A new group is seeking your help for the tuna (or longfin eel) Their petition is here and it calls for a moratorium on commercial fishing of this endemic and endangered species. Tuna numbers have been reduced by years of excessive commercial exploitation, habitat loss and declining water quality. Nowadays ... Continue reading »
Corporate confidence in the global outlook is steadily improving, Australian and New Zealand companies boast strong balance sheets and are positioned for growth. Despite this increasing optimism, companies are not yet accelerating acquisition plans and are more focused on organic growth. An improving global economic picture is lifting the confidence ... Continue reading »
In a move that would make Gargamel, Dr. Evil, and Auric Goldfinger proud Monsanto has bought one of the leading bee colony collapse disorder (CCD) research groups, Beeologics, in an apparent effort to cover their sizable tracks and, of course, take over the world. Monsanto’s genetically modified (GMOs) crops ... Continue reading »
OOIIO architecture‘s design for a new hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland creates new types of public spaces for the existing plaza. According to designboom, the combined public/hotel design for Ingolfstorg splits the large hotel into two smaller ones so the buildings fit in with the location. OOIIO architecture then ... Continue reading »
Auto giant Tata Motors is one step closer to actualizing engines that run on compressed air for the commercial market. The company holds the license to build Motor Development International’s (MDI) zero pollution engines in India. Tata Motors sated that the “proof of the technical concept” phase is now ... Continue reading »
A new study by the University of Otago, Wellington shows how the problem of chronic low income for a significant number of New Zealand households co-exists with high income mobility for the rest. The ‘Dynamics of Income and Deprivation’ study details that 21% of respondents had an average (before tax ... Continue reading »
UK car recycling network CarTakeBack is rolling out its services in New Zealand and Australia. As part of the expansion, from May 2012 people looking to dispose of their old cars will be able to take it to one of CarTakeBack's network of Scrap Car Recycling centres to be ... Continue reading »
Upcoming Event:This week The AUT Sustainability Research Cluster is hosting a lecture on 'The role of civil society, the youth movement and media in international environmental policy development.' The discussion will be led by David Tong, NZ Youth Delegate to COP17 and Vernon Rive, environmental barrister and AUT Senior ... Continue reading »
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