Read what the world's best writers are saying about climate change.
If you haven’t come across this one already, pretty soon it will be hard to miss. China is embarking on a mammoth project that will see the construction of what it calls, “the biggest solar energy production base in the world”. The ambitious project, which comes in at over ... keep reading
Written by Andrew Higgins this week, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving, Finance & Money, Green energy, Industry & Business, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development, Sustainability
Keynote speakers during the first morning's proceedings at the Sustiainable Build Conference at Te Papa, Wellington have painted a dramatic picture of the daunting challenges facing the sector with the onset of climate change. Setting the context for the next three days of scientific paper presentations on sustainable building ... keep reading
Written by Andy Kenworthy in May, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Climate Change, Consumerism, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving (1 comment)
Sony's latest feature in its Bravia range of televisions comes with the sort of facial recognition capabilities seen on its digital cameras. The idea is that if you fall asleep, or leave the telly unattended, the television shuts down, thus saving on unnecessary power use. I can see a ... keep reading
Written by Andy Kenworthy in May, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living
It’s been seven glorious days since we threw open the doors to the reloaded celsias.co.nz. We’ve had a nice refreshing row about the ETS in which our publisher had his hair insulted, we uploaded a dirty movie and the world’s most sustainable loo paper. Make ... keep reading
Written by Andy Kenworthy in May, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Celebrities, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Computing, Consumerism, Deforestation, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, ETS, Events, Finance & Money, Food, Genetic Modification, Global Dimming, Green energy, Health, Industry & Business, Law, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, marketing, Media, Nuclear, Organic, Permaculture, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development, Recycling, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Smart Growth, Solar, Transition Towns, Transport, Travel, War, Water, Weather (1 comment)
The government has announced the extension of submissions on mining in conservation areas until 5pm on 26 May. The process outlined in the discussion paper Maximising our Mineral Potential: Stocktake of Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act and beyond was originally due to end on May 4. But Gerry ... keep reading
Written by Andy Kenworthy in April, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Celebrities, Children and Families
Surfing entrepreneur Tim Rainger, who led PR folks Creo into greener pastures as Creo Sustain has returned to the coast for an independent book project. Rainger built up the Low Pressure brand of surf travel guides before taking on the challenge of greening New Zealand's corporate landscape. But he ... keep reading
Written by Andy Kenworthy in April, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living (1 comment)
It is official Energy Saving Day (E-Day) on October 6. In honor of this occasion residents on the Isles of Scilly will switch off electrical items which do not need to be on in their homes, schools and workplaces, over a 24-hour period. The reduction in electricity use will be ... keep reading
Written by Kate R. in October 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Economics, Education, Energy Saving, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government
Financial crisis and recession woes got you thinking that there might be a better way to do business? Check out this inspiring case study of Mondragón in the Basque Country. This co-op has pulled itself from a post-war environment and gone on to prosper by introducing some very unique ... keep reading
Written by Chris Tobias in September 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Economics, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government
Eco houses may not yet be the norm, but there's no doubt green-minded consumers have increasing options for making one their own. Last year we wrote about FreeGreen's downloadable green house plans, and now a German company has come up with a modular design based on Lego-style blocks ... keep reading
Written by Alexander Maurer in September 2009, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Design, Economics, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior (1 comment)
Barack Obama’s grandmother now has solar panels on the roof of her home in Kenya, compliments of Greenpeace. Greenpeace Solar Generation Activists and local youth organisers installed the panels on “Mama Sara’s” home, and also put panels on the Senator Barack Obama School in Kogelo. The solar installations ... keep reading
Written by Greenpeace in August 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Celebrities, Children and Families, Climate Change, Consumerism, Economics, Education, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Poverty & Development, Solar
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