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One good green deed deserves another in Sydney

Sydney residents are being invited to “Show off” their repurposed furniture, favourite bike routes or delicious edible gardens in the City’s Good Hood social competition.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore invited Sydneysiders to share their favourite good …

Sydney adopts pollution-free car fleet

15 Feb 2013
City clears the way on pollution-free car fleet
The City of Sydney is leading the way in pollution-free travel by buying a fleet of 10 new Nissan LEAF electric
cars, the largest order of the …

Kiwi innovators launch an online ‘world of good’

Ex Trade Me exec and renowned social marketers have joined forces to launch PlanetGoodness.com – a website to “bring about a world of good through what people buy”.
Planet Goodness creates a virtuous cycle; connecting kiwi …

Biodigest this!

The Motueka Community Gardens hosted a biodigester workshop attended by more than 50 people over the weekend.

 
Biodigestion is a way of using the natural gas from green waste, and down at the gardens we will …

Sustainable energy project is the Brightest Spark

HUTT CITY COUNCIL NEWS RELEASE
26 September 2012
Sustainable energy project is the Brightest Spark
A project to make wind and solar power possible for local schools is the winning entry in council’s Bright Sparks competition.
Called the Dunamis …

New high rating green building boosts wellness and success rates amongst staff

PRESS RELEASE – 4 SEPTEMBER 2012
LONG AWAITED 6 GREEN STAR GEYSER BUILDING IS OPENING ITS DOORS
Green walls, passive heating and 100% fresh air – the first building to be awarded a 6 Green Star rating …

Blueskin Energy Project – Community Wind Farm

From Hikurangi
Since 2009 Hikurangi has supported Scott Willis in Dunedin’s Waitati North to realise his community’s dream: to become the first community in New Zealand to own their own power company, build a community-owned wind …

New solar-powered camera delivers live, high definition 360° panorama images

A Nelson company has developed a product that has the potential to be the best time-lapse camera in the world.
 
Snap Information Technologies Ltd has just announced a limited pilot launch of the new SnapitHD³ series …

Love your sandwiches? Check out the new Keep Leaf as a waterproof, reusable bag

I received my gorgeous ‘Keep Leaf’ in the mail a few days ago.  It’s quite the concept – a reusable sleeve, with natural cotton on the outside (sporting rather a gorgeous print) and durable, washable, …

Golden Bay lives up to its green rep with the Eco-Fest Eco-home Tour

Weekly Local Good News Report by Charlotte Squire.
Stay tuned for the launch of Local Good News Report/Christchurch May 4th!
Scroll down to meet our awesome Golden Bay sponsors.
Golden Bay has a great reputation for the highest …

Rethinking Recycling – Auckland’s ‘Lovenotes’ – by Jess O’Connor

Amanda Judd, creator & founder of Lovenotes, is taking paper recycling to a whole new level. Have you ever wondered what happens to paper after it hits the recycle bin? Where does it go? What …

Turns out big business CAN equal green business

By Charissa Kavermann
When looking around my own community to find out about what it had to offer in the green design department, I didn’t think it would be the biggest building on the block.
Previously when …

Green design beginning to seed in Kiwi hospitals

Green Care Health Care – by Charissa Kavermann
When people are sick they go to the hospital, but what about when our planet is sick? There may not be a hospital for our planet, but we …

Help kick-start the New Zealand White Roofs project campaign!

Ian Montanjees
Now is the time! We are putting together an 18 month campaign to promote white roofs to businesses, the public, councils and government.
Would you like to help kick-start the New Zealand White Roofs program?!
Stage …

Green Design in Kiwi Schools by Charissa Kavermann

Back at high school the only thing I knew about green design was based on a stereotype. To me, green thinking was for an ‘alternative tree hugging hippy’ niche market that I couldn’t see myself …

Brisbane CityCat terminals win race to go green

Brisbane City Council has secured an Australian first, following the environmental rating of its three newest CityCat ferry terminals.
Receiving the highest possible certification under the EnviroDevelopment system, the Hawthorne, Teneriffe and Bretts Wharf terminals have …

British Green Art Designer Creates life-Sized ‘Family’ from Waste Plastic Bottles

Sarah Turner has been busy the past 2 months hand making a life-sized family made from waste plastic bottles for Light Night Nottingham.
The event was a fantastic success with Sarah’s Plastic Bottle Family a main …

Emerging Designer finalists embrace the green

Media Release: Wednesday 18 January 2012
 
iD reveals 2012 Emerging Designer finalists
Fashion history will be created and careers launched when the world’s hot new fashion talent show their collections at the 8th annual iD International …

2011 NZI National Sustainable Business Network Awards Case Study: Miranda Brown Conscious Cloth

Sustainable Fashion Means Connecting With Nature
Miranda Brown Conscious Cloth creates fashion and textiles that are in harmony with nature and value the whole of existence. Our brand vision is to create textiles and products of …

Otago Polytechnic Sustainable Practice Courses Move North

New education in the emerging area of Sustainable Practice is to be offered to people living in the Waikato and Auckland regions as a result of a partnership between the education focused …