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Electric Propulsion for Pleasure Boats. Solar., 10°

An Altair Marine Limited project in Whangarei, New Zealand

Updated yesterday

Investigating replacing ICE in sailing yachts with solar or wind generated power.

Project about Clean Technologies, Design, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Energy Saving, Green energy, Solar, Transport, Travel

Bike-powered music events, 10°

A Marchfest project in Nelson, New Zealand

Updated this month

To use Marchfest (see www.marchfest.com) as a pilot project to create New Zealand's first bicycle-powered musical event. To retain the bike-generators for future events. To pass on the knowledge gained to other event organisers.

Project about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Events

NextPlays Hanoi, 30°

A Moxie Design Group project in Hanoi, Vietnam

Updated in November 2009

Bert Aldridge from Moxie recently returned from a NextPlays workshop in Hanoi. Organized and hosted by the World Bank Institute, the intent of the workshop was to introduce a tool for building understanding and engagement about sustainable development in Vietnam - you guessed it, NextPlays. It was an amazing experience, not ...

Premium project about Agriculture & Food, Architecture, Green energy, Lifestyle & Behavior, Poverty & Development, Smart Growth, Transport, Water

Promote community spirit and recycling, 10°

A giveandtake.co.nz project in Auckland, New Zealand

Updated in October 2009

giveandtake.co.nz is a 100% auctions website. We want users to give away stuff (items and/or services) and we also want takers who will recycle the items and get free kind services.

Project about Consumerism, Energy Saving, Lifestyle & Behavior, Recycling

The Good Water Project, 20°

A The Good Water Company project in Auckland, New Zealand

Updated in October 2009

Good Water bottles are made from plant starch and the cap will shortly be made from organic waste. Our vision is to get these bottles back via the recycling systems in place nationally and 'upcycle' them into seedling pottles for forestry. Ultimately your support of The Good Water Project will ...

Project about Climate Change, Recycling

Spicers Moves to Greener Pastures, 45°

A Spicers Paper project in Auckland, New Zealand

Updated in September 2009

In recent times Spicers Paper moved to greener pastures, where their new premises provided proof of the company's commitment to the environment and sustainability. The new office space is located in Highbrook office park in East Tamaki, just south of Auckland city. The building was developed by the Goodman ...

Premium project about Architecture, Climate Change, Deforestation, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Recycling, Solar, Water

CEMARS - Certified Emissions Measurement And Reduction Scheme, 36°

A carboNZero programme project in Lincoln, New Zealand

Updated in September 2009

CEMARS is the first 2 steps of the carboNZero programme. It recognises the actions of businesses who measure their greenhouse gas emissions, understand their carbon liabilities, and put in place management plans to reduce emissions in their organisation and more widely through their supply chain. CEMARS has been developed for ...

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World's first places a 'line in the sand' between the carboNZero programme and its' competitors, 47°

A carboNZero programme project in Lincoln, New Zealand

Updated in September 2009

Landcare Research's carboNZero programme has become the first greenhouse gas certification scheme in the world to receive international accreditation. The international accreditation has been made by the Joint Accreditation System – Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ) which is an international accreditation body established by a treaty between the New Zealand ...

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Spicers Loves Paper, 65°

A Spicers Paper project in New Zealand, New Zealand

Updated in September 2009

Love trees? Cut one down! A controversial statement sure, but did you know that the paper industry is one of the most sustainable on the planet and for every tree cut down to make timber and paper products, at least three more are planted in its place? The newly launched ...

Premium project about Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Logging, Recycling, Water

Spicers and the community, 61°

A Spicers Paper project in New Zealand

Updated in September 2009

Spicers is proud to be a part of the local community in New Zealand and actively supports a number of not-for-profit and community groups. We have a long-standing relationship with WWF-New Zealand, whom we support in a variety of ways, including donations from sales of our 9lives range of recycled ...

