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NEW ZEALAND YOUTH ARE INSPIRING PEOPLE TO SAVE THE PLANET THROUGH EARTH HOUR
 
Kids, Teenagers and Young Adults Lead the Way to a Sustainable Future
 
“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today,” said Malcolm …

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Book review: The Great Kiwi Motorhome Guide
March 4, 2012 – 8:40 pm | No Comment

The Great Kiwi Motorhome Guide – Exploring New Zealand by Campervan or Motorhome - By Jill Malcolm and Bill Savidon
Review by Charlotte Squire
Ok, this book isn’t exactly ‘green’, and I usually review books and other products …

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Letter to the Editor: Fun, Romantic Car Free Sunday
December 1, 2011 – 1:44 pm | No Comment

Dear Editor,
I would like to thank you for publicising Car Free Sundays.
My girlfriend and I really enjoyed our car free day. We biked to the local farmers market to pick up a few yummy treats …

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Letter to Editor: Keep the Right to Consume Raw Milk!
November 18, 2011 – 8:09 pm | No Comment

By: Tanja Pauls
Hi all
Sorry if you’ve already got this from somebody else, but we think it’s so important we wanted everybody to have a chance to see it. Please pass it on to anyone else …

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Letting Space Essay: Visible and Actual – Heather Galbraith on Kim Patton’s Free Store
October 23, 2011 – 7:34 pm | One Comment

“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 …

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Happyzine Questionnaire – Email Us Your Answers and You Could Win Serena Star Leonard’s New Book
May 8, 2011 – 6:41 pm | 3 Comments

Dear Happyzine readers! Who ARE you?  Email me the answers to the following ten questions and you will automatically go in the draw to win a copy of Serena Star Leonard’s amazing new book ‘How …

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The Energy of Authenticity – by Rose Diamond
April 14, 2011 – 7:00 pm | No Comment

The Energy of Authenticity – by Rose Diamond
I’m passionate about interviewing people who are making a difference. We all need plenty of encouragement to live an authentic life and create a sustainable livelihood by offering …

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Using Our Spiritual Power to Balance World Chaos
March 14, 2011 – 2:21 pm | One Comment

By Rose Diamond
The way things are unfolding in the world I’m finding it difficult to hold a clear focus at times. Living with the degree of uncertainty posed by the possibility of another earthquake and …

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Keep it Simple Sister
February 20, 2011 – 4:50 pm | No Comment

Last Saturday a group of women came together for the second Soul Sisters Retreat in beautiful Cable Bay, near Nelson. My friend’s house backs onto the tidal estuary. Both the house and the abundant rose …

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Your Conscious Life 5: The Joy of Discovery
February 12, 2011 – 11:01 pm | No Comment

But when a man finds delight
within himself and feels inner joy
and pure contentment in himself,
there is nothing more to be done.
The Bhagavad-Gita
Twelve days ago, following a month when I felt unusually flat, I started a …

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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 …

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Your Conscious Life 3: The One Important Thing
January 20, 2011 – 9:01 pm | 2 Comments

As Planet Earth hurtles more deeply into chaos, and the fabric of the world as we have known it unravels, I am called to re-vision my life purpose. What is the most important thing to …

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Your Conscious Life – Part Two – You Always Have a Choice.
January 15, 2011 – 9:02 pm | One Comment

What does living consciously mean to you? If I asked 20 different people what it means to live a conscious life, I’m sure I’d get twenty different answers.
One person might say living consciously is living …

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Your Conscious Life
January 6, 2011 – 9:24 pm | No Comment

By Rose Diamond
1: Starting Over
Happy New Year! Here in Golden Bay at the top of the South Island of New Zealand, we watched the fireworks go off, heard the crowds on the beach cheering and …

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MondayMotivator: When less means more
December 20, 2010 – 10:20 am | No Comment

Last week I wrote a minimotivator on instinct and how as you train it you notice opportunities faster [read it here]. Having less helps you do that too.
Recently I read an article titled Lessons from …

