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NZ Natural Products Exceed $1Billion in Revenue

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 today, about Consumerism, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior

Trying to Find a Cure for Breast Cancer

  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 week, about Children and Families, Farming, Finance & Money, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior

Taiwan Airport's E-Book Library

Airports across the world have created a myriad of innovative ways to keep their passengers entertained, from airport spray tanning in London to an airport wedding service in Amsterdam. Now Taiwan’s international airport has put a high-tech twist on airport reading — with the world’s first airport library for ... keep reading

Written by Celsias this month, about Children and Families, Commuting, Education, Infrastructure, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior, Technology, Tourism, Travel

Lyttelton on Wednesday

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

Chinese Cities Set Tough Carbon Limits

China's Five Year Plan takes the restoration of a good environment and fixing the massive environmental pollution they have created, seriously. Last week  five cities and two provinces to institute limits on GHG emissions.     The first implementation plan has been drawn up by Guandong Province, China's largest GHG ... keep reading

Written by Celsias last month, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution

Off grid Housing Survey Gets Strong Support

 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

Sweden Plans Four Lane Bike Super Highway

Sweden is planning to connect its cities Lund and Malmö by building a cyclist superhighway stretching over 12.5 miles. The four-lane highway will be designed to follow alongside railway tracks and have fences and bushes in place to offer cyclists wind protection. Lund and Malmö are both cities with ... keep reading

Written by Yi Chen/PSFK last month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Lifestyle & Behavior, Sustainability, Transport

The Origins and Growth of Today's Food and Beauty Markets

 Internationally acclaimed Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones will be visiting Auckland to give a public lecture at the AUT Business School.   Hosted by the Business and Labour History Group of the New Zealand Work and Labour Market Institute, AUT Business School, Geoffrey Jones will discussEntrepreneurship in the natural ... keep reading

Written by celsias last month, about Agriculture & Food, Branding, Consumerism, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Retail

Clean Energy Centre Explores Off Grid Housing Community for Taupo

 The New Zealand Clean Energy Centre is currently investigating the feasibility of an off grid housing community in Taupo. Homes would be heated either via geothermal or biomass. Electricity would be supplied via solar and wind. Waste water would be drip irrigated to energy crops which provide future fuel for ... keep reading

Written by Celsias last month, about Children and Families, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Green Spaces, Infrastructure, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior, Solar, Sustainability

Reducing Soot and Methane Could Reduce Global Warming and Improve Lives

A new study by a team of international scientists   and led by a NASA climate scientist reports that inexpensive and relatively simple measures to cut two key pollutants could dramatically slow global warming, improve health, and boost crop production worldwide. For years climate-change efforts have focused on reducing carbon dioxide ... keep reading

Written by Julie Mitchell last month, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Corporate Social Responsibility, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution, Population, Sustainability

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