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Energy Conservation: Roof Vent – 7th Entry into the Wild Energy Challenge – Please Cast Your Vote

January 31, 2011 – 6:46 pm | One Comment

This is an entry into the Adult section of Wild Energy.  If you like this entry please give it a rating out of five stars (see the bottom of this page).
Hi folks
[Here] are a couple …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 279 – Happy Wild Energy Aghhhhhhhh!!!!

January 31, 2011 – 6:29 pm | One Comment

I’ve spent the past month really pushing Wild Energy.  I’ve kept the faith, even ’til the last moment.  Blind faith it has indeed been.  I joined a goal setting group on facebook to help keep …

Poo and Tidal Power – 6th Entry into the Wild Energy Challenge – Please Cast Your Vote

January 31, 2011 – 12:56 pm |

This is an entry into the Adult section of Wild Energy.  If you like this entry please give it a rating out of five stars (see the bottom of this page).
My name is Scott Covit …

Wave Power Vessel – 5th Entry into the Wild Energy Challenge – Please Cast Your Vote

January 31, 2011 – 12:44 pm | 2 Comments

This is an entry into the Adult section of Wild Energy.  If you like this entry please give it a rating out of five stars (see the bottom of this page).
Wave Power Vessel – by …

Community Distributed Power Net – 4th Entry into the Wild Energy Challenge – Please Cast Your Vote

January 31, 2011 – 12:28 pm | One Comment

This is an entry into the Adult section of Wild Energy.  If you like this entry please give it a rating out of five stars (see the bottom of this page).
A new network paradigm for …

Your Conscious Life 4: The Joy Experiment

January 31, 2011 – 12:09 pm | 4 Comments

I’ve been feeling challenged this last month and I know many others have too. I’ve been missing my joy. You know how sometimes you don’t really appreciate something (or someone) until it’s/they’re gone. Joy is …

Kapiti Coast’s Greenest Street: Living a Richer Life

January 30, 2011 – 11:18 pm |

Blog 2: by Stacey Gasson
It’s amazing how much ground you can cover over a cup of tea, especially when you’re drinking with Mark Amery. Mark and his partner Hannah, and their three children, aged from …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 279 – Luminate – Major, Soul-filling ‘Wow’ Factor

January 30, 2011 – 11:12 pm | One Comment

It’s one in the afternoon and I’m turning off the main Takaka Hill high-way to drive my car down an inconspicuous dirt road.   There are no signs at the beginning of this dirt road to …

Introducing Muse Magazine: the Magazine for Wellington’s Young Feminists

January 30, 2011 – 12:00 pm | One Comment

1.  Can you explain Muse Magazine for those of us who may not have heard of it before?
Muse Feminist Magazine is a free zine produced by a voluntary collective of women living in Wellington. Our …

Green Super Heroes! You’ve Got Twenty-Four Hours to Save New Zealand’s Wild Rivers and Change the Course of Green Energy Design History for Ever!

January 30, 2011 – 9:41 am |

Hey green design super heroes! Want to make a positive green design difference to one of the last, great untouched and natural places of the world? You have twenty four hours to save New Zealand’s …

Place Profile: Karamea – Hidden at the Top of the West Coast of the South Island, Aotearoa, New Zealand

January 30, 2011 – 8:21 am |

By Paul Murray
Don’t be surprised if everyone waves to you as you pass by in Karamea … it’s that kind of place.
If you’re among the growing number of travelers who are looking to escape the …

Great News for Mountain Bikers – Heaphy Track Open to MTB from May 1st to September 30, 2011

January 30, 2011 – 8:00 am |

Rongo Backpackers & Gallery (www.rongobackpackers.com) and Karamea Farm Baches (www.karameamotels.com) welcome Heaphy Track mountain bikers to Karamea and offer hot showers, great food, cold beer and comfortable beds…fire bath, radio station, organic vegetable …

White Roof Case Study: Sylvia Park Shopping Centre in Auckland

January 29, 2011 – 8:08 pm |

Good example of a large white roof in New Zealand by Ian Montanjees of White Roofs Project (NZ)
Sylvia Park shopping centre in Auckland, built around 2006, is a good example of a white roof deliberately …

White Roofs Project Update and White Roofs at Auckland EcoDay Festival on 6th March

January 29, 2011 – 8:01 pm | 3 Comments

By [email protected]
White Roofs idea warming up
The idea occurred to me three years ago when looking for a way of making a significant reduction in global warming, and other people around the world …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 278 – The Yes Man: Oh Yes

January 29, 2011 – 7:38 pm |

I’ve got a new favorite movie: The Yes Man, starring Jim Carrey.  Yes Yes Yes!  I hoped this movie might shake things up a little for me.  I hoped it might remind me to get …

Business Seminar Raising Money and Gifting to Flood Affected Businesses – Brisbane

January 28, 2011 – 9:20 pm |

The Attitude, Aptitude, Altitude 2011—Low Cost, High Return Business Strategies Seminar was planned prior to the floods in Brisbane.  In light of the recent natural disasters in New Zealand and across …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 277 – Bliss in a Cherry Tomato

January 28, 2011 – 9:00 pm |

I had a joyous day.  Two radio interviews about Wild Energy.  Many great conversations.  Fantastic news recieved and uploaded onto Happyzine.  But the grandest moment of them all was this:
Sitting on a wooden sty, beneath …

Marine Turbine Power Generation – 3rd Entry into the Wild Energy Challenge – Please Cast Your Vote

January 28, 2011 – 6:57 pm | 3 Comments

This is an entry into the Adult section of Wild Energy.  If you like this entry please give it a rating out of five stars (see the bottom of this page).
Crest Energy applied in …

Karamea Eco-Tourism Business Demonstrates How to Be Carbon Neutral

January 27, 2011 – 6:26 pm |

Rongo Backpackers & Gallery and Karamea Farm Baches in Karamea on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand have recently undergone a carbon emissions audit conducted by Carbon South, a Christchurch-based carbon …

The Soaring Addiction of a ‘Kite Day’ Convert

January 27, 2011 – 6:16 pm |

Seventy year old Jim Nicholls bought a kite at the Tip Top Kite Day in New Brighton last year and he has not stopped flying them since.
Every day in all seasons (weather permitting) Mr Nicholls …

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