 – Embracing the Full Stop.
Most luscious moments of the day? A stroll on the beach with a friend. Dog cavorting. Weather threatening to turn dark, wet and moody. Child free me. Relaxed and chatting without having to dart off …
An Ode to Eatright Foods (Slow Dried anyone?)
Something I’ve been meaning to write about for a while are a few goodies from the new Eatright Food slow dried range. For those who haven’t discoverd them, Eatright are big into natural, mostly certified …
Remembering Kelly – By Tania Marsden
By Tania Marsden, recent graduate of the Happyzine Positive Writing Course. This article is a memorial about her friend Kelly, who passed one year ago, and is still inspiring bottom pinching to this very day.
In …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#159 – Whitebaiting Season in Aotearoa – Highly Entertaining
Kiwi school holidays! My little brother and his family have come to stay. They rocked on up in their eighties style Land Rover which was just dripping in holiday paraphernalia. We’re talking the kayak, the …
Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog Eight – Hannah Falls Off the Wagon. Again
Well you are reading the blog of someone on a health mission who isn’t very good at it. I confess to a couple of drinks yesterday whilst in Nelson picking up my partner’s daughter from …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#158 – The Equinox HANDS Market – How This Complementary Currency Can Feed the Family
I’ve just spent a glorious morning at the HANDS market mingling with my people. Or my ‘peeps’ as some would say. We were crammed in to the Kotinga Hall, a humble little community hall up …
The 100 Mile People Harvest! Week 1: Morrinsville – Town of My Ancestors
By Rebecca Toon
An inspiring four week harvest of visionary people and projects achieving the seemingly impossible within 100 miles of my Coromandel home.
What do French pirates, Egyptian numerology, really good dresses and my ancestors have …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#157 – Water, Landscape and Scoop
Honestly. There’s nothing like a wee jaunt down at the water front to pep up girl’s spirits! It’s such a tonic, to be in the presence of the sea or a deep, bubbling river. And …
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 …
Vote for Emily Harris to Receive $10,000 from Pure Futures to Help Turn New Zealand’s Rooftops Green
Hi,
As you know, I’ve been working hard since February on my vision of building strong, sustainable urban communities through rooftop vege gardening. I’ve created my first demonstration garden and am currently working on …
Transport Yourself
Weds 22 Sept was World Car-free day. As a kid, I was lucky enough to live over the road from my suburban primary school (I do believe I even crossed the road alone) and cycled …
Motorcycling as Therapy
By Des Molloy – recent graduate of the Happyzine Positive Writing Course
“Thank God they haven’t found a cure for motorcycling!” This is a refrain that I have oft repeated. Non-motorcyclists just think you are being …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#155 – People Love People
Greatest moment of the day: proudly watching my son remove his trousers and romp with his friends in a puddle. There will come the day when he will ask me to refrain from writing such …
Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog Seven – Move It.
Sometimes life gets so busy with all the myriad of things it contains – suddenly one remembers that she must write another blog!!! Amongst the busyness: moving house/setting up house with my man, computer course, …
Does Peak Oil exist?
I’m still searching for the answer to the (other) big question:
Does Peak Oil exist?
If I’m going to try and convince others within my community to make plans for an alternative future without oil, I need …
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