Article Archive for October 2011
Letter to Editor: New Fruit & Vege Stall in Nelson Selling People’s Surplus Fruit
from Sally Rees
Fruit & Vege Stall
Friday’s 10am – 1pm
Middle of Tory Street, nr Centre of NZ, Nelson City
I am starting a stall selling anyone’s surplus fruit, vegs, flowers, seedlings on Friday mornings every week from …
Out Standing in our Fields … Foodie Blog by Zo Zhou
Zo Zhou, Two Spoons blogger
While we’re high on beating France at rugby, let’s recognise another victory this year – New Zealand’s flourishing food scene. There were over two hundred food and wine events taking place …
Check Out the New Organic Explorer New Zealand (3rd Edition)
Review by Charlotte Squire
Members of Club Happyzine go in the draw to win a copy.
If you’re passionate about organic food and wine, enjoying eco-friendly holidays and maintaining some awareness of the politics of being green …
Car Free Sunday!
Three Car Free Days Planned in Response to the Tauranga Oil Spill, Over the Next Three Months
Press release: Happyzine
Could you forget fossil fueled transport for one day?
This Sunday marks the first of Three Car Free …
Local, Seasonal, Simple…with Alison Lambert Ep 1
Alison Lambert shows you how to cook seasonal, locally grown food to make delicious and economical meals for all the family, right from her kitchen in Dunedin…Episode 1 – the delicious Eve’s Pudding…
check out her …
Take on the 30 Day Dream to Reality Challenge with Charlotte Squire!
Got an inspiring goal you’d like to achieve by the end of 2011?
With the right focus, amazing change can happen in 30 days.
Join the November 30 Day Dream to Reality Challenge! Note: places are limited.
Team …
Kiwi Youth Demand ‘Good Future’ for Today’s Young People at Mock Funerals Across Aotearoa
Mock funerals were held by youth climate change movement Generation Zero in Wellington and Dunedin today to stimulate pre-election debate around what the group calls unsustainable climate change policies.
The funerals were for a figure dubbed …
Congratulations Bucky Box! Check Out this Nifty, Award Winning System for Organic Food Box Schemes
Blog written by Sam Rye and borrowed from Bucky Box.com
October 25th, 2011
We’re rocking here at Bucky Box today, with the news that we have won the New Zealand section of the Global Entrepreneurship Week’s ‘Cleantech’ …
Why I’m Going Car Free this Sunday – by Claire Webster
There is a whakatauki I was told by Barry Brailsford – told to him by an elderly Kuia.
If you breathe this air
If you drink this water
If you eat this food
And if you sleep beneath these …
Ekodo: The Gift – Part 2
By Sean Weaver
In Part 1 of this story (available here) a young woman journeyed on a quest to understand the underlying causes of unsustainable modern culture, and the underlying solution to a sustainable existence on …
Fit for the Future
The conference for tomorrow’s business – Fit For The Future – 18th November 2011 at Auckland’s Viaduct Events Centre
Is your organisation really fit for the future?
The need to align economic performance with social and environmental …
How to Make Your Own Shampoo – An Easy Thing to Do This Car Free Sunday!
By Joanna Piekarski
After reading in Organic New Zealand magazine that even some body care products sold in organic shops contain harmful ingredients, I started making my own shampoo. Like growing and making other items you need …
Ekodo: The Gift – Part 1
By Sean Weaver
Giza, Egypt. Sitting on the shiny plastic covered bench seats of a dusty Cairo bus she watched the jumble and chaos of this sprawling city go past amid the endless bleating of car …
Join us for the Great Green Day Out in Lower Hutt
Let us take you on a free guided tour of projects helping to make Lower Hutt a greener, more sustainable place to live, work and play.
* Saturday 29 October
* 9am – 5pm
You’ll hear about the …
Gollum and Family Zip into Queenstown
25 October 2011
Gollum and family zip into Queenstown
It was fun for all the family when Lord of the Rings and Hobbit actor Andy Serkis who plays Gollum/Smeagol zipped into Queenstown on Sunday (23 October) with …
Letting Space Essay: Visible and Actual – Heather Galbraith on Kim Patton’s Free Store
“While we may harbour a great desire and hope for art to be the space where new futures can be tested, what Paton seems to be exploring is where the prototype finishes and the road-tested …
Chickweed. A star in the garden – by Tricia Curtis
When I was seventeen years old I become a vegetarian as well as a skillfull forager. I was the salad queen. It seemed as if I could make a salad appear out the ether. I …
Psychology for a Better World
Q & A with Niki Harré, Deputy Head of the Department of Psychology, University of Auckland and Author of the new book Psychology for a Better World
1. What personally inspired you to write Psychology …
Bird of the Year – Polls Open
Thursday, 20 October 2011, 3:28 pm
Press Release: Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Thursday, October 20, 2011 – Wellington
Forest & Bird media release for immediate use
Bird of the Year – polls open today
Singer Hollie Smith, actress …
Tuatara Naming Rights Up For Grabs
Thursday, 20 October 2011, 10:35 am
Press Release: Rainbow Springs
Tuatara Naming Rights Up For Grabs
Rotorua, 20 October 2011- Rainbow Springs’ ten baby tuatara siblings are now on display to the public and to celebrate, the team …
What our visitors are saying…