Premium project about Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Recycling

Spicers Green Guide, 31°

A Spicers Paper project in New Zealand

Updated in September 2009

The Spicers Green Guide is an at-a-glance guide to the environmental features of all our papers. Each paper also has its own downloadable Green Fact Sheet, which provides a greater level of detail about the manufacturer and the origins of the paper. To check it out go to http://www ...

Premium project about Clean Technologies, Deforestation, Design, Media, Recycling

Build an electric car, 85°

A BMW New Zealand project in New Zealand

Updated in August 2009

Introducing MegaCity, BMW's new electric vehicle. The BMW group will soon to announce more details of a fully-electric, ‘zero-emission’ production car, having now partnered with SB LiMotive as the supplier of state-of-the-art lithium-ion storage technology. BMW Group is currently field-testing a fully-electric car, the MINI E, in the US ...

Premium project about Air Quality, Clean Technologies, Design, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Pollution, Transport, Travel

Bizzone™ Expo goes carbon neutral with carboNZero, 31°

A carboNZero programme project in New Zealand

Updated in August 2009

Organised by Sarah Trotman Ltd, the Bizzone™ Business Expo, held in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, is the largest business to business marketplace held for business owners and influencers, attracting over 13,000 attendees and more than 400 quality exhibitors. As part of their overall journey towards a sustainable business model ...

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NextPlays, 28°

A Moxie Design Group project in New Zealand

Updated in August 2009

NextPlays is a platform for business transformation and sustainable outcomes. NextPlays helps you identify, plan and build the best way forward for your business. The centrepiece of the programme is the NextPLays Lab, a concentrated workshop that delivers an action plan for new opportunities, new customer value and new profit ...

Premium project about Design, Economics, Industry & Business, Smart Growth

Keep your cool, 35°

A Resene project in New Zealand

Updated in August 2009

Keep your cool Ever thought a house or building would look great painted in a sleek, dark colour – then had to shelve plans for fear of the heat damaging the substrate or the building getting unbearably hot in summer? Well, forget all that. Resene Cool Colour technology makes painting exterior ...

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Resene Paintwise, 20°

A Resene project in New Zealand

Updated in August 2009

Painting the town greener Resene is painting the town greener with the extension of the Resene PaintWise paint and paint packaging recovery program, the first comprehensive New Zealand product stewardship program for home decorators. Following nearly five years of development, the Resene PaintWise paint and paint packaging product stewardship programme ...

Premium project about Architecture, Industry & Business, Recycling

Info for 10% in 2010, 25°

25+ areas across New Zealand - Clutha to Far North, New Zealand

Updated this month

Here in New Zealand we are gathering, publishing and discussing information that will help households to reduce their carbon impact - our target is 10% in 2010 compared to 2009. It's possible to make a different through travel, shopping and food choices, home insulation and heating, also waste reduction. Sustainable ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Architecture, Consumerism, Emissions, Energy Saving, Food, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution, Solar, Transition Towns, Transport, Travel, Water

Make a commitment to drink great wines with great sustainability credentials!, 103°

New Zealand

Updated last month

In 2006 the Grove Mill winery in Marlborough became the first certified carbon neutral winery in the world. Its owners, the New Zealand Wine Company (NZWC), achieved Landcare Research’s carboNZeroCert TM certification for their vineyards and production of wines at Grove Mill, and for freight of the wine to ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Art & Culture, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior

Community Reefs, 93°

Opotiki, New Zealand

Updated in January

The green benefits of forming fish growing reefs close to boat launching areas are many: Fishermen use significantly less petrol getting to where fish are. Simpler near shore fishing boats can be used. The fishing is action packed, fun and produces a greater diversity of species. Smaller catches can be ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Environment & Wildlife, Health, Water

Sign On, 56°

Nationwide, New Zealand

Updated in November 2009

Sign On aims to get a huge mandate of support for the NZ Government to go to Copenhagen in December 09 and Sign On to 40 per cent emission reductions on 1990 levels.

Project about Climate Change

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