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Bob Corker, from the Koanga Institute will give a talk about Community Land Trusts in Lyttelton on Wednesday night , 1st February.Starts at 6pm and expecting to finish at 8pm- its at the Naval Point Club in Lyttelton Kotare Village is a developing Permaculture Village in Northern Hawkes Bay, currently ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, biological farming, Children and Families, Christchurch, Design, Lifestyle & Behavior, Sustainability
The NZ Clean Energy Centre (NZCEC) has just completed an online survey in which respondents were asked – among other things – to identify their interest in living in an off grid housing community in Taupo. Home heating would be supplied via either geothermal or biomass. Electricity would be supplied by solar ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Lifestyle & Behavior, Solar, Sustainability
Greenpeace and te Whānau-ā-Apanui havefiled a judicial review challenging the Government’s decision to issue Brazilian oil giant Petrobras a permit for deep sea oil exploration off the East Cape.This is the first time an oil permit has been challenged in the New Zealand courts on both environmental and ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2011, about Accreditation, Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Advertising and regulatory advice, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Anti-counterfeiting
Box Living won the Emerging SME Business Award in this year's Northern Sustainable Business Awards. Started in 2009. It produces bespoke architecturally designed homes using a component based building building system which allows them to adapt to any site or client brief while offering certainty of price and the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2011, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, awards, Corporate Social Responsibility, Green Spaces, Industry & Business, Innovation, Sustainability
My word, there was alot of people in Auckland for the Pacific islands Forum.And no, nobody in China or the US cares too much about the Rugby World Cup. Even if Murray McCully really does think the whole world cares ,.My bet, the very large areas around the Pacific ... keep reading
Written by Vicki B in September 2011, about Accreditation, Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Advertising and regulatory advice, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Anti-counterfeiting, Appointments (1 comment)
The Northern Sustainable Business Network Awards highlighted some of the region’s top sustainable businesses in Auckland this week.SBN Northern Regional Manager James Griffin said the winners and commendations demonstrate these companies commitment to sustainability by setting, and transparently working towards, significant sustainable objectives, and by acting as role ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2011, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, awards, Business & Biodiversity, Conservation, Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, Design, Green Spaces
Animal abuse is a widespread phenomenon from Canada to Mexico to India and back. In fact, it is so widespread that there are no accurate statistics to denounce how many animals suffer at the hand of man. In fact, most abuse or neglect cases go un-reported. This is partially because ... keep reading
Written by Amy Lizee/environment911 in September 2011, about Accreditation, Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Advertising and regulatory advice, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Anti-counterfeiting
This is taken from the website of the Hybrid Smart Home . It's great to see architects looking at options for hybrid power sourcing for homes." The solar systems that we use in our homes are designed to run your new On-Site home with no issues at all. Our systems ... keep reading
Written by celsias in July 2011, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Clean Tech, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Lifestyle & Behavior, Solar, Sustainability (4 comments)
New Zealand architects, Patterson Associates has been named as one of five international practices set to shape the future of architecture in the 21st century. An international jury named the New Zealand firm along with firms from Spain, Denmark, Japan and NorwayThe award is for “outstanding, forward-thinking people and ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in July 2011, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, awards, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Green Roof, Lifestyle & Behavior, Sustainability
Cameron Sinclair , co-founder and CEO of Architecture for Humanity will give a free public lecture in Christchurch on Thursday 28th July at CPIT (DL Lecture Theatre)at 7.30pmCameron is as he puts it, ‘Chief Eternal Optimist’) of Architecture for Humanity, a charitable organisation that seeks architectural solutions to ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in July 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Children and Families, Christchurch, Population, Transparency
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