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The world’s love of New Zealand’s natural products has driven the industry to new heights. A New Zealand Trade and Enterprise study has revealed that the New Zealand natural products industry has exceeded $1 billion in revenue. Michelle Palmer, Executive Director of Natural Products New Zealand says that ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Consumerism, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior
Watch out, SBW...Christchurch got its own free-to-air spat today . The gloves came off when Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee called Mayor Bob Parker a "clown" In a very marked change from the "working together " mantra that has operated, Brownlee lashed out , saying he was not surprised ratepayers were fed ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Christchurch, Earthquake, Economics, Finance & Money, Politics & Government (3 comments)
The Dairy Women’s Network of New Zealand has joined forces with the Breast Cancer Research Trust in an innovative initiative to raise funds towards achieving the BCRT’s goal of finding a cure for breast cancer by 2018. Dairy farms that are joined up with the Dairy Women’s ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Children and Families, Farming, Finance & Money, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu this week launched the Water Tight 2012 report, which explores the future of the global water sector in the year ahead. The report examines how major global trends such as population growth, increasing economic development, and urbanization, coupled with the changes in climate patterns, underscore the importance ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Consumerism, Economics, Farming, Finance & Money, Food, Water
LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, has closed its Series C round with new investment totaling US $55.8 million led by the Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund. New investors include PETRONAS Technology Ventures Sdn Bhd, the venture arm of PETRONAS, the national oil company ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Clean Tech, Design, Finance & Money, Fuel, Industry & Business, Innovation
With climate change promising to be one of the biggest factors in global investment for the foreseeable future, investors were changing the way in which they did business and catalysing new energy solutions along the way, experts said at Headquarters today. At a press conference sponsored and co-hosted by the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Finance & Money, Innovation, Solar, waste, Water, Wind Energy
Are you a bit sick of just hearing about the problems of climate change? Fancy a movie that deals with solutions, regardless of whether people even think climate change is real or man-made. Then this movie may be for you -Carbon Nation. And in order to get it out there ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Advertising, Climate Change, Climate Scepticism, Economics, Events, Finance & Money, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior (3 comments)
EECA staff checking the tyre pressure at a service station in Auckland last month found that around half the cars checked had tyres at the wrong pressure. "We encountered some vehicles with significantly underinflated tyres - as little as a third of what they should be. This not only wastes fuel ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Finance & Money, Fuel, Lifestyle & Behavior, Transport, Travel
McDonald’s has recognized that more and more consumers want to know about the ingredients in their food and where they come from, with increasing interest in sustainable farming and local food movements. So next year the biggest fast food chain in the world will launch a new campaign featuring ... keep reading
Written by PSFK in December 2011, about Advertising, Children and Families, Finance & Money, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior (3 comments)
In San Francisco the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council issued a report Wednesday on the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil-spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The report contained a series of recommendations and said the oil industry and government have been too focused solely on oil drilling ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Fuel, Politics & Government (1 comment)
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