Read what our writers around the world are saying about climate change.
On the whole, hybrids are better for the environment. They use fewer fossil fuels and energy, they have much lower emissions, and they tend to be more efficient. Despite all of this, they aren’t completely “green.” But Honda is moving them one step closer. Surprisingly, one of the least ... keep reading
Written by PSFK?Ryan Gerhardt yesterday, about Design, Industry & Business, Recycling, Renewals, Technology, Transport
Written by Celsias this month, about Design, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Transport, Travel
Christchurch's already famous Pallet Pavilion -created by Gapfiller-wants to stay open another summer but it needs help to be able to do so and it needs to raise $80,000 to keep the Pallet Pavilion standing for one more year. As they say "Eek you say, that’s a ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Christchurch, Design, Lifestyle & Behavior
If climate change features prominently in the federal election campaign, it will almost certainly be driven by the Coalition. Under Tony Abbott, the Coalition has long smelled blood in the water on climate change and in particular the carbon tax. Abbott has stated repeatedly that the repeal of the carbon ... keep reading
Written by Matt McDonald this month, about Climate Change, Climate Scepticism, Coal & Oil, Design, Economics, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Sustainability
Our decision to start hello lemon was motivated entirely by our desire to lead a different kind of lifestyle. In the beginning we didn’t set out to create a greeting card business – that happened quite organically. We simply knew that working at traditional jobs wasn’t going to provide ... keep reading
Written by Merinda and Tim this month, about Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, Finance & Money, Innovation
The Unpackit Awards have launched a new competition for schools and community groups, to get people talking about packaging waste and how to bring home less rubbish. The Cash4Good competition will run in tandem with the Unpackit Awards, the people’s choice awards for New Zealand’s best and worst ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Consumerism, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, waste
Rilean Construction has opened its first ever show home in Queenstown this month for a limited time. The Queenstown-based company pioneered sustainable and energy efficient home building in the South Island when it launched its evolution home series in 2010 and has just signed its tenth contract this week. The ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Design, Lifestyle & Behavior
http://vimeo.com/62452617 At this year's Full Frame Documentary Film Festival the Audience Award went to the documentary feature "A Will for the Woods". This was a very small budget project from a team of first-time filmmakers, and it looks at the issue of eco-friendly "green burial" practices ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion
Great men, like great epochs, are explosive material in whom tremendous energy has been accumulated; their prerequisite has always been historically and physiologically, that a protracted assembling, accumulating, economizing and preserving has preceded them – that there has been no explosion for a long time - Nietzsche. Scientific breakthroughs often follow a ... keep reading
Written by Rayna Gordon-Hellman this month, about Design, Economics, Industry & Business, Innovation, Solar
If you’ll pardon the pun, there’s no doubt there will be plenty of fuming legal debates that go on once the idea of plain packaging of cigarettes moves beyond an idea and into everyday New Zealand life. Intellectual property lawyers like myself are moved to ponder questions such ... keep reading
Written by Sébastien Aymeric this month, about Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, Health, Intellectual Property, Law (1 comment)
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B3W is Colmar Brunton’s investigation into all things sustainable from the consumers’ point of view. It came about when we ... more »
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