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Consider Giving the Gift of Time This Christmas/Solstice – 10 Ideas
December 19, 2010 – 3:13 pm | No Comment

Every year we talk about it in my family: “this year let’s give the presents a miss and actually make something for each other”.  Or – “this year let’s each spend five dollars and draw …

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Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
December 16, 2010 – 9:34 pm | No Comment

Someone once said, “Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.”
I’m loving the rain in Auckland today. It’s been very dry here lately and this is sure to help fill a …

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I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas – by Ulrike Schuermann
December 4, 2010 – 8:55 pm | One Comment

Christmas and New Year are just around the corner and product advertising is rampant.  Among the many voices competing for our attention is an emerging call for a greener Christmas. For obvious …

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Sustainability, Government and Offshore Inspiration
August 15, 2010 – 8:37 pm | No Comment

It would be easy to become dis-heartened if you work in the sustainability field in New Zealand.  Although the National party has introduced an emissions trading scheme, it is gutless, and won’t in any meaningful …

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Tantrums for Grown-Ups + Poem
March 16, 2010 – 10:56 am | No Comment

Editorial
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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This Crazy English Language: When in Rome … Or New Zealand …
March 9, 2010 – 8:42 am | One Comment

I’ve always wanted to learn another language. Being Canadian, with our two official languages – English and French, I should easily be bilingual. But I’m not. However, it’s my opinion that all Canadians should be …

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Mixed Opinions and Individual Expression on a Positive News Website
February 25, 2010 – 11:35 am | No Comment

Lately I’ve come to wonder how comfortable people feel to offer honest feedback on Happyzine.  It occurs to me that I want to encourage readers to relax and enjoy expressing various view points, because a) …

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View From Mars
February 22, 2010 – 8:06 pm | No Comment

A good story from Africa.
“Africa’s top human rights body, issued a landmark ruling in favour of an indigenous group, the Endorois Community, that has been fighting for justice since the Kenyan government forced them off …

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The Age of Aquarius – Tracey Hunt
February 16, 2010 – 6:56 pm | One Comment

January 20 to February 18 is the zodiac period of Aquarius.
Aquarians are often misunderstood, and it’s not hard to see why.
How can someone who is typically quiet; courteous and softly spoken also be feisty and …

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Find Your Passion, Live Your Authentic Life
February 12, 2010 – 12:00 pm | 5 Comments

I have recently been in awe of two Takaka locals and their achievements – Sam Miles scaled Mount Cook and Claire Prebble had her costume design skills used in the smash hit movie Avatar (which …

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View from Mars – Good News from Around the Planet
February 6, 2010 – 2:25 pm | No Comment

It is always good news when people are found against the odds. Imagine being lost on a frozen stretch of North Sea, you use your camera flash to seek help and someone sees it from …

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Developing Our Gifts
February 1, 2010 – 9:19 pm | 2 Comments

I’m warming up to the theme of how we discover and deliver our gifts. Last time I pointed to the possibility that we don’t have to do anything, we just have to show up and …

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View From Mars – Good News from Around the World
January 28, 2010 – 8:53 pm | No Comment

It is always good to hear about people empowering themselves and their environments. Check out this story from from IPS about “Indigenous and rural women from southern Tolima, a province located in the heart of …

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View From Mars
January 18, 2010 – 9:50 pm | No Comment

We have a lot to learn from our youth. From Stuff – Down in Southland, youth are leading the way by getting into sustainable transport – using a travel card, where they get a stamp …

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Coming Home – An Ex-Pat Canadian Prepares to Land in Aotearoa
January 18, 2010 – 8:00 am | No Comment

When people ask me about my life I give them a brief chronological description of how I studied in Southern Ontario, moved to Vancouver to continue studying and then left Canada to travel and that’s …

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View from Mars
January 11, 2010 – 8:49 pm | No Comment

Good news that Bolivian President Eva Morales is inviting  indigenous peoples, social movements, environmentalists and scientists as well as governments ”who want to work with their people” to an alternative climate conference  in Cochabamba on …

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