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Introducing the world’s “Sustainable City”

They don’t do things by halves in the UAE and Masdar City, a clean technology cluster being developed on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi that will be powered entirely by renewable energy, is no exception. The cluster is being constructed 17 kilometres east-south-east of Abu Dhabi. Masdar City (reportedly ... keep reading

Written by Deirdre Robert last month, about Accreditation, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, Economics, Education, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Energy Saving, Finance & Money, Green energy, Industry & Business, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Renewals, Smart Growth, Solar, Sustainability, Transport

Nick Smith sums up climate challenges at conference

With over one month having passed since the ETS launched in New Zealand, Nick Smith rounded up the schemes implementation and impact on business, at the Australia New Zealand Climate Change And Business Conference in Sydney this week. In his speech the Minister spoke about his nationwide ETS roadshow and ... keep reading

Written by Deirdre Robert last month, about Accreditation, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Trading, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Emissions, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, ETS, Finance & Money, Forestry, Green energy, hydro energy, Industry & Business, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Science, Solar, Sustainability, Transport, Water, Wind Energy

Task Force releases sustainable lifestyle tool

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Task Force has put together a valuable report that can be used as a resource for anyone working on sustainable lifestyles and behaviour change, and as members of the Celsias community, that probably includes anyone reading this. Concluding the report, the Task Force says ... keep reading

Written by Deirdre Robert last month, about Climate Change, Consumerism, Design, Economics, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Poverty & Development, Sustainability

Interview of the Week: Matthew Luxon talks rubbish

In 2008, Matthew Luxon and partner Waveney Warth challenged themselves to live without creating landfill waste from their home in Christchurch. By the end of the year they had collected just 2kg of landfill waste, compared to the 1.5 tons the average couple throws away in New Zealand.Now ... keep reading

Written by Deirdre Robert last month, about Climate Change, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution, Recycling, Sustainability (3 comments)

Arrowtown home wins sustainability award

A small, eco-friendly house in Arrowtown, designed by Pete Ritchie and Bronwen Kerr of Queenstown’s Kerr Ritchie Architects, has been awarded the BMW EfficientDynamics Sustainability Award, part of HOME New Zealand magazine’s annual Home of the Year award.The BMW EfficientDynamics Sustainability Award celebrates innovation and responsible use ... keep reading

Written by Celsias Team last month, about Architecture, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Energy Saving, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution, Sustainability

NZ's Sustainable Future Institute and Millennium Project team up

Earlier this month in Boston, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Millennium Project and the Sustainable Future Institute, establishing the Institute as the New Zealand Node of the Millennium Project. The Millennium Project is an independent, not-for-profit futures think tank, contributed to by futurists, scholars, business planners and ... keep reading

Written by Celsias Team in July, about Climate Change, Design, Economics, Events, Finance & Money, Green energy, Industry & Business, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior, Sustainability

China's Solar Empire

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 in July, 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

True cost rises in ranks as priority for business spenders

New Zealanders with the greatest buying power are making better buying decisions, according to results in the latest the 2010 Fairfax Media-Shape NZ survey. The annual sustainable business practice survey shows 44 percent of those with personal authority to spend more than $100,000 on behalf of their organisations now ... keep reading

Written by Celsias Team in July, about Climate Change, Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Education, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior

What's your best home eco-innovation tip? Tell us and win

There’s not better place to start making some eco changes than in your own home. So with that in mind, we’re perusing the Celsias community for your best home-related eco secrets. Tell us your best secret and you could win Terence Conran’s funky ‘Eco House Book’, filled ... keep reading

Written by Celsias Team in July, about Architecture, Climate Change, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Energy Saving, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior, Sustainability (14 comments)

Smart businesses work to be nice to the planet

If you’re an employer, you best ensure you behave like a good corporate citizen or you might  loose your employees, according to the recently released 2010 Fairfax Media-Shape NZ survey. In this article, Romy Udanga looks at what’s at stake for businesses. Firms that do not behave as ... keep reading

Written by Romy Udanga in July, about Accreditation, Climate Change, Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior (1 comment)

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